The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that … the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … that high-income states in 1992 were better able to enact public health strategies and adopt behaviors that, over the next …

Vietnam has dealt historically with health as a valuable asset, a resource that was distributed in an equal manner to … all citizens through the development of a wide and inclusive grassroots health network during the 1970s. Since then, the … health system has developed - in parallel to the country's economy and shifts in policy - from a free-for-all service of a …

We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage …

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 …

health burden in Ahmedabad city, India. The article geo-references the water problems and occurrence of diseases and through … interviews documents the socio-spatial characteristics of water problems and health burden in two case study wards. The paper … the surveillance and monitoring of water infrastructure and public health. By bringing 'place-based' and 'people …

We evaluate the effectiveness of a post-conflict development programme on maternal health-care utilization in the … Development Facility of the United Nations Development Programme is successful in improving maternal health-care utilization … health-care utilization. The effectiveness of the programme would have been greater in the absence of conflict, although the …