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Dear reader,
This month's special theme is health financing
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/en/index.html> . In an
editorial, Guy Carrin et al. give an overview of the key issues in
financing health
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060137.pdf> . A second
editorial, by Prerna Banati and Jean-Paul Moatti, examines the positive
contributions of global health initiatives
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049361.pdf> .
In an interview, this year's Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman says
that the US public is ready for health system reform
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-061108.pdf> . Economics
professor Michael Tharakan discusses, in another interview, the
development since colonial times of health financing in India
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-071108.pdf> .
Jane Parry and Cui Weiyuan report on China's efforts to provide
universal access
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-011108.pdf> to modern
health-care services, and an editorial by Shanlian Hu examines the
evolution and future goals of health-system reform
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060046.pdf> in China.
Aimable Twahirwa reports on how Rwanda has managed to insure the health
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-021108.pdf> of 85% of its
population since the genocide and war in 1994. Lynne Miller Franco et
al. find that members of community-based mutual health organizations
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-051045.pdf> in Mali are
much more likely to use essential health services. Driss Zine-Eddine
El-Idrissi et al. describe attempts at health system reform
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053736.pdf> and the
obstacles Algeria and Morocco face.
Diane E McIntyre et al. explore the extent of fragmentation of health
systems <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053413.pdf> in
Ghana, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania. Adam Leive and
Ke Xu find that many Africans have to borrow and sell assets to pay for
health care <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049403.pdf> .
In a roundtable discussion, Joses Muthuri Kirigia and Alimata J
Diarra-Nama propose strategies for African countries to reduce their
dependence on aid
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-054932.pdf> . Felix
Masiye, Gorik Ooms and Wim Van Damme debate this issue.
Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan discusses the use of health promotion
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-052126.pdf> in Japan and
Mongolia and its funding. Peter C Smith provides lessons on
decentralization and resource allocation
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049528.pdf> from the
English National Health Service. Mireia Bes reports on the search for
equity <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-031108.pdf> within
the health insurance system in Chile.
Jacky Mathonnat revisits the 1965 article by Herbert A Klarman on the
need for government financing
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-055707.pdf> of health
care. Phusit Prakongsai et al. look at various ways in which countries
can secure resources for the health sector
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049593.pdf> . Mylene
Lagarde and Natasha Palmer assess how user fees
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049197.pdf> affect the
use of health services in low- and middle-income countries.
Guy Carrin et al. propose a framework to support countries trying to
develop equitable health financing systems
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049387.pdf> . Eleonora
Cavagnero et al. consider the macroeconomic effect of receiving large
amounts of health aid
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053090.pdf> for
low-income countries. M Kaddar and E Furrer ask whether debt relief
results <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053686.pdf> in
more funds for health and a reduction in poverty.
The cover
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/historical_images/en/index11.htm
l> presents a classic public health poster on WHO's involvement in
training personnel to provide health services to communities in need.
Richard Waddington reports on progress made in improving Portugal's
primary health care
<http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-041108.pdf> over three
decades.
Volume 86, Number 11, November, 817-908
THIS MONTH'S SPECIAL THEME: HEALTH FINANCING
IN THIS MONTH'S BULLETIN
WHO 60th anniversary commemorative volume; Special theme issue: health
financing; Primary health care; Formula funding; Health promotion;
Barriers to reform; Solidarity gains; Ready for change; Priority health
care; Devolution for health; Big steps; Public-private divide;
Fragmented systems; Out-of-pocket payments; Roundtable discussion;
Public health classic; User fees, Taxes and aid; risks of receiving aid;
Universal coverage; Debt relief and health
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EDITORIALS
Exploring the features of universal coverage
- Guy Carrin, Ke Xu, & David B Evans
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060137
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060137/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060137.pdf>
Universal coverage and health financing from China's perspective
- Shanlian Hu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060046
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060046/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060046.pdf>
The positive contributions of global health initiatives
- Prerna Banati & Jean-Paul Moatti
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049361
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049361/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049361.pdf>
NEWS
Making health care affordable in China
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-011108/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-011108.pdf>
Sharing the burden of sickness: mutual health insurance in Rwanda
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-021108/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-021108.pdf>
Public tensions, private woes in Chile
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-031108/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-031108.pdf>
Portugal's rapid progress through primary health care
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-041108/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-041108.pdf>
Recent news from WHO
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-051108.pdf>
Time is ripe for health-care reform. An interview with Paul Krugman
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-061108/en/index.htm
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Devolved power: key for health care in India. An interview with Michael
Tharakan.
