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Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why
- Title
- Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why / edited by Davidson R. Gwatkin, Adam Wagstaff, Abdo Yazbeck.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : The World Bank, [2005], ©2005.
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- Description
- xxi, 353 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Poor > Medical care > Cross-cultural studies
- Poor > Medical care > Developing countries
- Health services accessibility > Cross-cultural studies
- Health services accessibility > Developing countries
- Poor > Nutrition > Cross-cultural studies
- Poor > Nutrition > Developing countries
- Human services > Cross-cultural studies
- Human services > Developing countries
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Poverty
- Program Evaluation
- Developing Countries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Why were the reaching the poor studies undertaken? / Abdo S. Yazbeck, Davidson R. Gwatkin, Adam Wagstaff and Jumana Qamruddin -- 2. How were the reaching the poor studies done? / Adam Wagstaff and Hugh Waters -- 3. What did the reaching the poor studies find? / Davidson R. Gwatkin, Adam Wagstaff and Abdo S. Yazbeck -- 4. Ghana and Zambia : achieving equity in the distribution of insecticide-treated bednets through links with measles vaccination campaigns / Mark Grabowsky, Nick Farrell, John Chimumbwa, Theresa Nobiya, Adam Wolkon and Joel Selanikio -- 5. Kenya : reaching the poor through the private sector - a network model for expanding access to reproductive health services / Dominic Montagu, Ndola Prata, Martha M. Campbell, Julia Walsh and Solomon Orero -- 6. South Africa : who goes to the public sector for voluntary HIV/AIDS counseling and testing? / Michael Thiede, Natasha Palmer and Sandi Mbatsha -- 7. Bangladesh : inequalities in utilization of maternal health care services - evidence from matlab / A. T. M. Iqbal Anwar, Japhet Killewo, Mahbub-E-Elahi K. Chowdhury and Sushil Kanta Dasgupta -- 8. Cambodia : using contracting to reduce inequity in primary health care delivery / J. Brad Schwartz and Indu Bhushan -- 9. India : assessing the reach of three SEWA health services among the poor / M. Kent Ranson, Palak Joshi, Mittal Shah and Yasmin Shaikh -- 10. India : equity effects of quality improvements on health service utilization and patient satisfaction in Uttar Pradesh State / David Peters, Krishna Rao and G. N. V. Ramana -- 11. Nepal : the distributional impact of participatory approaches on reproductive health for disadvantaged youths / Anju Malhotra, Sanyukta Mathur, Rohini Pande and Eva Roca -- 12. Argentina : assessment of changes in the distribution of benefits from health and nutrition policies / Leonardo C. Gasparini and Monica Panadeiros -- 13. Brazil : are health and nutrition programs reaching the neediest? / Aluisio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, Juraci A. Cesar, Nelson Arns Neumann and Andrea D. Bertoldi -- 14. Peru : is identifying the poor the main problem in reaching them with nutritional programs? / Martin Valdivia.
- ISBN
- 0821359614
- LCCN
- 2005050781
- OCLC
- ocm60856232
- SCSB-5221546
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries