Tag: health policy

• Devolution and human resources in primary healthcare in rural Mali

  Abstract: Key issues with regard to human resources in the devolution of health services are highlighted, using experiences from Mali and elsewhere. There is a need for: (1) strengthening public accountability; (2) capacity development of all actors; and (3) more attention for human resources policy. Author(s): Lodenstein, Elsbet; Dao, Dramane Source(s): , Human resources for…

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  January 1, 2011

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  accountability, Capacity Building, decentralization in government, health, health care delivery, health personnel, health policy, human resources, Local Government, mali

• Strategies for coping with the costs of inpatient care : a mixed methods study of urban and rural poor in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India

  Abstract: This study aims to explore and compare mechanisms employed by the urban and rural poor for coping with inpatient expenditures, in order to help identify formal mechanisms and policies to provide improved social protection for health care. Author(s): Ranson, Michael Kent; Jayaswal, Rupal; Mills, Anne J. Source(s): , Health policy and planning 13 p.,…

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  January 1, 2011

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  health care delivery, health economics, health policy, India

• Yes Africa can : success stories from a dynamic continent

  Abstract: This book with success stories from Africa contains two chapters on different aspects of local governance from Sierra Leone (post-conflict recontruction) and Rwanda (health financing). Author(s): Chuhan-Pole, Punam; Angwafo, Manka Source(s): , xiii, 477 p., ill., graphs, maps, tabs Published: 2011 World bank, Washington, DC (English ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-8213-8746-7/ Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8745-0

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  africa south of sahara, agricultural development, botswana, burkina faso, cash crops, communication technology, crop yields, decentralization in government, economic growth, food security, ghana, government spending policy, health economics, health policy, information technology, Kenya, lesotho, liberia, malawi, mali, mauritius, mozambique, private sector, rwanda, sierra leone, small farms, somalia, tanzania, tourism, trade liberalization, transport infrastructure, Uganda

• An assessment of decision space and [district] health care sector performance following decentralisation in Kenya

  Abstract: Decentralisation is beginning to bring some positive change to the district health sector in Kenya, but more needs to be done to support or subsidize poor districts. Author(s): Otieno, Mathews Odunga Source(s): , viii, 53 p., ill., graphs, tabs, 30 cm Published: 2009 Royal tropical institute (KIT) [etc.], Amsterdam (English ISBN/ISSN: / Link: http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=183294

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  January 1, 2009

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  decentralization in government, decision-making, health care delivery, health policy, health services, Kenya

• Réaliser le transfert de compétences dans le domaine de la santé : l’expérience de Koulikoro au Mali

  Abstract: The support unit for decentralization of the Ministry of Health in Mali has elaborated an approach to facilitate the communal co-management of local health services. The experience demonstrates the potential of community involvement in the decision-making process. Author(s): Konaté, Mamadou; Lodenstein, Elsbet; Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M. Source(s): , Bulletin / Royal tropical institute (KIT); 383…

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  January 1, 2008

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  community participation, decentralization in government, decision-making, Governance, health policy, health programmes, health services, Local Government, mali, pilot projects, rural health

• Will patients be better off with a decentralised basic health service? : effectiveness of a decentralizing basic health service in Burkina Faso

  Abstract: In Burkina Faso health services are being decentralized to municipalities after the local elections of 2006. Significant capacity strengthening, creation of new structures, and changing behaviour of the various stakeholders will be needed, or else the poorest patients risk paying the price. Author(s): Wal, Bertram Van Der Source(s): , SNV publications; H0702-10 32 p.,…

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  January 1, 2007

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  burkina faso, Capacity Building, decentralization in government, health care delivery, health policy, health services, Local Government, popular participation, poverty, social development

• East Asia decentralizes : making local government work

  Abstract: This study reviews intergovernmental reform in the region, distills key messages, highlights positive experiences, and points out areas where policy makers will need to take priority action to avoid going down the wrong path. Author(s): White, Roland Source(s): , ix, 267 p., ill., graphs, tabs, 28 cm Published: 2005 World Bank, Washington, DC (English…

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  January 1, 2005

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  basic services, decentralization in government, east asia, Governance, health policy, local finance, Local Government, social policy

• Understanding stakeholders’ roles in health sector reform process in Tanzania : the case of decentralizing the immunization program

  Abstract: A stakeholder analysis was conducted to identify those supporting or opposing the health sector reform process? The study was conducted in Tanzania, using the decentralization of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) as a case reference. Author(s): Semali, Innocent Antony John Source(s): , xviii, 198 p., ill., graphs, tabs Published: 2003 [Author], Basel (English…

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  accountability, decentralization in government, health policy, health programmes, immunization, tanzania