Arrows For Change articles from May 2004

Arrows For Change archives from May 2004

Assessing evidence on health sector reforms.
May 1, 2004... The motivation underlying health sector reforms (HSR) which swept the Asia-Pacific region in the late 1980s was to increase health system efficiency, sustainability, quality and equity as governments faced shortage of funds to meet the health...

Integration of health services: has there been progress?(Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Integration of primary health services can be seen as a variety of managerial or operational changes to health systems to bring together inputs, organisations, management and delivery of particular service functions. Integration aims to improve...

Priority-setting: what needs to change.(Spotlight)
May 1, 2004... Priority-setting in health refers to the determination of health services that should be prioritised for resource allocation. Priority-setting takes place in a policy environment where various actors operate in particular social, political and...

Acknowledging the role of the mass media in shaping and influencing national and regional policy agendas, members of the Women's Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP), attended a capacity building workshop on media advocacy in Goa, India from January 23-27, 2004.(South Asia)
May 1, 2004... Acknowledging the role of the mass media in shaping and influencing national and regional policy agendas, members of the Women's Health and Rights Advocacy Partnership (WHRAP), attended a capacity building workshop on media advocacy in Goa,...

To accelerate progress towards reproductive health, the World Health Organisation (WHO), with support from NGOs like the International Women's Health Coalition, adopted its first strategy on reproductive health at the 57th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland on May 25, 2004.(International)
May 1, 2004... To accelerate progress towards reproductive health, the World Health Organisation (WHO), with support from NGOs like the International Women's Health Coalition, adopted its first strategy on reproductive health at the 57th World Health Assembly...

The Second National Conference of the Society of Midwives was held from October 10-12, 2003 in Hyderabad.(India)
May 1, 2004... The Second National Conference of the Society of Midwives was held from October 10-12, 2003 in Hyderabad. About a hundred participants gathered for the event that was jointly organised by the Hyderabad chapter of Society of Midwives and Academy...

NGOs in Nepal held its national consultation to assess the implementation of ICPD on March, 11-12, 2004.(Nepal)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... NGOs in Nepal held its national consultation to assess the implementation of ICPD on March, 11-12, 2004. Various government agencies, NGOs and UN agencies gathered to discuss a monitoring report collated from other regions of Nepal and prepared...

Some 40 activists gathered for the National Abortion Rights Advocacy Meeting on April, 26-27 in Quezon City, Philippines.(Philippines)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Some 40 activists gathered for the National Abortion Rights Advocacy Meeting on April, 26-27 in Quezon City, Philippines. Organised by Likhaan, this meeting was a follow-up to the roundtable discussion held the previous year. This time, the...

To mark 28 May 2004, the International Day of Action on Women's Health, a state level dialogue on the Right to Safe Motherhood was organised by the KRITI Resource Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.(India)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... To mark 28 May 2004, the International Day of Action on Women's Health, a state level dialogue on the Right to Safe Motherhood was organised by the KRITI Resource Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. KRITI and its partner organisations from...

Human rights, equity and health sector reform: final report.(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Lie, Reidar K. 2000. Human rights, equity and health sector reform: Final report. [unpublished] This background paper examines some key issues with regard to the notion of a 'right to health'. In the first main section, the author gives an...

"Health sector reforms: implications for sexual and reproductive health services".(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Berer, Marge. 2002. "Health sector reforms: implications for sexual and reproductive health services". Reproductive Health Matters. No. 10(20), pp 6-15 In this editorial, the author argues that neither the ICPD nor ICPD+5, where key...

The Impact of Health Financing Reforms in Developing Countries on Reproductive and Sexual Health Services. Johannesburg. The Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms. Women's Health Project.(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Ravindran, TK Sundari; Maceira, Daniel 2003. The Impact of Health Financing Reforms in Developing Countries on Reproductive and Sexual Health Services. Johannesburg. The Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms Women's...

Health Sector Reform and Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Asia: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services. Johannesburg. The Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms. Women's Health Project.(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Ravindran, TK Sundari. 2003. Health Sector Reform and Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Asia: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services. Johannesburg. The Initiative for Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Health Reforms....

Social, Cultural and Environmental Contexts and the Measurement of the Burden of Disease: An Exploratory Comparison in the Developed and Developing World.(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Reidpath, Daniel D. [et al]. 2001. Social, Cultural and Environmental Contexts and the Measurement of the Burden of Disease: An Exploratory Comparison in the Developed and Developing World. Melbourne: Key Center for Women's Health in Society,...

Other resources.(Resources)
May 1, 2004... Blas, E; Hearst, N. 2002. Health sector reform and equity-learning from evidence? Health Policy and Planning. No. 17 (Suppl.), pp 1-4 Reproductive Health Matters, 2003. Intergration of sexual and reproductive health services; a health...

Integration.(Definitions)
May 1, 2004... Integration of primary healthcare services can be seen as "a variety of managerial or operational changes to health systems to bring together inputs, organisation, management and delivery of particular service functions. Integration aims to...

Health sector reforms.(Definitions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Sustained purposeful change to improve the performance of the health sector. It is an inherent political process, initiated by public or political action, motivated by dissatisfaction caused by the failure to deliver outcomes deemed important...

User fees.(Definitions)
May 1, 2004... Also known as out-of-pocket payments, user fees are payment by the user of health services to the health service provider. This is the normal basis of payment for private healthcare in the modern as well as traditional systems of medicine. In...

Social health insurance.(Definitions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Social health insurance fund usually has compulsory membership of all formally employed persons in a geographic region. A standard pay-roll deduction is made from both employers and employees. All those insured have access to the same range of...

Private health insurance.(Definitions)
May 1, 2004... Private health insurance schemes are based on voluntary contribution by individuals or by individuals and their employers jointly. There is usually a wide range of private insurance schemes varying in the type of conditions or services covered....

Public-private partnership.(Definitions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A public-private partnership is a cooperative venture between the public and private sectors, built on the expertise of each partner that best meets clearly defined public needs through the appropriate allocation of resources, risks and...

Public sector priorities impact reproductive health outcomes.(Factfile)
May 1, 2004... Public or government spending on health is very important especially for people who can barely meet their survival needs. Public spending on health is one indicator of the priority that it gives to the health needs of the people. The best...