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Addressing corruption in the health sector: Securing equitable access to health care for everyone
U4 Issue | Jan 2011
The development community is striving to achieve results and value for money with its investments in health around the world. Yet, donors often work ...
health, corruption
Corruption in the Health Sector
U4 Issue | Dec 2008
This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges ...
health
Corruption in the Health Sector
U4 Issue | Jan 2006
This U4 Issue presents some essential resources for anyone promoting anti-corruption in the health sector, or otherwise wanting to learn about the challenges ...
health, World
Using power and influence analysis to address corruption risks: The case of the Ugandan drug supply chain
U4 Brief | Jul 2012
Power and influence analysis can be used to assess corruption vulnerabilities in the public sector. This approach helps identify powerful stakeholders ...
health, Uganda
Informal pay and the quality of health care: lessons from Tanzania
U4 Brief | Oct 2007
Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce access to ...
corruption, health, Tanzania
Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector: Reducing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in User Fee Systems
U4 Brief | Jan 2006
Designed to promote efficiency and expand access to health care services by leveraging financial contributions from patients, user fee systems are in ...
corruption, health, World
Perceptions of per diems in the health sector: Evidence and implications
U4 Issue | Jul 2011
This study details the perceived benefits, problems, and risks of abuse of per diems and allowances in developing countries. Drawing on 41 interviews ...
health, per diems, allowances, corruption, corruption in aid, Uganda, Malawi
Complaints mechanisms in health organizations
U4 Brief | Oct 2013
Strategies to increase transparency and accountability often include complaints mechanisms by which organisations can respond to individual suspicions ...
health, India
Closing opportunities for corruption in the health sector
Book Chapter | Oct 2010
Closing opportunities for corruption in the health sector Taryn Vian, William D. Savedoff and Haral
Addressing corruption through sector approaches: Exploring lessons from the Moroccan anticorruption strategy for the health sector
U4 Practice Insight | May 2013
Sector-specific anti-corruption efforts are widely recommended but rarely implemented at the country level. The Moroccan Central Authority for ...
anti-corruption, health sector, Morocco
Anticorruption in the health sector
Edited Book | Mar 2010
This book, co-edited by Harald Mathisen from CMI/U4 describes how corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening international ...
Approaches to teaching and learning about corruption in the health sector
U4 Brief | Dec 2009
Training and education programmes which deal with the topic of corruption and health can help change the way people approach their jobs as public administrators ...
anti-corruption, health sector
Pro-social preferences and self-selection into the public health sector: evidence from an economic experiment
Journal Article | Jul 2012
Motivational crowding-out theory establishes that the effectiveness of financial incentive schemes, like pay-for-performance, crucially depends on the ...
Pro-social preferences, career choice, economic experiments, health workers, Tanzania
Assessing performance enhancing tools: experiences from the public health sector in Tanzania
Journal Article | Sep 2012
Health workers’ motivation is a key determinant of the quality of health services, and poor motivation has been found to be an obstacle to service ...
Public health sector, payment for performance, Tanzania
Good governance for medicines initiatives: Exploring lessons learned
U4 Issue | May 2013
Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 Issue paper, ...
health, corruption, anti-corruption, medicines, pharmaceuticals, governance, Jordan, The Philippines, Zambia
Per diem policy analysis toolkit
U4 Issue | Dec 2012
Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development activities. ...
health, per diem, abuse of per diem, wages, human resource management, motivation, incentives, control, travel, fraud
Informal pay and the quality of health care: Lessons from Tanzania
Book Chapter | Dec 2010
Anticorruption in the Health Sector brings practical experience to bear on anticorruption approaches tailored specifically to health. The contributors, ...
Mecanismos para presentar denuncias en organismos de salud
U4 Brief | Jun 2014
Las estrategias para aumentar la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas suelen incluir mecanismos por medio de los cuales los organismos pueden ...
health, complaints mechanisms, anti-corruption, anti-corruption approaches in sector work, India
Low motivation gives poor quality health care
News | 23 Sep 2011
Low health worker performance is a key obstacle to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. While a lack of knowledge, equipment and medicine have been seen as the major challenges, a recent study pinpoints poorly motivated health workers as an important contributing factor to low quality health care in low-income settings.
La corruption dans le secteur de la santé
U4 Issue | Dec 2009
La présente étude de U4 constitue une source d’information essentielle pour quiconque participe à la lutte contre la corruption ...
health