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Health Care Financing Reform: Issues and Updates [PDF]

Generation of funds and its efficient utilization have remained as a challenge to health authorities. This issue presents the recent efforts on health care financing as well as the concerns regarding its coverage, efficiency and sustainability.
Health Policy Development Staff (DOH)
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Strengthening primary health care financing: policy considerations for Kyrgyzstan

, 2023
xv, 46 p.Development of the primary health care (PHC) system has been the core part of transformative health system reforms in Kyrgyzstan. Following various strategies, the country has made progress towards establishing a PHC-centred health system ...
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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Financing the Millennium Development Goals for health and beyond: sustaining the 'Big Push'. [PDF]

, 2010
Many of the Millennium Development Goals are not being achieved in the world's poorest countries, yet only five years remain until the target date. The financing of these Goals is not merely insufficient; current evidence indicates that the temporary ...
McKee, M., David Stuckler, McKee, Martin, Basu, Sanjay, Gorik Ooms, Ooms, G., Sanjay Basu, Stuckler, David, Basu, S., Martin McKee, Ooms, Gorik, Stuckler, D.   +11 more
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Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Maria Kondyli, Monia Marzouki, Nicolas Prud'homme, Nida Usmani, Rebecca J. Deyell, Lesleigh Abbott, Tony H. Truong, Sapna Oberoi, Ketan Kulkarni, Josée Brossard, Lynette Bowes, Paul Gibson, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Lillian Sung, Catherine Vezina, Laura Wheaton, Alexandra P. Zorzi, Marie‐Claude Pelland‐Marcotte, Thai Hoa Tran   +21 more
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Conditional cash transfers to improve use of health facilities by mothers and newborns in conflict affected countries, a prospective population based intervention study from Afghanistan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background The effects of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs on maternal and child health (MCH) service use in conflicted affected countries such as Afghanistan are not known.
Karen M. Edmond, Abo Ishmael Foshanji, Malalai Naziri, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Jane Machlin Burke, Natalie Strobel, Farhad Farewar   +6 more
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Impact of Initial Treatment Setting on Survival in Relapsed Pediatric and AYA Bone Sarcomas: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Clinical Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outcomes in relapsed or refractory pediatric and AYA bone sarcomas remain poor, and the impact of early referral to specialized sarcoma centers on survival is unclear. Early centralization of care may improve local and systemic treatment quality, but evidence in this population is limited.
Justyna Antoniuk‐Majchrzak, Katarzyna Bilska, Tomasz Koziński, Jadwiga Węcławek‐Tompol, Dorota Sega‐Pondel, Radosław Chaber, Wanda Badowska, Katarzyna Rosłan, Hanna Koseła‐Paterczyk, Anna Raciborska   +9 more
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Financial autonomy of facilities providing primary care services in low- and middle-income countries: assessing the evidence to inform the development of a typology and conceptual framework

BMC Health Services Research
Background Provider autonomy is increasingly asserted as an important attribute in health systems, but is rarely interrogated in-depth, particularly at primary care level.
Sophie Witter, Maria Paola Bertone, Lucas Sempé, Quentin Baglione, Hélène Barroy, Justine Hsu, Inke Mathauer   +6 more
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Cross-Programmatic Efficiency: The System is Greater Than the Sum of Its Programs

Health Systems & Reform
Health programs play important roles in health systems, contributing to the development of best practices, guidelines, awareness, and advocacy for specific services, populations, or conditions.
Susan P. Sparkes, Alexandra J. Earle, Joseph Kutzin   +2 more
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Coverage, Timelines, and Determinants of Incomplete Immunization in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Immunization has become one of the major contributors to public health globally as it prevents communicable disease, particularly in children. The objective of this study was to estimate the extent of timely immunization coverage and to investigate the ...
Nurnabi Sheikh, Marufa Sultana, Nausad Ali, Raisul Akram, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Abdur Razzaque Sarker   +6 more
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Feeding, Fear, and Acceptance: Caregivers’ Experiences of Nutritional Support During Childhood Cancer Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore caregivers' experiences and perceptions of the nutritional challenges faced by children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, including oral intake and the use of nutritional support. Methods This was a qualitative study based on focus groups with parents and caregivers at a Brazilian pediatric oncology hospital ...
Danyelle Apparecida Balsamão Marques, Mariana dos Santos Murra, Welinton Hirai, Ana Laura Balduino do Nascimento, Karla Emilia de Sá Rodrigues, Wilson Elias de Oliveira Junior   +5 more
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