In most developing countries, there is a huge gap in the delivery of services like water and sanitation between rural … well as financing that might influence access to water and sanitation in rural versus urban areas. Decentralisation seems … to have a positive effect on rural provision of water and sanitation, whereas the effects of sectoral aid and controlling …

In most developing countries, there is a huge gap in the delivery of services like water and sanitation between rural … well as financing that might influence access to water and sanitation in rural versus urban areas. Decentralisation seems … to have a positive effect on rural provision of water and sanitation, whereas the effects of sectoral aid and controlling …

Laboratories have historically been under supported in developing country health systems resulting in poor quality … funding for broader public health laboratory services has been relatively neglected. In this paper the authors present a … resources for health research and more activity in this area will lead to greater understanding of the problems and provide more …

Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews … available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health …

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise … of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the … current and projected future economic conditions. But many of the health burdens and costs can be avoided, or at least delayed …

Indonesia launched the national health insurance program - Jaminan Kesehatan National (JKN), on January 1, 2014, and … aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Achieving UHC means not only increasing the number of people …, and quality of human resources for health (HRH). Of Indonesia?s 33 provinces, 29 do not have the WHO recommended ratio of …

Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy … for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011 …, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in the 170 countries for which data were available averaged 12 percent …

women age 30 to 69 years. At current incidence rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the annual burden … reviewed the research literature and conducted interviews with individuals engaged in research and public health program …

on the cyclical patterns of government health spending. This descriptive analysis, which covers 183 countries between … 1995 and 2010, provides empirical evidence on the cyclicality of government health expenditures, using panel data from a … global macro database, the fiscal health database. The objective is to propose user-friendly diagnostic approaches in this …