1 January 2007
Health in a Dynamic World
Published by: STEPS Centre
This paper argues that we are approaching a major turning point in the organisation of national and global health systems.
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1 January 2007
Published by: STEPS Centre
This paper argues that we are approaching a major turning point in the organisation of national and global health systems.
1 January 2007
Published by: STEPS Centre
The challenges of understanding the governance of dynamic social, technological and environmental systems, and their implications for...
1 January 2007
The success of China in its transition has received a great deal of attention from economists. At the same time, public health experts...
3 July 2006
Published by: IDS
Scientists, policymakers, practitioners and communities have spent a quarter of a century attempting to deal with HIV. The virus has nevertheless become pandemic and one of the most significant challenges to health and development today.
Major illness in the family has become an important cause of household impoverishment in China and the ex-command economies of Southeast Asia, as these countries have managed the transition to a market economy.
1 January 2005
Published by: IDS
In 1996 the Government of Malawi launched the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF), which supported the construction of village assets and a public works programme. This report presents the findings of a review of MASAF by a multi-disciplinary team from three well-known research institutions.
1 January 2004
The on-going transition to a market economy in China is having a profound effect on health services. As a result, the government has made health one of the key policy areas, and there is now a general recognition of the need to reform urban health services.
1 January 2004
Proceedings of the Conference on China Rural Health Reform and Development 2000, China Health Economics Institute, Beijing.
1 January 2004
National and international discussions about private provision of health and other social services in low and middle-income countries...
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
China's rural health services are experiencing problems associated with the transition to a market economy. The cost of care has risen rapidly and arrangements for local health insurance have collapsed. Government health budgets have lagged behind the rise in costs.