Unprecedented economic progress and demands for social protection have engendered an
economic transition in health in many low-and middle-income countries, characterized by …

The medical community owes economists a great deal. Amartya Sen won a Nobel Prize for
Economic Sciences in 1998. He has spent his entire career promulgating ideas of justice …

O ne of the United States' preeminent economists told a Wilson Center audience that the
international community must address shortcomings in global health if it is serious about …

There is growing interest and concern about the unacceptable differentials in health
between and within countries. This comes out of the realization that poor people will only be …

Abstract “Global functions” of health cooperation refer to those activities that go beyond the
boundaries of individual nations to address transnational issues. This paper begins by …

According to World Bank figures Tanzania ranks as one of the world's poorest countries, 1
yet its commercial centre, Dar es Salaam, is one of the most expensive cities in the world in …

Rachel Greenley et al. Health systems and societal goals goal of financial protection helps
to protect individuals from catastrophic health expenditures through mechanisms such as …

This volume explores the applicability of the concept of global public goods to health and
health related issues as well as the question of the added value—for example, in terms of …

Governments have accepted the goal of Health For All by the year 2000, but its achievement
requires that resources are made available to national health systems and are used …