From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="3" color="maroon"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Good health at low cost' 25 years on. What Makes a successful
health system? <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Editors:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dina Balabanova; Martin McKee; Anne
Mills<br>
<u></u><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">London</span></b><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> <u></u>School<u></u></span></b><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine <font color="black"><span style="color:black">LSHTM – 2011<u></u><u></u></span></font></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Rockefeller Foundation<font color="black"><span style="color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Website:
<a href="http://bit.ly/oJiaPA" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:black">http://bit.ly/oJiaPA</span></font></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">GHLC
full book PDF [399p] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/tyGuzr" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:black">http://bit.ly/tyGuzr</span></font></a> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN">“……Why
do some low and middle income countries manage to achieve good health outcomes
while others fail? What factors drive improvements in the health system and in
access to primary health care? <b><span style="font-weight:bold">How can we act
on the social determinants of health in cash-strapped economies?<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN">These questions
are as relevant today as they were in 1985 when the Rockefeller Foundation
published what was to become a seminal report – <i><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">Good health at low cost</span></font></i></i>.
The report explored why some low and middle income countries achieved better
health outcomes than others, making <i><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">Good health at low cost </span></font></i></i>essential
reading for health systems decision- and policy-makers alike.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN">This new edition
of <i><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">Good health at
low cost 25 years on </span></font></i></i>draws on a series of new case
studies from <u></u>Bangladesh<u></u>, <u></u>Ethiopia<u></u>, <u></u>Kyrgyzstan<u></u>,
Tamil Nadu and <u></u><u></u>Thailand<u></u><u></u>
providing fresh insights into the role of effective institutions, innovation
and country ownership in catalysing improvements in health.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:12.0pt"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN">New challenges
such as increasing urbanisation, a growing private sector and an upsurge in
non-communicable diseases suggest that both learning from the past and new
thinking are required to strengthen health systems. This edition provides both
and is a vital resource for academics, policy-makers and practitioners grappling
with how to improve health in low and middle income countries…..”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Content:<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">[Podcast interview with book
authors]<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 1 – Introduction<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 2 – Research Approach
and Methods<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 3 – Health Transcends
Poverty: The <u></u><u></u>Bangladesh<u></u><u></u>
Experience<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 4 – <u></u><u></u>Ethiopia<u></u><u></u>. Placing Health at the
Centre of Development<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 5 – <u></u><u></u>Kyrgyzstan<u></u><u></u>: A
Regional Leader in Health System Reform<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 6 – Tamil Nadu: A
Success Story in <u></u><u></u>India<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 7 – Why and How Did <u></u><u></u>Thailand<u></u><u></u>
Achieve Good Health at Low Cost<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 8 – Good Health at Low
Cost Revisited<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 9 – The Contribution
of Health Systems to Good Health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Chapter 10 – Improving the
Lives of “half the sky”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Chapter 11 – Conclusions<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annexes<br>
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