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"World Health Systems is arranged in five parts: the first part presents, from multidisciplinary perspectives, outlines of various health systems throughout the world, as well as current trends in the development and reform of world health systems. The second and third parts expound on the health systems in developed countries, discussing the government's role in the health service market and basic policies on medication administration and expenses, before analyzing the health systems of Britain, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, France, Japan, Poland, USA, Singapore, Hongkong (China), and Taiwan (China). The fourth and fifth parts discuss health systems in less developed countries and areas, typically the BRICS and other countries in Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Armenia, and Kyrghyzstan), Africa (Egypt, Morocco), Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, and Bulgaria) and South America (Cuba, Chile, and Mexico), summarizing their past experiences, while making assessments of their current efforts to shed light on future developments"--

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface -- Part I - Current Issues Facing Global Health Systems -- Introduction -- 1 - The Nature and Etiology of Disease -- The State of Health in the World -- Poverty and Health Status -- Poverty and Disability -- Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) -- The Epidemiological Transition -- The Second Epidemiological Transition: The Rise of Chronic and Degenerative Diseases -- The Third Epidemiological Transition: Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases -- The Demographic Transition -- Developing Nations and the Demographic Transition -- Diseases of Poverty -- Infant and Child Mortality -- Malnutrition -- Food Safety -- Acute Respiratory Infections -- Diarrheal Disease -- Adult Illness and Poverty -- Health Problems of Affluence -- The Changing World Scene -- Tobacco Use -- Alcohol Use -- Intentional Violence: Suicide, Homicide, and Warfare -- Dietary Imbalance -- Changes in Physical Activity -- Mortality and Automobiles -- The Environment -- Workplace Injuries -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 - Defining and Measuring Health Systems -- Introduction -- What is a Health System? -- Overview of Existing Frameworks -- WHO Building Blocks Framework -- Service Delivery -- Health Workforce -- Information -- Medical Products, Vaccines, and Technologies -- Sustainable Financing and Social Protection -- Leadership and Governance -- Measuring Health System Performance -- Selecting Appropriate Indicators -- Measuring the Building Blocks -- Service Delivery -- Health Workforce -- Information -- Medical Products, Vaccines, and Technologies -- Financing -- Leadership and Governance -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Financing and Organization of National Healthcare Systems -- Economic Support for Health Services -- Health Expenditures.

In 1993, the World Development Report suggested that directing health care budgets more proportionally toward the local "burden of disease" could significantly lower rates of death and disease. As the original edition of Fixing Health Systems revealed, the TEHIP program provided powerful evidence in support of that hypothesis. In TEHIP's two Tanzanian test districts, for example, modest funding increases and sweeping organizational changes contributed to decreases in child mortality of more than 40%." "Now, this second edition moves beyond the hopeful story of how TEHIP's interlocking web of systemic reforms improved the health outlook in Tanzania. With a new epilogue and preface, this updated volume also explores how the TEHIP example has helped create a paradigm shift in Africa and within the global health community."--BOOK JACKET

The daunting health challenges now confronting Africa, and the rest of the developing world, have been well publicized. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, anemia: all devastating epidemics whose effects are multiplied by conditions of poverty. In Tanzania, however, recent experience and research are providing cause for optimism. In 1993, the World Development Report suggested that mortality rates could be significantly reduced if resources were directed more in line with local "burden of disease." The TEHIP program was founded to test this idea. After a decade of research and exper

The Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research was themed around 'Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world.' This commentary is the outcome of a panel discussion at the symposium in which the resilience discourse and its use in health systems development was critically interrogated. The 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West-Africa added momentum for the wider adoption of resilient health systems as a crucial element to prepare for and effectively respond to crisis. The growing salience of resilience in development and health systems debates can be attributed in part to development actors and philanthropies such as the Rockefeller Foundation. Three concerns regarding the application of resilience to health systems development are discussed: (1) the resilience narrative overrules certain democratic procedures and priority setting in public health agendas by 'claiming' an exceptional policy space; (2) resilience compels accepting and maintaining the status quo and excludes alternative imaginations of just and equitable health systems including the socio-political struggles required to attain those; and (3) an empirical case study from Gaza makes the case that resilience and vulnerability are symbiotic with each other rather than providing a solution for developing a strong health system. In conclusion, if the normative aim of health policies is to build sustainable, universally accessible, health systems then resilience is not the answer. The current threats that health systems face demand us to imagine beyond and explore possibilities for global solidarity and justice in health.