WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing

Structural transformation of China's economy in the 1980s and its impact on the health sector created a critical need for skills and research capacity in health economics and financing. In 1989 the Government of China (GOC) enlisted the World...

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Main Authors: Yang, Chialing, Shanlian, Hu, Yazbeck, Abdo S.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/6103334/wbi-china-health-sector-partnership-fourteen-years-growing
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spelling okr-10986-97032021-04-23T14:02:46Z WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing Yang, Chialing Shanlian, Hu Yazbeck, Abdo S. ADAPTATION ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITIES DISTANCE LEARNING DOCTORS ECONOMICS HEALTH HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM LEARNING MEDICINE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PARTNERSHIP PLANNING PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOT TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING MATERIALS UNIVERSITIES VIDEO CONFERENCING Structural transformation of China's economy in the 1980s and its impact on the health sector created a critical need for skills and research capacity in health economics and financing. In 1989 the Government of China (GOC) enlisted the World Bank Institute (WBI) to work with China's Ministry of Health (MOH) to organize senior policy seminars addressing emerging health issues and to establish a network of institutions to train academic faculty and government officials. In 1991 GOC launched the China Health Economics Network, which in fourteen years has expanded membership from seven to nineteen institutions, offered health sector courses, and led to the training of more than 2,100 executives and trainers. Network research and senior policy seminars have supported critical government policy decisions. Replication of this successful network model is possible in large countries. 2012-08-13T09:19:27Z 2012-08-13T09:19:27Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/6103334/wbi-china-health-sector-partnership-fourteen-years-growing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9703 English Capacity Enhancement Briefs; No. 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ADAPTATION
ARCHITECTURE
COMMUNITIES
DISTANCE LEARNING
DOCTORS
ECONOMICS
HEALTH
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SYSTEM
LEARNING
MEDICINE
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PARTNERSHIP
PLANNING
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOT
TRAINING CENTERS
TRAINING MATERIALS
UNIVERSITIES
VIDEO CONFERENCING
spellingShingle ADAPTATION
ARCHITECTURE
COMMUNITIES
DISTANCE LEARNING
DOCTORS
ECONOMICS
HEALTH
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SYSTEM
LEARNING
MEDICINE
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
PARTNERSHIP
PLANNING
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOT
TRAINING CENTERS
TRAINING MATERIALS
UNIVERSITIES
VIDEO CONFERENCING
Yang, Chialing
Shanlian, Hu
Yazbeck, Abdo S.
WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
relation Capacity Enhancement Briefs; No. 4
description Structural transformation of China's economy in the 1980s and its impact on the health sector created a critical need for skills and research capacity in health economics and financing. In 1989 the Government of China (GOC) enlisted the World Bank Institute (WBI) to work with China's Ministry of Health (MOH) to organize senior policy seminars addressing emerging health issues and to establish a network of institutions to train academic faculty and government officials. In 1991 GOC launched the China Health Economics Network, which in fourteen years has expanded membership from seven to nineteen institutions, offered health sector courses, and led to the training of more than 2,100 executives and trainers. Network research and senior policy seminars have supported critical government policy decisions. Replication of this successful network model is possible in large countries.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Yang, Chialing
Shanlian, Hu
Yazbeck, Abdo S.
author_facet Yang, Chialing
Shanlian, Hu
Yazbeck, Abdo S.
author_sort Yang, Chialing
title WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
title_short WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
title_full WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
title_fullStr WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
title_full_unstemmed WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
title_sort wbi-china health sector partnership : fourteen years and growing
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/6103334/wbi-china-health-sector-partnership-fourteen-years-growing
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