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Access: How Do Good Health Technologies Get to Poor People in Poor Countries?
Laura Frost
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Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies, even basic ones. Why do these problems in access persist? What can be done to improve access to good health technologies, especially for poor people in poor countries? This book answers those questions by developing a comprehensive analytical framework for access and examining six case studies to explain why some health technologies achieved more access than others. The technologies include praziquantel (for the treatment of schistosomiasis), hepatitis B vaccine, malaria rapid diagnostic tests, vaccine vial monitors for temperature exposure, the Norplant implant contraceptive, and female condoms. Based on research studies ... Read more
Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies, even basic ones. Why do these problems in access persist? What can be done to improve access to good health technologies, especially for poor people in poor countries? This book answers those questions by developing a comprehensive analytical framework for access and examining six case studies to explain why some health technologies achieved more access than others. The technologies include praziquantel (for the treatment of schistosomiasis), hepatitis B vaccine, malaria rapid diagnostic tests, vaccine vial monitors for temperature exposure, the Norplant implant contraceptive, and female condoms. Based on research studies ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies United States
Number of pages
235
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674032156
SKU
V9780674032156
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99-1
About Laura Frost
Laura Frost is Principal with Global Health Insights, LLC. Michael R. Reich is Taro Takemi. Professor of International Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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