The World Bank's health sector projects in Timor-Leste - the Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project and … the Second Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project - have been among the few successful operations it has … resistance to the World Bank's health policy agenda compared to its policy agenda in other sectors. In terms of wider lessons, we …

This paper discusses shifts in development assistance for health (DAH) since 1990, analyses the nature of the current … an ‘essential functions’ framework, which provides a function-based taxonomy for global collective action in health, and … questions about the future balance of essential functions of global health. …

. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …

The central aim of this text is to show the impact institutions have on the performance of the health sector in … Mozambique. The text shows that of the social determinants of health, institutions play a central role in the performance of the … Mozambican health sector-and, through it, economic and social development-particularly for the poorer and more vulnerable, such …

We evaluate the effectiveness of a post-conflict development programme on maternal health-care utilization in the … Development Facility of the United Nations Development Programme is successful in improving maternal health-care utilization … health-care utilization. The effectiveness of the programme would have been greater in the absence of conflict, although the …

The social determinants of health have not been studied extensively in low-income contexts, where most studies focus on … access to medical care. We undertake a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the social determinants of health in … health care nor material conditions are related to better health outcomes. Rather, we find that macro factors, proxied by …

The quality of care provided by health systems contributes towards efforts to reach sustainable development goal 3 on … health and wellbeing. There is growing evidence that the impact of health interventions is undermined by poor quality of care … in lower-income countries. Quality of care will also be crucial to the success of universal health coverage initiatives …

public service delivery and maternal and child health outcomes. The programme had a strong focus on ensuring the … village-based health providers. We detect economically large improvements in pregnancy and well-baby visits by Lady Health …-village health services did not improve, underscoring the importance of community enforcement and monitoring capacity for improving …

proportion of child deaths are caused by these diseases is symptomatic of dysfunctional policy strategies and health systems in …