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Macroeconomics and health : investing in health for economic development : report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical economics.
- Poor--Health and hygiene.
- Poor.
- World health.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- World Health Organization. Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
- Local Subjects:
- World Health Organization. Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 202 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The World Health Organization (WHO) presents the December 20, 2001 Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) report "Macroeconomics and Health: Investing in Health for Economic Development." The report is available in both PDF and HTML formats. The CMH emphasizes the importance of improving the health of the world's poor in order to improve the economic situation of all countries.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT
- THE COMMISSION REPORT
- Evidence on Health and Development
- Channels of Influence from Disease to Economic Development
- The Epidemiology of Disease in Low-Income Countries
- Addressing the Disease Burden
- The AIDS Pandemic
- Levels of Health Spending in Low-Income Countries
- Mobilizing Greater Domestic Resources for Health
- Removing the Nonfinancial Constraints to Health Services
- Placing the Health Sector into a Broader Context of Health Promotion
- The Supply of Global Knowledge in the Fight Against Disease
- Access to Essential Medicines
- The Macroeconomic Benefits of Scaling Up
- Next Steps
- APPENDIX 1 PARTICIPANTS, REPORTS, AND WORKING PAPERS FOR THE COMMISSION ON MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH
- Members of the Commission
- WG1 Health, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction
- WG2 Global Public Goods for Health
- WG3 Mobilization of Domestic Resources for Health
- WG4 Health and the International Economy
- WG5 Improving Health Outcomes of the Poor
- WG6 Development Assistance and Health
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
- REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS
- Titles of Reports of CMH Working Groups
- Working Paper Series
- APPENDIX 2 ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS OF SCALING UP PRIORITY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN LOW- AND SELECTED MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- Purpose
- Analysis by Development Assistance Committee-Based Income Classification and Disease Classification
- Analysis of Cost Estimates by Region
- REFERENCES
- Data Sources
- Policy Memorandums
- GLOSSARY
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786610041411
- 9781280041419
- 1280041412
- 9789240680852
- 9240680853
- OCLC:
- 171583437
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