Fixing Health Systems

The daunting health challenges now confronting Africa, and the rest of the developing world, have been well publicized. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, anemia: all devastating epidemics whose effects are multiplied by conditions of poverty. In Tanzania, however, recent experience and...

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Main Authors Savigny, Don de, Kasale, Harun, Mbuya, Conrad, Reid, Graham, de Savigny, D
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa International Development Research Centre 2005
Les Éditions du CRDI
Edition1
Subjects
Evaluation
Health care reform
Health planning
Medical care
Medical cooperation
Medical policy
Tanzania
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ISBN1552501558
9781552501559

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Summary:The daunting health challenges now confronting Africa, and the rest of the developing world, have been well publicized. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, anemia: all devastating epidemics whose effects are multiplied by conditions of poverty. In Tanzania, however, recent experience and research are providing cause for optimism. In 1993, the World Development Report suggested that mortality rates could be significantly reduced if resources were directed more in line with local "burden of disease." The TEHIP program was founded to test this idea. After a decade of research and experience, the verdict is in: the idea is solid, and has produced some remarkable results. Two districts in Tanzania, for example, have seen child mortality rates fall by more than 40%.
ISBN:1552501558
9781552501559