Ethiopia is currently one of the countries most seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, with the sixth highest number of infections in the world. To combat this epidemic, the government of Ethiopia has launched a national HIV/AIDS program focused on decreasing the vulnerability of individuals and…
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In a recent film about the Napoleonic wars, a frigate suffers heavy damage and loss of life after a withering canon barrage from a faster and more heavily armed privateer. Listing with a damaged hull and broken mast, the crew assumes they will return to port to rebuild. In the captain's mind,…
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria aims to attract, manage, and disburse resources that will make a significant and sustainable impact on the three focal diseases. The Global Fund has also stated its commitment to support programs that address the three diseases "in ways that…
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Since its publication in 1978, PRB's Population Handbook has appeared in eight languages and has been circulated around the world. It has been used by thousands of teachers and students in fields such as sociology, geography, and urban studies. Journalists refer to the handbook as an…
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The 20th century witnessed a global transformation in human health. Chile's experience illustrates the magnitude of this transformation. By the mid-1990s Chile's per capita income had reached about US$4,000 (adjusted for purchasing power), and Chilean women had achieved a life expectancy of 79…
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The starting point of the debate about the pros and cons of multipayer systems is the suspicion that in many health care systems, consumers do not get sufficient value for money. This contribution argues that one cause may be a nonoptimal choice of payment systems. Optimal payment of health care…
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Pooling is the health system function whereby collected health revenues are transferred to purchasing organizations. Pooling ensures that the risk related to financing health interventions is borne by all the members of the pool and not by each contributor individually. Its main purpose is to…
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This report examines the experience of Jamaica, which after years of macroeconomic difficulties, constraints on fiscal resources for health and debate on alternative financing, established the National Health Fund in 2003. With a view to eliciting critical lessons for future actions and for…
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Many countries face the challenge of meeting people's needs for contraceptives, including condoms, on a sustainable basis. Programmatic experience in several countries has pointed to some "ready lessons" that can be applied to improve contraceptive security.
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This paper reviews methodologies and international experience related to costing and pricing health services. Several factors affect the determination of the prices purchasers pay for health services. These include: the method of provider payment; the availability of information on costs,…
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