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Spotlight: Public Health


Reuters/David Gray - A nurse comforts a patient after she administered medicine to her at the Beijing You An Hospital.

Save to My Portfolio Politics, and Public Health Policy Reform

Kent Buse and Amanda Glassman, September 2008

In an article for the first edition of the International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Brookings Scholar Amanda Glassman and Kent Buse, Research Fellow from the Overseas Development Institute, review the major theoretical treatments of politics in the health sector in developing countries and provide examples of common issues that have emerged in the study of the politics of public health policy reform. Read More

Global Health, Developing Countries, Public Health, Politics, Global Poverty

Malaria Prevention

Save to My Portfolio Free Distribution Or Cost-Sharing? Evidence From A Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment

Jessica Cohen and Pascaline Dupas, December 2007

In a new Global working paper, Jessica Cohen studies malaria prevention efforts in detail, analyzing whether free distribution or cost-sharing of anti-malarial insecticide-treated nets in Kenya affects prevention of the disease. Read More

Health Care, Africa, Global Health, Global Economics, Economic Development

Spotlight: World AIDS Day


Reuters/Ajay Verma - School children take part in a campaign for AIDS awareness in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.

Save to My Portfolio Better Aid for AIDS Treatment: The Promise of Endowment Funds

Amanda Glassman and Christopher Lane, November 29, 2007

The continuity and sustainability of global health financing continues to be a major challenge in the fight to stem HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries. Brookings Global Health expert Amanda Glassman examines country-based endowment funds as one innovative financing mechanism that could help alleviate this ongoing problem. Read More

Health Care, Africa, Global Health, Global Finance, Global Poverty

Spotlight: World AIDS Day


Reuters/Jacky Naegelen - A medical personnel working with Medecin de Monde conducts HIV tests at Ouidah's hospital near Cotonou.

Save to My Portfolio Low-Cost Health Insurance in Africa Provides the Poor with Antiretroviral Drugs

Jacques van der Gaag and Emily Gustafsson-Wright, November 29, 2007

Reflecting on World AIDS Day, Brookings Global Health Financing scholars discuss the importance of providing low-cost health insurance to low-income households to help guarantee HIV/AIDS treatment. Read More

Africa, Health Care, Global Health, Developing Countries, Global Poverty

Financing Global Health Care


The World Bank/Curt Carnemark - Mother and child in Mali

Financing and Improving Global Health Care

As the volume of health aid to developing countries increases and allocations shift toward specific diseases, issues of aid allocation become more important to the achievement of better health outcomes. Brookings Global expert Amanda Glassman examines the effectiveness and impact of health aid in a recent Health Affairs article.

Save to My Portfolio Financing Development Effectively

Effective and sustained financing are critical to ensuring global health needs are met. In early October, the Global Health Initiative co-hosted a workshop on innovative development finance in health at the OECD’s Global Forum on Development. Visit the forum page.

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Accounting for Health Spending in Developing Countries

Amanda Glassman, Patricia Hernández, Dorota A. Raciborska, September/October 2008

Brookings Nonresident Fellow Amanda Glassman, along with fellow health specialists Dorota A. Raciborska and Patricia Hernández, offers a history of health spending measurement, describes alternative sources of data, and recommends improving international collaboration and advocacy with the private sector for the way forward in developing countries. Read More

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio Funding Global Health Needs

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC

Brookings recently hosted a discussion on new global health financing proposals. Read More

Global Health Initiative

Save to My Portfolio Global Health Snapshot Series

The Snapshot Series offers concise information about the economics, opportunities and challenges associated with new global health financing programs and efforts. Read More

Recent Research and Commentary

Health Care From Few to Many

Global Health Health Systems Strengthening Via Performance-Based Aid

Rena Eichler, Amanda Glassman, September 2008

Global Health Accounting for Health Spending in Developing Countries

Amanda Glassman, Patricia Hernández, Dorota A. Raciborska, September/October 2008

Global Health Politics, and Public Health Policy Reform

Kent Buse, Amanda Glassman, September 2008

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ExpertMauricio Cárdenas

Mauricio Cárdenas is a senior fellow and director of the Latin American Initiative. Formerly minister of Economic Development and Transportation, and director of National Planning of Colombia, his research focuses on international and development economics. He is also the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).

ExpertDouglas W. Elmendorf

Doug Elmendorf, whose government posts have included the Federal Reserve, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisors, and CBO, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy. He is co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and director of The Hamilton Project, which develops proposals for shared growth.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.

ExpertJulia B. Isaacs

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Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ExpertCarlos Pascual

Carlos Pascual is a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. As vice president and director of Foreign Policy, he focuses on post-conflict stabilization and international security policy.

TOPICThe Presidential Transition

During the 77 days from the election to the Inauguration, Brookings experts will offer 12 "Memos to the President" on top policy priorities across the spectrum of domestic and global challenges, plus additional advice on transitioning from campaigning to governing.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.

ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

ExpertDarrell M. West

Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings. His studies include campaigns and elections, political advertising, mass media, public opinion, technology policy and electronic government.

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ExpertMark B. McClellan

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