1st Edition
Transforming Health Markets in Asia and Africa Improving Quality and Access for the Poor
1. Introduction Gerald Bloom, Barun Kanjilal, Henry Lucas, David P. Peters and Hilary Standing 2. Transition in the Indian Healthcare Market Barun Kanjilal and Sumit Mazumdar 3. Lessons from an Intervention Programme to make Informal Health Care Providers Effective in a Rural Area of Bangladesh Mohammad Iqbal, Tania Wahed, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Mohammad Shomik, Shehrin Shaila Mahmood, Rumesa Rowen Aziz, Zeeshan Rahman and Abbas Bhuiya 4. Drug Detailers and the Pharmaceutical Market in Bangladesh M. Hafizur Rahman and Smisha Agarwal 5.China’s Rural Hospitals in the Transition to a Market Economy: A Case Study In Two Peri-Urban Counties In Guangxi Province Gerald Bloom, Fang Jing, Fang Lijie, Ren Jing and Wu Huazhang 6. Informal Markets in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Commodities in Rural and Urban Bangladesh Hilary Standing, Sabina Faiz Rashid and Owasim Akram 7. Improving the Performance of Patent Medicine Vendors in Nigeria Oladimeji Oladepo and Henry Lucas 8. Yes, they can. Peer Educators for Diabetes in Cambodia Maurits van Pelt, Henry Lucas, Chean Men, Ou Vun, MoPoTsyo, and Wim Van Damme 9. Evidence of the Effects of Market-Based Innovations and International Initiatives to Improve the Performance of Private Providers Claire Champion, Gerald Bloom and David Peters 10. A Review of ICT Innovations by Private Sector Providers in Developing Countries Henry Lucas 11. The Economics of Social Franchising for Health in Low and Middle Income Countries David Bishai and Claire Champion 12.Conclusions: Making Health Markets Work Better for Poor People Gerald Bloom, Barun Kanjilal, Henry Lucas, David P. Peters and Hilary Standing
Biography
Gerald Bloom is a Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies. He leads the IDS team in the Future Health Systems Consortium and convenes the health domain of the STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex.
Barun Kanjilal is Professor of Health Economics at the Indian Institute for Health Management Research in Jaipur.
Henry Lucas is a Researcher at the Institute of Development Studies in the Future Health Systems Consortium, focusing on social protection and health, and the application of new technologies.
David H. Peters is Director of the Health Systems Programme in the Department of International Health of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Director of the Future Health Systems Consortium.
