Cost-effectiveness of strategies to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mexico, a low-prevalence setting.

abstract：:Most government health facilities in Cambodia perform poorly, due to lack of funds, inadequate management and inefficient use of resources, but mostly due to poor motivation of staff. This paper describes contracting as a possible tool for Ministries of Health to improve health service delivery more rapidly than the m...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Soeters R,Griffiths F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in the prospects for managed market reforms in developing countries, stimulated by current reforms and policy debates in developed countries, and by perceptions of widespread public sector inefficiency in many countries. This review examines the prospects for such reforms in a developing c...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Broomberg J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenge of achieving community participation as a component of health sector reform is especially great in low- and middle-income countries where there is limited experience of community participation in social policy making. This paper concentrates on the social representations of different actors at different ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mosquera M,Zapata Y,Lee K,Arango C,Varela A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to many other countries, Chile is facing the challenges of rapid ageing and the increase in long-term care (LTC) needs for this population. Implementation of LTC systems has been the response to these challenges in other countries, however, Chile still lacks a strategy for addressing LTC needs. This article ad...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Villalobos Dintrans P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsequent to recommendations from the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, and given recent findings outlining the links between control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and a reduction in HIV incidence, many countries are now seeking to establish STI control programmes...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Hawkes S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Syrian conflict has caused enormous displacement of a population with a high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden into surrounding countries, overwhelming health systems' NCD care capacity. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) developed a primary-level NCD programme, serving Syrian refugees and the host population in I...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ansbro É,Garry S,Karir V,Reddy A,Jobanputra K,Fardous T,Sadique Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Access to quality obstetric care is considered essential to reducing maternal and new-born mortality. We evaluated the effect of the introduction of a multifaceted voluntary health insurance programme on hospital deliveries in rural Nigeria. Methods:We used an interrupted time-series design, including a con...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Brals D,Aderibigbe SA,Wit FW,van Ophem JCM,van der List M,Osagbemi GK,Hendriks ME,Akande TM,Boele van Hensbroek M,Schultsz C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Community-based health insurance (CBI) is a common mechanism to generate financial resources for health care in developing countries. We review for the first time provider payment methods used in CBI in developing countries and their impact on CBI performance. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review of the...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Robyn PJ,Sauerborn R,Bärnighausen T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the concept of gender mainstreaming has gained acceptance among many national and international development organizations, many obstacles are faced in translating the concept into tangible improvements in the health and well-being of women and men. This paper presents two qualitative case studies, one from Kenya...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Elsey H,Kilonzo N,Tolhurst R,Molyneux C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social accountability is increasingly invoked as a way of improving health services. This article presents a theory-driven qualitative study of the context, mechanisms and outcomes of a social accountability program, Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), implemented by World Vision (WV) in Zambia. Primary data were collecte...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Schaaf M,Topp SM,Ngulube M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Access to hospitals in megacities in low and middle income countries might be hampered by travel barriers and distance. We assessed the 'inverse care law' hypothesis: whether hospitals tended to be built in the relatively better-off areas through the time. Methods:A longitudinal time-series study (1966 to 20...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Chavehpour Y,Rashidian A,Raghfar H,Emamgholipour Sefiddashti S,Maroofi A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The financial remuneration of health workers (HWs) is a key concern to address human resources for health challenges. In low-income settings, the exploration of the sources of income available to HWs, their determinants and the livelihoods strategies that those remunerations entail are essential to gain a better under...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Bertone MP,Lurton G,Mutombo PB

