Access : how do good health technologies get to poor people in poor countries?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Laura J Frost; Michael Reich; Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
- ناشر : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies : Distributed by Harvard Un
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780674032156
Description
The issue of access -- The access framework -- Praziquantel : access to medicines / with Alan Fenwick and Howard Thompson -- Hepatitis B vaccine : access to vaccines -- Malaria rapid diagnostic tests : access to diagnostics -- Norplant : access to contraceptives -- Vaccine vial monitors : access to devices -- Female condoms : access to dual protection technologies / with Beth Anne Pratt -- Synthesis : no success without access.
Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies, even basic ones. Why do these problems in access persist? This book answers this question by developing a comprehensive analytical framework for access and examining six case studies to explain why some health technologies achieved more access than others.
