Performance-Based Contracting for Health Services in Developing Countries

Benjamin Loevinsohn

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• Despite the presence of effective interventions, many developing countries are not on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for health due... Lees meer

Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North Africa

Atsuko Aoyama

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• Reproductive health is a relatively new concept, and this paper constitutes perhaps the first comprehensive overview of reproductive health issues in ... Lees meer

Reducing Maternal Mortality

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• The stimulus of this study was the question as to whether current program strategies can reduce maternal mortality quicker than in the historically su... Lees meer

Innovations in Health Service Delivery

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• Hospitals remain an important source of critical health care services in most countries, providing both basic and advanced care to their populations. ... Lees meer

Investing in Maternal Health in Malaysia and Sri Lanka

Indra Padmanathan, Jerker Liljestrand, Jo M Martins, Lalini C Rajapaksa, Craig Lissner, Amala de Silva, Swarna Selvaraju, Prabha Joginder Singh

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• The difference between maternal mortality in the industrialized and developing world is greater than any other development indicator. The apparent lac... Lees meer

The World Bank Strategy for Health, Nutrition, and Population in the East Asia and Pacific Region

Fadia Saadah, James Knowles

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• 'The past three decades have seen impressive advances in development in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Gains in income and education have bee... Lees meer

Private Participation in Health Services

• Paperback | Engels | Health, Nutrition, and Population
• With the decline of ideology, politicians have grown increasingly fond of the dictum 'What's best is what works.' This book is an excellent lesson on ... Lees meer