Developing Economies that focuses on the health conditions of PWDs, both adult women and children, in Mandaue City and San …, the study highlights the lack of access to appropriate services for PWDs and that out-of-pocket expenditures on health … health-care providers and personnel, particularly in the communities. …

attention. Its consequences are multifaceted and extreme. Hence, it should be at the front and center of economic and health … dialogue. This paper provides the current state of child stunting, a marker of chronic malnutrition. Using a health system lens …, we have identified different challenges impeding the delivery of cost-effective health and nutrition interventions. Also …

Urbanization has been progressing quickly in Indonesia and the consequences on health and health inequities are still … not well understood. In this paper, we present new empirical evidence on the differences in the utilization of health care … services between rural and urban areas as well as for the respective health inequities. Exploiting the rich dataset of the …

The study attempts to document the Philippine's experience in health devolution with focus on the Department of Health …-planned and well-designed government policy to minimize, if not avert, unintended consequences; and (ii) mainstreaming of health … units (LGUs) that were able to reap the benefits of health devolution and find out how the good practices can be replicated …

Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing … throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we … availability of health-related products such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical equipment. The case for liberalizing trade …

This impact evaluation of the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the Department of Health provides a … preliminary analysis on its effects, particularly on the utilization of local health services, due to the improvement in capital … of the study. Site visits were conducted in 107 hospitals/infirmaries and 159 rural health units/city health offices …

To what extent do the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the World Bank remain central today … course of global governance in health, trade, and development finance has changed irreversibly. Second, regional arrangements …. Fifth, the new architecture can be described as one of diversification in global health governance, fragmentation in global …

health in the Philippines. Despite the country's twenty-five years of experience in decentralization, little is known about … the topic. Overall, our survey shows that the existing scholarship on the impact of decentralization on health in the … some indication of positive impacts of decentralization on increasing government health expenditures and on improving …

Obesity, defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health, has a clearly measurable impact on … health and health-related quality of life, and generates considerable economic burden. This study builds on previous research …

The Philippine national government, through the Department of Health (DOH), has a long tradition of augmenting the … the mandate of DOH from being the sole provider of health services to being the provider of technical services for health …, DOH continues to deploy healthcare professionals throughout the country. Over the last decade, the national health …