paper will critically analyze the program effect model with respect to health and nutrition outcomes, present the health and … nutrition evaluation results to date, draw some conclusions regarding the use of CCT programs to improve health and nutrition …

The report explores the convergence of the health sector reform processes and the improvement of sexual and … reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes the results of three sub-regional meetings, sponsored by the …

, public policy can be driven by factors that are least likely to improve the population's health. …

Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their … for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Sabin Vaccine Institute, and the Pan American Health Organization/WHO, together with the … implement other health measures for the benefit of all children and adults affected by these terrible diseases.Abstract: Las …

This report analyzes the structure of family health spending in Brazil between 1987 and 1996, using a survey taken in … 1996 survey of health spending by households. This report also tries to identify, although indirectly, the impact that … universal access to health care had on family spending by income. Although the analysis found that the these measures did not …

) Design; 4) Performance; 5) Issues and Problems; 6) Political Economy of Change. An appraisal of the health situation …

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems … takes Chile as an example, a country whose health reform has been widely decried as the most horrible of neo-liberal health … reforms. However, the author states that Chile has one of the most progressive health systems in the world when measured by …

This paper describes the conceptualization, development and implementation of the National Health Fund in Jamaica … organizations for approved projects. The NHF marks a new strategic approach to the introduction of national health financing schemes … utilizing the EHPO© analytical model. EHPO© (Evaluating Health Policy Options) helps policymakers develop strategies and options …