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Oct 20 2008
Private Provider Retention in Ethiopia
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In Ethiopia, private providers are leaving clinics and hospitals in alarming numbers. A recent investigation tried to find out the reasons for the high turnover, and what could be done about it.
Oct 8 2008
Future Health Systems Part I: A Little Matter of Institutions
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Is it too premature to be thinking of Future Health Systems, especially for low-income and transition countries? Given that the existing systems in sub-Saharan Africa and in low-income Asia are under stress from high disease burden (demand-side) and a lack of resources (supply-side), shouldn't we fix the problems currently at hand? Not premature at all, say the editors of a recent series of papers in the journal Social Science & Medicine.
