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Global Health Governance and the World Bank

Prah Ruger, Jennifer - 2007

With the Paul Wolfowitz era behind it and new appointee Robert Zoellick at the helm, it is time for the World Bank to better define its role in an increasingly crowded and complex global health architecture, says Jennifer Prah Ruger, health economist and former World Bank speechwriter

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Fifty years of Asian experience in the spread of education and healthcare

Mundle, Sudipto - 2018

This paper analyses the dramatic spread of education and healthcare in Asia and also the large variations in that spread across and within countries over 50 years. Apart from differences in initial conditions and income levels, the nature of the state has also been an important determinant of...

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The Right to Health - A Holistic Health Plan for the Next Administration

Billauer, Barbara Pfeffer - 2022

This plan recommends maximizing health care, not coverage, for those currently uninsured, and suggests preserving the status quo regarding health insurance where it is working, at least for the immediate future. It is, first, a market-driven plan, favoring incentives and practices that maximize...

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Science, Scarcity and Public Health : The Search for New Pharma Models

Abbott, Frederick M. - 2015

These are neither the best of times nor the worst of times for the pharmaceutical industry, or for global public health. Media reports regarding recent legal developments would suggest that the originator pharmaceutical industry is facing a new and dangerous threat to its long-term welfare,...

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Solidarity for Global Health

Illingworth, Patricia - 2012

This paper introduces a special issue of the journal Bioethics devoted to the exploration of the role of solidarity in health. Papers in the special issue include Solidarity in Contemporary Bioethics – Towards a New Approach by Barbara Prainsack and Alena Buyx; A Dialectic of Cooperation and...

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Health diplomacy to promote multisectoral participation in fighting against fragmentation and increasing budget for internalization of the health financing progress matrix in Burundi

Nimubona, Alexandre - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-10

Background: Regardless of its form, financing health in isolation will never raise sufficient funds to lead to universal health coverage. Achieving this goal which is not a pure health policy, requires multisectoral collaboration to support financing mechanisms. Within this framework, the World...

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Health for All or Health for Some? Healthcare Provisions and Financing in Bangladesh and India : A Comparative Analysis

Islam, Saiful - 2013

Bangladesh and India have experienced significant improvements in both public and private healthcare delivery services … to provide world-class healthcare services. As an outcome, life expectancy in Bangladesh and India has increased …, questions remain: do healthcare systems and financing in Bangladesh and India ensure accessibility, equity, and universal …

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Health financing and budgeting practices for health in the Philippines

Capuno, Joseph J.; Rivadeneira, Ana Maria Ruiz; … - In: OECD journal on budgeting 18 (2018) 2, pp. 93-149

The Philippines has placed a strong emphasis on achieving Universal Health Coverage. In recent years, earmarked funds from new alcohol and tobacco taxes have substantially increased government funds available for health. This additional funding offers great potential to improve access and health...

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Measurement and explanation of inequality in health and health care in low-income settings

Van Doorslaer, Eddy; O'Donnell, Owen - 2008

This paper describes approaches to the measurement and explanation of income-related inequality and inequity in health care financing, health care utilization and health and considers the applicability and the feasibility of these methods in low-income countries. Results from a comparative study...

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Financial Protection of Patients Through Compensation of Providers : The Impact of Health Equity Funds in Cambodia

Flores, Gabriela - 2011

Public providers have no financial incentive to respect their legal obligation to exempt the poor from user fees. Health Equity Funds (HEFs) aim to make exemptions effective by giving NGOs responsibility for assessing eligibility and compensating providers for lost revenue. We use the geographic...

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