Survey. It finds that the presence of a midwife in a community in utero leads to an improvement in overall health, cognition …

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

"Aid to developing countries has largely neglected the population-wide health services that are core to communicable …'s exposure to disease through measures such as implementing health and sanitary regulations. They complement the clinical … coherent public health regulations in countries where donors have long been active, facilitating the spread of diseases such as …

health workers in rural Burkina Faso provides strong evidence that the interaction of effort costs, ability, and intrinsic … and extrinsic incentives significantly influences service delivery to the poor. Health workers reviewed video vignettes of … on effort than bonuses to serve the nonpoor; health workers who receive equal bonuses to serve poor and nonpoor patients …

This paper assesses the quality of health care across African countries based on health providers' clinical knowledge …, unannounced visits, and visual inspections of facilities, this study assesses whether health providers are available and have … sufficient knowledge and means to diagnose and treat patients suffering from common conditions amenable to primary health care …

provided of selected services related to reproductive, maternal and child health, and hypertension-related services. The study …