Publications

Public views of health system issues in four Asian countries

Health Affairs paper presenting the results of a opinion polls of the public in four Asian countries regarding their views on health equity, conducted by the Equitap project.

Author(s):Mrigesh Bhatia, Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, MN Huq, Badri Raj Pande, B Chuluunzagd

Date: 1 Jul 2009                                           Type: Journal articles

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Sri Lanka: "Good Practice� in Expanding Health Care Coverage

The Sri Lanka case of the World Bank study was carried out by the Institute for Health Policy, and published together with the other country cases in �Good Practices in Health Financing: Lessons from reforms in low- and middle-income countries�.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Lankani Sikurajapathy

Date: 1 Mar 2009                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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G8 and strengthening of health systems: follow-up to the Toyako summit

Lancet paper presenting recommendations for the G8 as follow-up to the 2008 Toyako Summit by the Takemi Task Force on Health System Strengthening.

Author(s):Michael R Reich, Keizo Takemi

Date: 1 Feb 2009                                           Type: Journal articles

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G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Follow-Up: Global Action for Health System Strengthening. Policy Recommendations to the G8 - English version

The final report of the Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions was submitted to the Japanese and Italian governments in January 2009 for consideration for the 2009 G8 Summit agenda.

Author(s):Keizo Takemi, Michael R. Reich, Masamine Jimba, Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya, Kenji Shibuya

Date: 1 Feb 2009                                           Type: Books

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G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit Follow-Up: Global Action for Health System Strengthening. Policy Recommendations to the G8 - Japanese version

The final report of the Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions was submitted to the Japanese and Italian governments in January 2009 for consideration for the 2009 G8 Summit agenda.

Author(s):Keizo Takemi, Michael R. Reich, Masamine Jimba, Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya, Kenji Shibuya

Date: 1 Feb 2009                                           Type: Books

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Strengthening Health Financing in Partner Developing Countries

Web appendix on health financing recommendations of the Takemi G8 Working Group.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 1 Feb 2009                                           Type: Journal articles

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From Mexico to Mali: progress in health policy and systems research

Call for renewed investments and commitments to building health systems research capacity in developing countries.

Author(s):Sara Bennett, Taghreed Adam, Christina Zarowsky Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kent Ranson, Tim Evans, An

Date: 8 Nov 2008                                           Type: Journal articles

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Population Ageing and Health Expenditure: Sri Lanka 2001-2101

Publication presenting the model developed and results of the IHP project to forecast health expenditures in Sri Lanka.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 8 Oct 2008                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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Disability amongst the elderly in Sri Lanka: Comparison of disability rates in the censuses of 1981 and 2001

Study analyzing trends in disability as reported in the Censuses of 1981 and 2001.

Author(s):W. Indralal de Silva, W.P. Amarabandu, H.R. Gunasekera

Date: 1 Oct 2008                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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Low fertility trends

Report of a study by IHP Intern, Tashya de Silva, on global trends and issues related to very low fertility.

Author(s):Tashya de Silva

Date: 1 Sep 2008                                           Type: Working papers

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