This study conducted an experiment in Mali to test whether patients pressure doctors to prescribe medical treatment … they do not necessarily need. The experiment varied patients' information about a discount for antimalarial tablets and …: informing patients about the discount, instead of letting doctors decide to share this information, increased discount use by 35 …

health sector has been identified as a policy priority area in Tanzania. The main purpose of this case study is to describe … Tanzania's efforts to promote universal health coverage (UHC) inclusive of the poor, and to identify challenges and … opportunities for the health system to advance on this path in a coherent and integrated fashion. Given the large number of …

The health workforce in Malawi, along with other African countries suffered from an acute shortage of its workforce …. The Malawi health sector strategic plan (HSSP) 2011-2016 set out key strategies and interventions to support the delivery … of an essential health package of services. The human resources for health strategic plan included an HRH capacity …

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and …

health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end …, the information contained herein focuses on strengthening general awareness and understanding of Mayan culture and … promoting the consideration and integration of Mayan maternal health practices and beliefs when designing maternal health …

sufficient knowledge and means to diagnose and treat patients suffering from common conditions amenable to primary health care …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 …

health and education sector. The focus is on the individual dimensions, whether effort (presence and workload) or knowledge … reported publicly in a comparable fashion, yet are among the factors that influence policy outcomes in health. The remainder of …

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 …

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