Change is a major part of our lives, whether it is change in industries, technologies or
various sectors such as transportation, education, health care or social policies. But we still …

Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease, but not a disease of the past. After disappearing
from the world public health agenda in the 1960s and 1970s, TB returned in the early 1990s …

Decentralization has long been advocated as a desirable process for improving health
systems. Nevertheless, we still lack a sufficient analytical framework for systematically …

Bismarck, Beveridge, and Semashko—what do these names have in common? Each man
has given his name to a model that describes one of the predominant types of statutory …

This report focuses on health sector reform and outlines some broad measures for reform in
this sector. It evaluates policy options and presents the theory and evidence to support these …

We examine the evolution of WHO managerial policies for tuberculosis control during 1948–
2001 to provide a new framework that will accelerate control expansion in the near future. In …

Fifty years after independence, Nigeria is still struggling with the provision of basic health
services for its teeming population, now estimated at over 150million. The health care sector …

The first wave of neoliberal reform that swept across Latin America in the early 1990s
focused on economic policies favoring structural adjustment, such as currency devaluation …

Background The rising burden of disease and weak health systems are being compounded
by the persistent economic downturn, re-emerging diseases, and violent conflicts. There is a …

Many factors shape the health of individuals and the great variability of health within and
across populations. Genetic endowments, of course, play a role. Economic status strongly …