Information on "Medical Aid"
January 2013
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Jan 2013
Reducing Waste with an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Author: Dean Baker
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
This paper discusses reasons why the Medicare drug benefit plan has cost considerably less than expected. More on «Reducing Waste with an Efficient Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit»
August 2012
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1 Aug 2012
Ensuring Drug Quality in Global Health Programs
Author: David Gootnick, Marcia Crosse
Publisher: US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
The report examines the regulatory and policy requirements intended to ensure the quality drugs procured with US aid funds and the systems in place to monitor drug quality in supply chain used by receiving US aid funds. More on «Ensuring Drug Quality in Global Health Programs»
May 2012
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14 May 2012
Ensuring the Safety and Integrity of the World’s Drug, Vaccine, and Medicines Supply
Author: Laurie Garrett
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
This paper addresses questions related to ensuring the safety and integrity of the world’s drug, vaccine, and medicines supply. More on «Ensuring the Safety and Integrity of the World’s Drug, Vaccine, and Medicines Supply» -
May 2012
Quantifying the Quality of Health Aid
Author: Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
This brief summarizes and updates results of the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) index applied to health aid and compares these results to the overall QuODA assessment. More on «Quantifying the Quality of Health Aid»
January 2012
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Jan 2012
Air and Space Power Journal: January-February 2012
Author: Edward A Rice Jr, Michael S Tate, Stephen Waller, Jose Fonseca, Joseph Anderson, James Fike, Sean Murphy, Geoffrey F Weiss, Chris Wachter, Andy Hamann, Kevin Parker, Frank R Pancake
Publisher: Air Force Research Institute (AFRI)
This issue features articles on the budgetary and operational changes experienced by the Air Forces, medical stability operations and efficiency paradox during war. More on «Air and Space Power Journal: January-February 2012»
October 2011
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Oct 2011
Global Health and the New Bottom Billion
Author: Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran, Andy Summer
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
There are up to a billion poor people or a 'new bottom billion' living not in the world’s poorest countries but in middle income countries (MICs). More on «Global Health and the New Bottom Billion» -
Oct 2011
Achieving an AIDS Transition
Author: Mead Over
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
This brief suggests that health policymakers and practitioners need to organize their efforts around a single goal: achieving an AIDS transition. More on «Achieving an AIDS Transition»
February 2011
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Feb 2011
Trends in Public Opinion on Health Care in Zimbabwe: 1999-2010
Author: Zenobia Ismail
Publisher: Afrobarometer
Using data from Afrobarometer this paper examines public opinion trends pertaining to health care in Zimbabwe from 1999 to 2010. More on «Trends in Public Opinion on Health Care in Zimbabwe: 1999-2010»
January 2011
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2011
Chinese Medical Cooperation in Africa
Author: Li Anshan
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)
This paper deals with China-Africa medical cooperation, with an emphasis on Chinese medical teams and the anti-malaria campaign. More on «Chinese Medical Cooperation in Africa» -
2011
Local Production for Access to Medical Products
Publisher: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
This framework provides an entry point for supporting the local production of medicines, vaccines and diagnostics in a manner that should improve access to those medical products maximizing the potential to improve public health. More on «Local Production for Access to Medical Products»
