The report postulates that government policy in the health sector is successful if it leads to
increased welfare through better health outcomes, more consumer sarisfac-tion or lower …

Many of the diseases and health conditions that account for a large part of the disease
burden in low-and middle-income countries are far less common in high-income countries …

Health systems in developing countries are facing major challenges in the 1990s and
beyond because of a growing epidemiological diversity as a consequence of rapid …

1. There is a growing movement to link international development finance to the
achievement of measurable goals. Examples include the Millennium Summit in New York …

Since the Alma Ata Declaration of 19781—a sweeping manifesto endorsed by more than
100 countries that affirmed a universal right to health—governments, global health experts …

This series is produced by the Health, Nutrition, and Population Family (HNP) of the World
Bank's Human Development Network (HNP Discussion Paper). The papers in this series …

Cost-effective public health interventions are not reaching developing country populations
who need them. Programmes to deliver these interventions are too often patchy, low quality …

There is an avalanche of interest in health systems with countries, donors, international
experts and academic institutions all rushing to promote, fund or build capacity to address …

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was established by World Health
Organization Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in January 2000 to assess the place …

This article makes three points regarding international assistance in health, AIDS, and
population. First, despite growing attention in the development policy dialogue, the share of …