The most severe impact of the Ebola epidemic, which began in Guinea in December 2013 and quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, has been in lost human lives and suffering. This report, prepared for...
Using panel data from Mozambique collected in 2007 and 2008, the authors explore the impact of the food crisis on the welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been...
This paper studies the effect of increased access to antiretroviral therapy on risky sexual behavior, using data collected in Mozambique in 2007 and 2008. The survey sampled both households of randomly...
The purpose of this report is to advise the Thai government and Thai society at large about the full range of benefits, costs, and consequences that are likely to result from the decision to expand public...
The purpose of this report is to advise the Thai government and Thai society at large about the full range of benefits, costs, and consequences that are likely to result from the decision to expand public...
Each issue of this newsletter includes the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading, Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on newsletter subscription. The paper featured in the...
Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are seen as an important tool in the global effort to roll back malaria. With rapidly increasing parasite resistance to chloroquine in many parts of the...
How should governments respond to the increasing domestic and international pressures to finance antiretroviral therapy for AIDS patients? Once prohibitively expensive outside rich countries, antiretroviral...
1992年以来,所罗门群岛的疟疾发病率开始下降,但各地发病率水平与下降速度之间具有较大的地理差异。作者采用了一种混合型的控制手段,包括在住房中喷洒滴滴涕(DDT)和用杀虫剂处理蚊帐。他们从该国110个疟疾区收集了41个区1993年1月至1999年8月间的月发病率和控制活动数据。此外,他们还从临床医疗信息系统中收集了同一地区同一阶段内门诊部有关发烧病人数量的月度报告。作者用多变量随机效果回归法,包括把日历月作为辅助变量,考查了疟疾病人或发烧病人的数量与各月和各区内所采取的控制措施之间的关系,同时调整了降雨量和离水体距离的参数。结果表明,在住房中喷洒DDT、用杀虫剂浸渍蚊帐和进行预防疟疾的教育都分别与疟疾或发烧病人的数量下降有关,而与使用亚培松(temephos)杀死幼虫无关。即使在模型中包括时间变量的情况下,这一结果对所证实的疟疾发病人数来说也是正确的。结果还展示了各种方法在所罗门群岛疟疾控制中的贡献,以及如何用它们来设计最有成本效益的干预措施。证据表明,如果不能大量增加浸渍蚊帐的使用率,就不能轻易用浸渍蚊帐取代DDT喷洒,但使用浸渍蚊帐确实可以大量减少DDT喷洒。...
在克服成年人死亡所产生的影响方面,为什么有些家庭比其他家庭做得好?家庭的应付能力是其所能支配的资源的函数,包括其利用私人社会保险和信贷网络的能力。公共干预可以减少事前的脆弱性,或将事后的援助定位于受害最严重的家庭。 非洲和其它地方发生的爱滋病危机迫使我们为有成年人去世的家庭设计适当的援助政策。这种政策应该考虑到并强化家庭现有的应付战略,而不是重复或削弱这些战略。 Lundberg,Over和Mujinja考查了1991-94年间坦桑尼亚喀格拉地区样本家庭的应付...
This book argues that the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS can be overcome. It draws from three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV, public health insights into disease control, and public economics...
本书认为艾滋病毒/艾滋病这场全球流行病是可以战胜的。报告吸收了三方面知识、艾滋病流行病学、公共卫生学在疾病控制方面的观点。最主要的则是公共经济学、重点是权衡如何配置紧缺的社会资源。各国政府在防止艾滋病毒传播和减轻艾滋病的影响方面负有不可替代的作用。公民社会(包括艾滋病毒携带者)在促成政府行动以及向政府不容易照顾到的人们提供预防和医护措施方面起着关键作用。国际社会也可以给发展中国家和地区提供许多支持。贫穷国家的政府既要解决受艾滋病拖累的穷人的需求,有不能忽视受其他疾病和贫困原因折磨的穷人的要求。报告吸取了一些国家在处理这类两难问题的经验,提出了一些既人道又经济可行的对策。
This book argues that the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS can be overcome. It draws from three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV, public health insights into disease control, and public economics...
This book argues that the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS can be overcome. It draws from three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV, public health insights into disease control, and public economics...
This book argues that the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS can be overcome. It draws from three bodies of knowledge: the epidemiology of HIV, public health insights into disease control, and public economics...
This booklet summarizes the main points of the full length publication of the same name. It provides the salient points discussed concerning health sector resources in developing countries. The concept...
Evaluating social policies: principles and U.S. experience. Using randomized control designs in evaluating social sector programs in developing countries. AIDS and African development. Privatization: lessons...
This booklet summarizes the main points of the full length publication of the same name. It provides the salient points discussed concerning health sector resources in developing countries. The concept...
This booklet summarizes the main points of the full length publication of the same name. It provides the salient points discussed concerning health sector resources in developing countries. The concept...
The purpose of this manual is to introduce people trained in health professions, but not in economics, to the basic economic principles that will best help them decide how to allocate resources in the...