India to Propose Global Fund for Clean Energy Technologies
...a venture capital fund located with a multilateral financing institution, which will also have the rights to intellectual property. The technologies so developed may then be given to developing countries at cost, while the rich nations can access them on a commercial basis, the paper says, adding the Asia-Pa...Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years
...nd the Global Fund together provide countries with financing and drugs that ensure better-run programmes and a continuous drug supply so that more patients take a full course of treatment, thereby lowering the risk of drug-resistant TB". The Global Drug Facility provides countries with the drugs and supplies...UC Regents Approve Fundraised Campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
...ugh a combination of medical center reserves, debt financing and private support. The campus has received significant early indication of private support for the project. The fundraising campaign is being conducted jointly by the University and UCSF Foundation, under the leadership of Senior Vice Chancellor ...Three Steps To Better Health Care
... from a concern for health, and only then consider financing arrangements. The authors then recommend reformed Australian Health Care Agreements (ACHAs), focussing on a collaborative relationship between Government and health care providers. The ACHAs need a new format, outlining how services are to be p...Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Abortion, Stem Cells as Part of First Debate
...sion." Giuliani also said that he supported public financing of abortion for poor women in New York state but added that "people can come to a different decision." Romney discussed his shift from supporting abortion rights during his run for governor of Massachusetts to becoming an abortion-rights opponent,...Poor and Chronically Ill in Korea Pay More for Healthcare
...d the study to examine aspects of equity in health financing in Korea. It was published in a special issue of t...le income and low income countries pursuing health financing and insurance reform, Ruger said....Dengue Deaths Sweeping Cambodia Highlight Healthcare Failures
...ivil war and neglect. "The total level of public financing for health is simply too low," the World Bank said in its 2007 equality and development report, which found that rural Cambodians still lacked significant access to healthcare. The government spent only four dollars per person on health expenditure...Good Times Over For Ivory Coasts Ill
... clearly the Ivorian government has the problem of financing the central hospitals of Bouak and Man," Denoman s...ependent on patients' fees they fail to seek other financing mechanisms. "In many countries people stick to this way of thinking that people must pay. They think......he abstinence programs received their first cut in financing from the Senate appropriations committee since 2001, though the final outcome is still in question. At the same time, it is observed that teenagers throughout the country are both abstaining more, and, especially among older ones, more likely to ...