by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Karen A. Grépin and Kim Yi Dionne This article identifies conditions under which newly established democracies adopt Universal Health Coverage. Drawing on the literature examining democracy and health, we argue that more democratic regimes – where citizens have...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Fabienne Richard, Matthieu Antony, Sophie Witter, Allison Kelley, Isidore Sieleunou, Yamba Kafando, and Bruno Meessen Several countries have recently introduced maternal health care fee exemptions as a quick win approach to reach MDG 5 goals. It has also been argued...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, David Evans, and Robert Marten Based on various momentums, the World Health Assembly 64.9 in 2011, had moved Universal health coverage (UHC) from the Geneva-based Health Ministers discussion at the World Health Assembly to a New York-based...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Paul Bukuluki, Peter K. Byansi, John Sengendo, Nyanzi I. Ddumba, Paul Banoba, and David Kaawa-Mafigiri Uganda has undergone several reforms in governance of the health sector. One of the profound reforms has been the radical shift in management of medicines from the...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Rebecka Rosenquist, Olga Golichenko, Tim Roosen, and Julia Ravenscroft This article explores how nascent civil society ‘movements’ are working towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC), why the involvement of civil society is essential for delivering a...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Taufique Joarder, Aftab Uddin, and Anwar Islam Initial attempts at Universal Health Coverage (UHC) meet with resistance from different quarters. Therefore, it is imperative to empower the community and generate demand for it. This paper argues that community...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Ramon Pedro P. Paterno The present Philippine administration has committed to achieve Universal Coverage by 2016. Yet the Philippines has relied on Social Health Insurance or PhilHealth as the key to its health financing reform. PhilHealth has been attempting to...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Matthew Brown, Bryan A. Liang, Braden Hale, and Thomas Novotny China is the world’s fastest growing economy.1 China also presents challenges to the United States as differences in trade policy, human rights, and regional interests become more pronounced.2 In addition,...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Tess van der Rijt and Tikki Pang WHO has been guilty of complacency and taking its unassailable leadership role in global health for granted. The WHO’s governing bodies are currently engaged in a programme of reform in an attempt to resuscitate the lethargic and...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Matthew Hoisington This article argues for a “living, breathing” Global Health Governance Constitution, which would be initiated by a World Health Governance Forum (“Forum”) convened by the World Health Organization (WHO). The content of the new constitution would...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Claire E. Brolan, Jonas Hill, and Peter S. Hill Since their development in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals have substantially influenced global health governance, their indicators now forming an accepted metric for the measurement of global and local progress...
by ghgovernance | Sep 17, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013
Coles, D., Ruto, E and Frewer, L.J The HIF scheme, aims to create an alternative (Patent-2), to the existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime for rewarding pharmaceutical innovations through monopoly patents. Innovators would choose between the traditional...