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Macroeconomics and Health - Investing in Health for Economic Development : Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
Title:
Macroeconomics and Health - Investing in Health for Economic Development : Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
Author:
Organization, World Health.
ISBN:
9789240680852
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
In response to the need to place health at the centre of the development agenda, the Director-General of WHO appointed in January 2000 a Commission on Macroeconomics and Health consisting of a group of leading economists and health experts. The commission's findings are presented in this report, which describes a new strategy for investing in health for economic development, especially in the world's poorest countries. Proposing a new global partnership of developing and developed countries, the report states that timely and bold action could save around 8 million lives each year in developing countries by the end of this decade from infectious diseases and maternal conditions. Also, the lifespans, productivity, and economic well-being of the poor could be extended. Such outcomes would, however, require two important initiatives: a significant scaling-up of the resources currently spent on the health sector by developing countries and donors alike; and tackling the non-financial obstacles that have limited the capacity of poor countries to deliver health services.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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