Private health care in low-income and middle-income countries is very extensive and very
heterogeneous, ranging from itinerant medicine sellers, through millions of independent …

There is a growing literature on health seeking behaviours and the determinants of health
services utilization especially in the context of developing countries. However, very few …

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban
than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the developing world is critical …

Well-functioning supply chains to deliver medicines, vaccines, and other health products
form the backbone of the health system. Health product supply chains in developing …

Background Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in
children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early. This …

Across the world, welfare states are under challenge (or were never developed extensively
in the first place) while non-state actors increasingly provide public goods and basic welfare …

This paper reports on income generation practices among civil servants in the health sector,
with a particular emphasis on dual practice. It first approaches the subject of public–private …

Objective: To give critical care clinicians in Western nations a general overview of intensive
care medicine in less developed countries and to stimulate institutional or personal …

Increasing recognition of the impact that globalisation may be having on public health has
led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases …

In developing countries of tourist destinations, an increase in medical tourism raises the
wages in the medical tourism sector, thereby retaining skilled medical workers who …