Radiotherapy is a critical and inseparable component of comprehensive cancer treatment
and care. For many of the most common cancers in low-income and middle-income …

Thirty years since its first public use in 1980, the phrase structural adjustment remains
obscure for many anthropologists and public health workers. However, structural adjustment …

• The objective of this guidebook is to facilitate the implementation of standardized health
labour market analysis (HLMA) approaches to help countries answer key policy questions …

In recent years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has re-emerged as a central actor in
global economic governance. Its rhetoric and policies suggest that the organization has …

Since 2000, the emergence of several large disease-specific global health initiatives (GHIs)
has changed the way in which international donors provide assistance for public health …

Background The feminisation of the global health workforce presents a unique challenge for
human resource policy and health sector reform which requires an explicit gender focus …

Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a crisis in human health resources due to a critical shortage of
health workers. The shortage is compounded by a high burden of infectious diseases; …

Economic reform programs designed by the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank—so-called 'structural adjustment programs'—have formed one of the most influential …

Background Ghana is one of the sub-Saharan African countries making significant progress
towards universal access to quality healthcare. However, it remains a challenge to attain the …

Background Recent years have seen an unprecedented increase in funds for procurement
of health commodities in developing countries. A major challenge now is the efficient …