Policy for the Health Sector
Asian Development Bank | February 1999
Abstract
This paper addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the health sector in the Asian and Pacific region over the next decade. To have an impact on the overall health of Asians, a number of significant challenges need to be met. Chief among them is improving the health of the poor, women, and other vulnerable groups so that they too can participate in economic and social development. While the challenges are great, so too are the opportunities. New and affordable technologies advances, such as vitamin A supplementation that can reduce child mortality rates by 23 percent, and accumulating knowledge about managing, organizing, and financing health care, offer tremendous opportunities to dramatically improve the health conditions in the region. Making a difference to the health of these vulnerable groups will require an emphasis on tangible goals and practical means for accomplishing them. Focusing on measurable results will help the Bank and its developing member countries (DMCs) meet the challenges they face.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 1999. Policy for the Health Sector. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6238.Keywords
Aged Health
Quality of Health Care
Public Health
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health Systems
Urban Health
Nutrition and Health Care
Aged Health
Quality of Health Care
Public Health
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health Systems
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Health Care Services
Health Standards
Health Service Management
Health Costs
Disability Insurance
Project impact
Development projects
Program management
Performance appraisal
Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Hospices
Delivery of health care
Prevention of disease
Health status indicators
Disability income insurance
Disability evaluation
Cumulative effects assessment
Grievance procedures
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
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