RAND Global Health Publications
Publications
A selection of recent Global Health publications is presented here. All RAND Health publications can be browsed by topic at the link below.
Facts, Facts, Facts: What Is a Physician to Do — 2011
This commentary argues that it is timely to reengage physicians in the discussion of international comparative data about health care and to ask why the United States is so provincial in designing the systems by which care is delivered.
Healthy Partnerships: How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health in Africa — 2011
Given the current realities of African health systems, governments will need to rely more heavily on the private health sector. This report assesses and compares the ways in which African governments are engaging with their private health sectors.
High Prevalence of Wuchereria Bancrofti Infection as Detected By Immunochromatographic Card Testing in Five Districts of Orissa, India, Previously Considered to Be Non-Endemic — 2011
Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in districts of India where control programs are not operational.
Improving Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Developing World — 2011
Takes a first step toward developing a policy research agenda for improving access to non-communicable disease medicines in the developing world based on a systematic analysis of obstacles to access and potential solutions.
Internationally Comparable Health Indices — 2011
This project addressed the lack of comparable health measures and indices across nations by developing a cross-national model for measuring health status. In applying the measures to several nations, the study found significant variability in genuine health that correlates most closely with national income.
Where Do Poor Women in Developing Countries Give Birth? A Multi-Country Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data — 2011
Since most poor women deliver at home in developing countries, efforts to reduce maternal deaths should prioritize community-based interventions aimed at making home births safer.
Value for Money in Donor HIV Funding — 2011
This report examines options for improving value for money in HIV funding by using a case study that focuses on the two largest funders, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund, and antiretroviral therapy.
Where Do Poor Women in Developing Countries Give Birth? A Multi-Country Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data — 2011
Since most poor women deliver at home in developing countries, efforts to reduce maternal deaths should prioritize community-based interventions aimed at making home births safer.
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