In the immediate post conflict period, Afghanistan's health services were in a deplorable and chaotic state. Access and … utilization of reproductive health services and skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month after delivery are … care only from female providers, one barrier to expansion of services was the lack of qualified female health workers who …

This article examines how important decisions about health can alter between public health policy formulation and … are produced in differing ways throughout the health promotion process. This study examines a variety of United Kingdom … health research, policy, marketing strategy and marketing messages between 2008 and 2011. This research demonstrates that …

The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on … identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to … consideration into the policy decision-making process of how public policies and programs affect community health and well-being. It …

This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between … 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is … capita health aid by US$1.60 per year is associated with 1.5 fewer infant deaths per thousand births. The estimated effect is …

Poor people often exhibit puzzlingly high sensitivity to low prices of important consumer health goods. This paper …