Allocations to the budget for health appear to be impressive but a closer look shows that this is not so, especially … neglect of urban public health care. Importance has to be given to Millennium Development Goals that are still unmet. Health …

selects four important new reform arrangements: autonomous hospitals; user fees; contracting out; and regulation or enablement …

and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …

Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …

Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …

countries. The evidence shows that prioritising this approach is extremely unlikely to deliver health for poor people … provided health care, a proven way to save millions of lives worldwide. [OXFAM Briefing Paper 125] …