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Global Health Watch: Global Health Watch leaflet
Use this leaflet to spread the word about the Global Health Watch. Covers concept, contents of 2005 report and how to get involved.
 10/08/2004
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Global Health Watch: Global Health Watch flyer - in Spanish
This leaflet describes the Global Health Watch concept in Spanish
09/08/2004
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Bulletin 1 - January 2004
Theme: globalisation and health
08/06/2004
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Poverty: The real progress on HIPC
New analysis from Jubilee Research shows how the creditors are not living up to their promises on debt relief. September 2003.
08/06/2004
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Poverty: Effects of Korean economic crisis on health
Kim et al. have produced an overview of the impact of the 1997-98 economic crisis on health and health systems in Korea. Article from World Health Bulletin 2003.
08/06/2004
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Poverty: Poverty and Social Impact Analysis - Eurodad view
Eurodad present an NGO view on the most recent round of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of economic reform programmes in developing countries.
08/06/2004
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Poverty: Effects of economic crisis - Indonesia
New research by Chris Simms and Medact Director Mike Rowson reveal the health effects of economic crisis in Indonesia were harsher than previously thought.
08/06/2004
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Poverty: PRSPs and health
An editorial in Tropical Medicine and International Health by Ellen Verheul (Wemos) and Mike Rowson (Medact) - June 2002.
08/06/2004
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Poverty: Where is Health?
Wemos and Medact's submission to the World Bank's review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process (December 2001).
08/06/2004
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Poverty: Is globalisation good for your health?
David Dollar from the World Bank gives a positive view of the impact of globalisation on health.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: New human rights and health reader
Claudio Schuftan presents a comprehensive overview of issues around the right to health.
 08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Commercialisation of health care
Paper for UNRISD by Maureen Mackintosh and Meri Koivusalo.
 08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Medact launches document on skills drain
Medact, Equinet and Health Systems Trust South Africa have launched a new document on the effects of the migration of health professionals on health systems in Southern Africa.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Inequality and redistribution
General overview by Maureen Mackintosh of inequality and mechanisms of re-distribution within health care systems.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Health care markets in Tanzania
Research from Maureen Mackintosh and Paula Tibandebage looks at how re-distributive relationships can be strengthened within the Tanzanian health care system.
08/06/2004
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IBFAN reviews UN-business 'partnerships'
Written by Judith Richter for the International Baby Food Action Network, this document critically examines the increasing trend towards UN partnerships with corporations. January 2003.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: GASPP document on Public-Private Initiatives
Document from the Globalism and Social Policy Programme at the Finnish National Research and Development Centre (STAKES) looks at the implications the global public-private initiatives for the United Nations. January 2003.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Health and the World Bank's PSD
Wemos looks critically at the implications for health of the World Bank's new Private Sector Development Strategy.
08/06/2004
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Health Policy: Millennium Challenge Account
Citizens' Network on Essential Services looks at the US government's new Millennium Challenge Account. What does it mean for international development?
08/06/2004
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WTO: MSF outlines dangers of FTAA
The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas contains a number of measures which will tighten intellectual property rights in the area of pharmaceuticals. MSF outlines the issues.
08/06/2004
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WTO: GATS threat to public health
A strong coalition of health groups from developed and developing countries, including Medact, has published a warning to health ministers of the effects of the General Agreement on Trade in Services on access to health services. May 2003.
08/06/2004
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WTO: GASPP document on WTO and health policy
January 2003 document from the Globalism and Social Policy Programme at the Finnish National Research and Development Centre looks at the implications of WTO agreements for health policy.
08/06/2004
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WTO: The Wrong Model
A new report from Save the Children UK by John Hilary highlights the potential negative impacts of increased trade in health services under the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
08/06/2004
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WTO: The World Trade Organisation - what does it mean for health?
A comprehensive review by Medact/Health Counts and EPHA of the implications of WTO agreements for health policy. April 2001.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: International nurse migration
Article by Aitken et al. in Health Affairs explores the dynamics of nurse migration - April 2004.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Africa health professional migration
Dela Dovlo explores causes of and solutions to the brain drain of African health professionals.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Midwives in Malawi
A study on the factors affecting the retention of midwives in Malawi by Lene Skov Mackintosh (2003).
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Responses to migration of skilled workers
ILO paper looking at return, retention and recirculation of skilled workers.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Rights and migration
WHO overview of rights issues related to migration and health, including the skills drain.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Human resources for health
DfID's Health Systems Resource Centre have produced a human resources for health dossier full of information, links and documents.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Ethical recruitment assessed
New document from Willetts and Martineau at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine looks at how successful ethical recruitment policies have been in dealing with the skills drain. January 2004.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: WHO-HIF debate on skills drain
As summarised and available at the Equinet website.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Skills drain and Southern Africa
Equinet, Health Systems Trust and Medact paper on the causes and effects of medical migration in southern Africa.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: The Human Resource Crisis in Africa
USAID document outlining the dimensions of the human resource crisis in Africa. February 2003.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Solutions to the brain drain
Martineau et al. give an overview of the issues.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: Health migration policy
Stillwell et al. discuss the need for evidence-based, ethical health professional migration policy. October 2003.
08/06/2004
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Brain Drain: We need respect!
This document written by Helen Allan and John Larsen for the UK's Royal College of Nursing studies the motivations behind why health professionals come to work in the UK, what experiences they undergo and whether they plan to stay. July 2003.
08/06/2004
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