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Health Insurance for the Poor: Initial Impacts of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor
February 2007
Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic minorities, and all households living in communes officially designated as highly disadvantaged. |
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Strategic Directions for Human Development in Papua New Guinea
January 2007
The report summarizes the health, HIV/AIDS, and education situations in PNG, identifies key issues, and suggests priorities for a sectoral strategy. It also recommends an approach to implementation, given institutional and governance constraints within the country. |
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The Mongolian Health System at a Crossroads : An Incomplete Transition to a Post-Semashkom Model
January 2007
This report presents the state of health of the Mongolian population and of the challenges facing the government as it reforms the health system. |
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Opportunities to Improve Health Sector Performance in the Pacific Islands
January 2007
In the final decades of the 20th century, Pacific island countries achieved positive results in lowering child mortality rates and reducing the diseases of poverty, yet there is a large unfinished agenda. The World Bank and regional partners looked at human development across the Pacific region. This is a summary from that study of key issues in the health sector and some strategic approaches for addressing them. |
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Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review
August 2006
The authors report the results of a review of the Chinese-language and English-language literatures on service delivery in China, asking how well China's health care providers perform, what determines their performance, and how the government can improve it. |
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Poverty Allevation and Tobacco Control in Myanmar
September 2005
Another in the series of Economics of Tobacco Control, this study indicates that poor and uneducated people are more likely to use tobacco in various forms than people with higher incomes and more education. See also:
 Â Research on Tobacco in China, July 2004Â
 Higher Tobacco Prices and Taxes in South-East Asia, October 2003Â
 Economic Analysis of Tobacco Control in Thailand, October 2003Â
 Tobacco Economics in Myanmar, October 2003Â
 Research on Tobacco in Indonesia, September 2003 |
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Reforming Health Social SecurityÂ
June 2005
Proceedings of an international seminar sponsored by the Global Security Institute, Keio University, and the World Bank.
 Presentation "Should providers be allowed to extra-bill for uncovered services? Debate, resolution and the future in Japan" (408kb pdf) |
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Decentralizing Health: Lessons from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam
June 2005
This chapter examines the decentralization experience of three East Asian countries from the perspective of how well they have addressed the special features and requirements of the health sector. |
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Improving Indonesia's Health Outcomes (200kb pdf)
February 2005
Indonesia has made significant progress in health outcomes over the last decades. Infant mortality dropped from 118 deaths per thousand births in 1970 to 35 in 2003, and life expectancy increased from 48 years to 66 years over the same period. |
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Environmental Management for Malaria Control in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region
November 2004
This document presents the options that exist to minimize malaria risks associated with infrastructure development projects. It also aims to raise awareness of the wide array of opportunities that exist to design, construct and operate infrastructure as a sustainable means of reducing malaria transmission risks in specific settings. |
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China Rural Health
October 2004-May 2005
The series offer a description of key issues that need to be addressed in the rural health sector.
 More China Rural Health Publications and Reports |
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