Six case studies were commissioned to local research teams in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.
Public health care in much of Africa is underfunded. There is a shortage of health care workers, and most doctors prefer to work in private practice.
Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability presents the results of an international initiative to document the effects of how health systems in the developing world have responded to macroeconomic austerity and a
This book addresses policy questions of whether or not (and even for whom) there are development impacts related to broadband access and alleviation of poverty.
The workshop seeks to address three topics: How to increase resources in order to move towards Universal Health Coverage? How to address equity within the framework of the UHC? How to finance health at a domestic level?
There are a number of problems in the health systems of three countries reviewed (South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania), which are mainly due to fragmentation in their insurance schemes.