Session 159:
Making health systems work for the poor: the challenges of decentralization in low-income countries
Chair: Cheikh Mbacke, Rockefeller Foundation
Discussant: Ruth Simmons, University of Michigan
Improving innovative health care delivery systems that serve the poor • Ndola Prata, University of California, Berkeley ; Dominic Montagu, University of California, San Francisco
China’s new cooperative medical system: local approaches to medical insurance for the poor • Philip H. Brown, Colby College ; Alan de Brauw, Williams College
Integration of modern and Indian traditional system of medicine for improving RCH services in rural areas of India • Ahluwalia Tej Paul, Indian Council of Medical Research
Feedback – a pillar for strengthening health systems in Uganda • Peter Kintu, Axios International ; Miriam Nanyunja, World Health Organization ; Nestor Ndayimirije, World Health Organization ; Ruth Magola, Ministry of Health, Uganda ; Lukwago Luswa, Ministry of Health, Uganda
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