Publications

Latest Equinet Publications

Policy paper 5: Health and human rights in Southern Africa?

Klugman, B; Kgosidintsi, N; Womens Health Project, University of Witwatersrand (2000 July)

Themes:

Values, policies and rights

Country

Southern Africa Regional

URL: POL5rightsKLUG.pdf

Policy paper 4: World Trade Organisation agreements: Implications for equity and health in Southern Africa

Munot, G; Southern African Development Community Health Sector Co-ordinating Unit (2000)

Themes:

Health equity in economic and trade policies

Country

Southern Africa Regional

URL: POL4tradeWTO.pdf

Policy paper 3: A review of experience concerning household ability to cope with the resource demands of ill health and health care utilisation

Goudge, J; Govender, V; Centre for Health Policy, University of Witwatersrand; Health Economics Unit; University of Cape Town (2000 June)

Themes:

Poverty and health

Country

South Africa

URL: POL3POVgoudge.pdf

Policy paper 2: Equity in health in Southern Africa: Overview and issues from an annotated bibliography

EQUINET Steering Committee (1998 May)

Themes:

Equity in health

Country

Southern Africa Regional

URL: POL2EQUequity.pdf

Policy paper 1: Can research fill the equity gap in Southern Africa?

Loewenson, R (1999 September)

Themes:

Equity in health, Monitoring equity and research to policy

Country

Southern Africa Regional

URL: POL1monLOE.pdf

Policy paper 7: Equity in health in Southern Africa: Turning values into practice

EQUINET Steering Committee (2000 September)

Themes:

Values, policies and rights

Country

Southern Africa Regional

URL: POL7rights.pdf

Policy paper 8: An examination of public sector subsidies to the private health sector: A Zimbabwe case study

Mudyarabikwa, O; University of Zimbabwe Medical School (2000 September)

Themes:

Resource allocation and health financing

Country

Zimbabwe

URL: POL8finMUDY.pdf

Pages

Latest Bibliography Entries

Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases

Lewin S; Munabi-Babigumira S; Glenton C; Daniels K; Bosch-Capblanch X; van Wyk BE; Odgaard-Jensen J; Johansen M; Aja GN; Zwarenstein M; Scheel IB (2010 March)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Human resources for health

URL:

http://apps.who.int/rhl/reviews/CD004015.pdf

Supporting the delivery of cost-effective interventions in primary health-care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews

Lewin S; Lavis JN; Oxman AD; Bastías G; Chopra M; Ciapponi A; Flottorp S; Martí SG; Pantoja T; Rada G; Souza N; Treweek S; Wiysonge CS; Haines A (2008 September)

Themes:

Equitable health services

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18790316

Lay health workers in primary and community health care: A systematic review of trials

Lewin S; Babigumira SM; Bosch-Capblanch X; Aja G; van Wyk B; Glenton C; Scheel I; Zwarenstein M; Daniels K (2006 November)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Human resources for health

URL:

http://www.who.int/rpc/meetings/LHW_review2.pdf

Antiretroviral Treatment for HIV in Rural Uganda: Two-Year Treatment Outcomes of a Prospective Health Centre/Community-Based and Hospital-Based Cohort

Kipp W; Konde-Lule J; Saunders LD; Alibhai A; Houston S; Rubaale T; Senthilselvan A; Okech-Ojony J (2012 July)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Equity and HIV/AIDS

URL:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040902

An evaluation of the impact of a community-based adherence support programme on ART outcomes in selected government HIV treatment sites in South Africa

Igumbor JO; Scheepers E; Ebrahim R; Jason A; Grimwood A (2011 February)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Equity and HIV/AIDS

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21259136.

Moving from vertical to integrated child health programmes: experiences from a multi-country assessment of the Child Health Days approach in Africa

Doherty T; Chopra M; Tomlinson M; Oliphant N; Nsibande D; Mason J (2010 March)

Themes:

Equitable health services

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20070638

The impact of reducing financial barriers on utilisation of a primary health care facility in Rwanda

Dhillon RS; Bonds MH; Fraden M; Ndahiro D; Ruxin J (2011 May)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Resource allocation and health financing

URL:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/matthew-bonds/files/reducing_financial_barriers_global_health_journal_july_2011.pdf

Thirty years after Alma-Ata: a systematic review of the impact of community health workers delivering curative interventions against malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea on child mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa

Christopher JB; May AL; Lewin S; Ross DA (2011 October)

Themes:

Equitable health services

URL:

http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/9/1/27/

Outcome assessment of decentralization of antiretroviral therapy provision in a rural district of Malawi using an integrated primary care model

Chan AK; Mateyu G; Jahn A; Schouten E; Arora P; Mlotha W; Kambanji M; van Lettow M (2010 June)

Themes:

Equitable health services, Equity and HIV/AIDS

URL:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02503.x/abstract

Alma-Ata: Rebirth and Revision 6 Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated primary health care strategies make?

Bhutta ZA; Ali S; Cousens S; Ali TM; Haider BA; Rizvi A; Okong P; Bhutta SZ; Black RE (2008 September)

Themes:

Equitable health services

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18790320