A Guide to Country-level Information about Equity, Poverty, and Health Available from Multi-Country Research Programs

This guide introduces inter-country programs concerned with poverty, equity, and health. The guide consists of two sections: Section one provides information about fourteen multi-country programs: Initiative on equity in Health and Health Care; G...

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Main Authors: Carr, Dara, Gwatkin, Davidson R., Fragueiro, Dianne, Pande, Rohini
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/10/3061305/guide-country-level-information-equity-poverty-health-available-multi-country-research-programs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13670
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Summary:This guide introduces inter-country programs concerned with poverty, equity, and health. The guide consists of two sections: Section one provides information about fourteen multi-country programs: Initiative on equity in Health and Health Care; Global Health Equity Initiative; Comparative Study of the Health of Poor and Non-Poor Population Groups; Equity in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (EquiLAC); Country Studies on Equity and Health; Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET); Comparative Studies on Health Sector Reform-A competitive Research Grants Programme; Investments in Health Equity and Poverty Project (IHELP); Network for Health Systems and Services Research in the Southern Cone/Program on Equity-Oriented Health Policy Analysis in Latin America; Country Information Sheets on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Poverty; Project on Managing and Financing Health to Reduce the Impact of Poverty in the Caribbean Region; ECuity Project; West Africa Equity Initiative; Poverty, Equity and Health in Developing Countries. The information includes a description of program activities, identification of sponsors; list of the countries, and contact information. Section two is a country-by-country list of studies produced under the auspices of each program.