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 900 000 newborn children die every year in India, accounting for 28% of neonatal deaths globally. In 2011, India introduced a home-based newborn care (HBNC) package to be delivered by community health workers across rural areas. We estimate the disease and economic burden that could be averted by scaling...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Nandi A,Colson AR,Verma A,Megiddo I,Ashok A,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is an immense need for scaling-up neuropsychiatric care in low-income countries. Contextualized cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) provide relevant information for local policies. The aim of this study is to perform a contextualized CEA of neuropsychiatric interventions in Ethiopia and to illustrate ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Strand KB,Chisholm D,Fekadu A,Johansson KA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decentralization of the health care system in China has led to an increasing need for income generation at all operational levels, both for curative services and for public health programmes. In general, people have accepted the costs of curative services, although the impact of charges on health-seeking behaviour has...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Yu D,Manderson L,Yuan L,Wei W,He H,Chen Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES We describe modern and alternative health services use in terminal illness of adults, and assess whether utilization patterns of TB/AIDS patients are distinct from those of patients suffering from other illnesses. METHODS Data are from post-mortem interviews with close relatives or caretakers of the decease...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Reniers G,Tesfai R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation of policies (decisions) in the health sector is sometimes defeated by the system's response to the policy itself. This can lead to counter-intuitive, unanticipated, or more modest effects than expected by those who designed the policy. The health sector fits the characteristics of complex adaptive syste...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Agyepong IA,Kodua A,Adjei S,Adam T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2011 United Nations (UN) General Assembly Political Declaration on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) brought NCDs to the global health agenda. Essential medicines are central to treating chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. Our study aimed to quantify access to essential med...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Vialle-Valentin CE,Serumaga B,Wagner AK,Ross-Degnan D

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports an empirical investigation into the pattern of private health insurance coverage in South Africa before and after deregulation of the health insurance industry. More specifically, we sought to measure trends in risk-pooling over the period 1985-95, and to assess the impact of risk pooling on the cos...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Söderlund N,Hansl B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Papua New Guinea, investment by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has played an important role in scaling up the response to HIV and tuberculosis (TB). As part of a series of case studies on how Global Fund-supported programmes interact with national health systems, we assess...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Rudge JW,Phuanakoonon S,Nema KH,Mounier-Jack S,Coker R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is understood about the feasibility and acceptability of primary care-based models of task-sharing care for people with severe mental disorders (SMDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A participatory planning approach was adopted in preparation for the transition from hospital-delivered psychiatric ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mayston R,Alem A,Habtamu A,Shibre T,Fekadu A,Hanlon C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the demonstrated efficacy of vitamin A supplements in reducing childhood mortality, health officials now have to decide whether it would be efficient to target the supplements to high risk children. Decisions about targeting are complex because they depend on a number of factors; the degree of clustering of prev...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Loevinsohn BP,Sutter RW,Costales MO

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides guidance on how to do a stakeholder analysis, whether the aim is to conduct a policy analysis, predict policy development, implement a specific policy or project, or obtain an organizational advantage in one's dealings with other stakeholders. Using lessons learned from an analysis of alcohol polic...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Varvasovszky Z,Brugha R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of diarrhoeal disease remains high in the developing world. Community-based safe drinking water programmes are being promoted as cost-effective interventions that will help reduce this illness burden. However, the effectiveness of these programmes remains under-investigated. The primary argument of this pap...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： deWilde CK,Milman A,Flores Y,Salmerón J,Ray I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health insurance premium exemptions for pregnant women are a strategy to increase coverage of maternal health services in sub-Saharan countries. We examine health insurance registration among pregnant women before or after the introduction of a premium exemption, and test whether registration increases utili...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Frimpong JA,Helleringer S,Awoonor-Williams JK,Aguilar T,Phillips JF,Yeji F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policy entrepreneurs are individuals who attempt to influence the policy process and its outcomes through their opportunistic or incremental actions. Their success in the policy-making process has been associated with the convergence of four factors: behavioural traits; institutional factors; network position and poli...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Shearer JC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 25 and 44% of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occurs through breastfeeding. As a result, feeding guidelines for infants of HIV-infected mothers are being formulated in many resource-poor countries. The impact of introducing these guidelines on mothers' ac...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Omari AA,Luo C,Kankasa C,Bhat GJ,Bunn J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally assumed by the donor community that the targeted funding of global, regional or cross-border surveillance programmes is an efficient way to support resource-poor countries in developing their own national public health surveillance infrastructure, to encourage national authorities to share outbreak int...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Calain P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a growing cause of mortality and morbidity in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). While hypertension (HTN), a leading risk factor for CVD, can be easily managed with widely available medicines, there is a huge gap in treatment for HTN in many LMIC. One such c...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Murphy A,Jakab M,McKee M,Richardson E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Vietnam, as in many other countries, tuberculosis (TB) control has long been organized exclusively within the public health-care system. However, recently the private health-care sector has become more important and private health-care providers currently have a role in TB care delivery in Vietnam. Through a retros...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Lönnroth K,Thuong LM,Linh PD,Diwan VK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00