Policymaking 'under the radar': a case study of pesticide regulation to prevent intentional poisoning in Sri Lanka.

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：:The persistently low quality and inadequacy of health services provided in public facilities has made the private sector an unavoidable choice for consumers of health care in Nigeria. Ineffective state regulation, however, has meant little control over the clinical activities of private sector providers while the pric...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ogunbekun I,Ogunbekun A,Orobaton N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the key factors associated with the demand for Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance (URBMI), which was established in 2007 and aims to cover all Chinese urban residents. Two waves of longitudinal household survey data are used, and a three-level random-intercept logit model is used for the an...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Chen G,Yan X

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 20 years Lao People's Democratic Republic has successfully developed and adopted some 30 health policies, strategies, decrees and laws in the field of health. Still, the implementation process remains arduous. This article aims at discussing challenges of health policy development and effective impleme...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Jönsson K,Phoummalaysith B,Wahlström R,Tomson G

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. We assess the health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve the safety of pregnancy and childbirth in Afghanistan. METHODS:Using national and sub-national data, we adapted a previously validated model that simulat...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Carvalho N,Salehi AS,Goldie SJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Post-communist health care reforms and the break-up of Czechoslovakia have been studied from various perspectives, but little research has addressed the impact on health system performance. This paper investigates the quality and performance of the Slovak and Czech health systems before and after 1989, incl...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Kossarova L,Holland W,Mossialos E

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate supervision is critical to maintain the performance of health workers who provide essential maternal and child health services in low-resource areas. Supportive supervision emphasizing problem-solving, skill development and mentorship has been shown to improve the motivation and effectiveness of health worker...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Bellerose M,Alva S,Magalona S,Awoonor-Williams K,Sacks E

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Contracting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has been shown to increase health service delivery output considerably over relatively short time frames in low-income countries, especially when applying performance-related pay as a stimulus. A key concern is how to manage the transition back to government-operated s...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Jacobs B,Thomé JM,Overtoom R,Sam SO,Indermühle L,Price N

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:In countries with large gender disparities in health status, can investments in local communities mitigate the gender bias observed in intra-household resource allocations? This paper explores the evidence for gender differences in the impact of community prices and infrastructure on child nutritional outcomes. Standa...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Holmes J

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:In Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa, health care financing is progressive overall. However, out-of-pocket payments and health insurance for the informal sector are regressive. The distribution of health care benefits is generally pro-rich. This paper explores the factors influencing these distributions in the three co...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Macha J,Harris B,Garshong B,Ataguba JE,Akazili J,Kuwawenaruwa A,Borghi J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

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：:The individual impacts of several components of family planning service quality on contraceptive use have been studied, but the influence of a composite measure synthesizing these components has not been often investigated. We (1) develop a composite score for family planning service quality based on health facility d...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Fruhauf T,Zimmerman L,Kibira SPS,Makumbi F,Gichangi P,Shiferaw S,Seme A,Guiella G,Tsui A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global financing for the HIV response has reached unprecedented levels in recent years. Over US$10 billion were mobilized in 2007, an effort credited with saving the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLHIV). A relatively unexamined aspect of the global HIV response is the role of the private sector in finan...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Sulzbach S,De S,Wang W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The efficacy of low- and middle-income countries’ (LMIC) national drug policies in managing antiretroviral (ARV) pharmaceutical prices is not well understood. Though ARV drug prices have been declining in LMIC over the past decade, little research has been done on the role of their national drug policies. Th...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Liu Y,Galárraga O

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, the Indonesian government passed the Mental Health Act (MHA) to address the country's complex mental health situation. The implementation of the MHA has been slow, and little is known about how the MHA is perceived by mental healthcare providers within local settings. This study aimed to obtain insight into p...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Bikker AP,Lesmana CBJ,Tiliopoulos N

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to describe the inappropriate use of medicines in the Brazilian urban population and to identify associated factors. We conducted a data analysis of a household survey carried out in Brazil in 2013-14. The sampling plan was done by clusters with representativeness of the urban population and large re...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Luiza VL,Mendes LVP,Tavares NUL,Bertoldi AD,Fontanella AT,Oliveira MA,Campos MR,PNAUM Group .

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) anticipated that growing demand for new vaccines could sufficiently impact the vaccines market to allow low-income countries (LICs) to self-finance new vaccines. But the time required to lower vaccine prices was underestimated and the amount that price...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Gilchrist SA,Nanni A

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Although logic models are now touted as an important component of health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation, there are few published manuscripts that describe the process of logic model development, and fewer which do so with community involvement, despite the increasing emphasis on participatory resear...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Afifi RA,Makhoul J,El Hajj T,Nakkash RT

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Advocacy, policy, research and intervention efforts against childhood pneumonia have lagged behind other health issues, including malaria, measles and tuberculosis. Accelerating progress on the issue began in 2008, following decades of efforts by individuals and organizations to address the leading cause of childhood ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Berlan D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Coverage of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in sub-Saharan Africa is still low despite their proven efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Delivery systems for ITNs have been hotly debated, but there has been no structured approach to assessing their relative effectiveness. This paper aims to: pro...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Webster J,Hill J,Lines J,Hanson K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike any other disease so far, the 'exceptional' nature of HIV/AIDS has prompted debate about the necessity, but also the challenges, of regulating practitioner-patient communication around HIV testing. In India, the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has adopted the guidelines of the World Health Organizatio...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Datye V,Kielmann K,Sheikh K,Deshmukh D,Deshpande S,Porter J,Rangan S

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The potential for academic research institutions to facilitate knowledge exchange and influence evidence-informed decision-making has been gaining ground. Schools of public health (SPHs) may play a key knowledge brokering role-serving as agencies of and for development. Understanding academic-policymaker networks can ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Jessani NS,Boulay MG,Bennett SC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'One World, One Health' has become a key rallying theme for the integration of public health and animal health priorities, particularly in the governance of pandemic-scale zoonotic infectious disease threats. However, the policy challenges of integrating public health and animal health priorities in the context of tra...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mwacalimba KK,Green J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The end of the Cold War brought with it opportunities to resolve a number of conflicts around the world, including those in Angola, Cambodia, El Salvador and Mozambique. International political efforts to negotiate peace in these countries were accompanied by significant aid programmes ostensibly designed to redress t...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Lanjouw S,Macrae J,Zwi AB

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the number of direct Ebola-related deaths from the 2013 to 2016 West African Ebola outbreak has been quantified, the number of indirect deaths, resulting from decreased utilization of routine health services, remains unknown. Such information is a key ingredient of health system resilience, essential for adeq...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Sochas L,Channon AA,Nam S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00