31-May-2013
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Evaluation of Samoa Health Sector Management Programme (Health SWAp)
The purpose of the Review of the Health SWAp is to assess the effectiveness of the program in supporting the implementation of the Health Sector Plan 2008-2018; the extent to which it has delivered value for money; whether the program design was appropriate to the political, policy and fiscal context; and whether it has laid a foundation for future donor engagement.
18-December-2012
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Going Beyond Adverse Selection: Take-up of a Health Insurance Program in Rural Cambodia
This paper presents evidence collected during the expansion of the SKY Health Microinsurance program in rural Cambodia. Health insurance is a newer product in developing countries, and this type of evidence has rarely been explored.
26-October-2012
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Final Evaluation of the Three Diseases Fund - Myanmar
The US$136 million, multi-donor, Three Diseases Fund (3DF) (2006-2011) was established to reduce the burden of communicable disease mortality and morbidity for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in Myanmar. The final evaluation of the 3DF aimed to document lessons learnt to inform future health funding and the evaluation of the Three Millennium Development Goal (3MDG) Fund.
16-October-2012
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Adverse selection based on observable and unobservable factors in health insurance in rural Cambodia
Results of empirical studies of the importance of adverse selection remain mixed. In addition, in many empirical studies the effects of adverse selection are difficult to disentangle from the effects of moral hazard.
1-October-2012
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Evaluation report for the Bougainville Healthy Community Project - Bridges to post-conflict communities
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided funding to the Leprosy Mission of New Zealand to support health initiatives at community level in Bougainville, an autonomous province of Papua New Guinea. Funding has been provided since 2005, with a new model commencing in 2009. This independent evaluation assessed the overall performance of the Bougainville Healthy Communities Programme since 2009.
30-September-2012
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Evaluation of the Department for International Development (DFID) Support to Healthcare Workers Salaries in Sierra Leone
The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Free Healthcare Initiative(FHCI) was launched to increase access to key healthcare services by removing user fees for priority groups specifically, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five.. DFID SL has budgeted £10.3m to support higher salaries for healthcare workers over a five year period.
16-August-2012
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Evaluation of the Austrian Development Cooperation Gender Policy between 2004–2011
Austria has committed herself within a framework of international agreements to gender equality and women’s empowerment through gender mainstreaming. The relevance of the gender policy document itself appears to be rather limited. Austrian Development Cooperation staff do know it, but do not use it for providing guidance for their work.
15-August-2012
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Responding to Crisis: Evaluation of the Australian aid program’s contribution to the national HIV response in Papua New Guinea, 2006–2010
The Australian aid program has played a prominent role in responding to HIV in Papua New Guinea since 1995. The Office of Development Effectiveness conducted a major independent evaluation into AusAID’s contribution to the response.
16-July-2012
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The macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS interventions
By providing a better understanding of the evidence about existing approaches and their strengths and weaknesses the study is meant to enable policy discussions on the most efficient way to fight the disease, as well as to facilitate better and more systematic future assessments of HIV/AIDS interventions.
17-May-2012
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DFID’s Support for Health and Education in India
The report looks at the UK’s support for health and education in Bihar State and concludes that it has made a positive contribution to improvements in these areas.