A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …

A growing body of literature shows that child health has substantial long-term economic impacts. This study examines … whether, and to what extent, increased access to health infrastructure leads to better child health status as measured by … dramatic change in health policy in South Africa immediately after the end of apartheid. Using longitudinal household data …

Whether user fees for basic health services should be charged or abolished for the poor has recently been debated. This … study examines the impact on child health status of removing user fees in South Africa. Our main innovation is to exploit … little political power and residential choice. By comparing health development across ex ante similar children, we find that …

health care services in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is very tempting to look to the right to health as part of such strategies … the right to health in such endeavours necessarily comes to the fore and demands investigation. This is so because … the trajectory of the right to health, the paper then analyses the usefulness or otherwise of international human rights …