The development and management of health policies, strategies and guidelines
(collectively, policies) in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often ad hoc …

• Health for All (HFA) seeks to create the conditions where people have-universally and
throughout their lives-as a fundamental human right. the opportunity to reach and maintain …

This article provides the first ever review of literature analysing the health policy processes
of low and middle income countries (LMICs). Based on a systematic search of published …

This paper explores the meaning, and some of the practical implications, of health sector
reform in less developed countries. It reviews the problems that reforms have to address …

The basic health services strategy of the late 1960s, which advocated the building of health
centres near where people lived, encouraged many countries to extend their health services …

Health care systems in the five major English-speaking countries—Australia, Britain,
Canada, New Zealand, and the United States—all have undergone significant change in the …

In early 1990s, Jamison, Mosley and others concluded that a profound demographic and
consequent epidemiological transition is taking place in developing countries. According to …

In recent years several countries and regions within countries have developed national
health goals and targets in order to make explicit the achievements they expect from their …

This overview of health financing tools, policies and trends--with a particular focus on
challenges facing developing countries--provides the basis for effective policy-making …