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-071108/en/index.htm
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RESEARCH
Effect of mutual health organizations on use of priority health-care
services in urban and rural Mali: a case-control study
- Lynne Miller Franco et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.051045
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-051045-ab/en/index.
html> | Full article text [HTML]
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l> | Full article text [pdf 803kb]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-051045.pdf>
The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and
middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence?
- Mylene Lagarde & Natasha Palmer
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049197
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049197-ab/en/index.
html> | Full article text [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049197/en/index.htm
l> | Full article text [pdf 836kb]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049197.pdf>
Coping with out-of-pocket health payments: empirical evidence from 15
African countries
- Adam Leive & Ke Xu
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049403
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049403-ab/en/index.
html> | Full article text [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049403/en/index.htm
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POLICY & PRACTICE
Universal coverage of health services: tailoring its implementation
- Guy Carrin, Inke Mathauer, Ke Xu & David B Evans
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049387
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049387-ab/en/index.
html> | Full article text [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049387/en/index.htm
l> | Full article text [pdf 215kb]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049387.pdf>
Development assistance for health: should policy-makers worry about its
macroeconomic impact?
- Eleonora Cavagnero et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053090
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053090-ab/en/index.
html> | Full article text [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053090/en/index.htm
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053090.pdf>
Beyond fragmentation and towards universal coverage: insights from
Ghana, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania
- Diana McIntyre et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053413
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053413-ab/en/index.
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053413/en/index.htm
l> | Full article text [pdf 543kb]
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Are current debt relief initiatives an option for scaling up health
financing in beneficiary countries?
- M Kaddar & E Furrer
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053686
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-053686-ab/en/index.
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Resource allocation and purchasing in the health sector: the English
experience
- Peter C Smith
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049528
Abstract [HTML]
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ROUND TABLE
Can coutnries of the WHO Africa region wean themselves off donor funding
for health?
- Joses Muthuri Kirigia & Alimata J Diarry-Nama
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.054932
Abstract [HTML]
<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-054932-ab/en/index.
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Impossible to "wean" when more aid is needed
- Gorik Ooms & Wim Van Damme
doi: 10.241/BLT.08.059485
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Response to Ooms and Van Damme
- Joses Muthuri Kirigia & Alimata J Diarra-Nama
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.060079
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-060079/en/index.htm
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The role of aid in the long term
- Felix Masiye
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058156
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PERSPECTIVES
Financing health promotion in Japan and Mongolia
- Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.052126
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-052126/en/index.htm
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Can earmarking mobilize and sustain resources to the health sector?
- Phusit Prakongsai et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.049593
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<http://www.who.int/entity/bulletin/volumes/86/11/07-049593.pdf>
Constraints and obstacles to social health protection in the Maghreb:
the cases of Algeria and Morocco
- Driss Zine-Eddine El-Idrissi et al.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053736
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PUBLIC HEALTH CLASSICS
The case for public intervention in financing health and medical
services
- Jacky Mathonnat
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.055707
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BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Research capacity for mental health in low- and middle-income countries:
results of a mapping project
- Feng Wei
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.053249
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LETTERS
Corrections needed to Pakistani programme details
- Yasir Bin Nisar
doi: 10.2471/BLT.08.058131
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A need to improve quality, rigour and dissemination of operations
research
- Tove Ryman & Vance Dietz
doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.047019
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