This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

Tanzania is home to the third highest population of stunted children in Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 2.7 million … population as per the World Health Organization standards. Several studies have shown that stunted growth during childhood … paper uses the 2016 geo-referenced Demographic and Health Survey in conjunction with relevant spatially gridded covariate …

Public health systems that are capable of disease surveillance and action to prevent and manage outbreaks require … trustworthy community-embedded public health workers who are empowered to undertake their tasks as professionals. Economic theory … for how to recruit and manage frontline health workers to promote trustworthiness and professionalism. This paper provides …

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and …

This paper assesses the quality of health care across African countries based on health providers' clinical knowledge … nationally representative, cross-sectional data from 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, collected using clinical vignettes …, unannounced visits, and visual inspections of facilities, this study assesses whether health providers are available and have …