Contributions of academic institutions in high income countries to anesthesia and surgical care in low- and middle-income countries: are they providing what is really needed?

Community Health Worker Programs to Improve Healthcare Access and Equity: Are They Only Relevant to Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) are proven to be highly effective in low- and middle-income countries with many examples of successful large-scale programs. There is growing interest in deploying CHW programs in high-income countries to address inequity in healthcare access and outcomes amongst population groups facing disadvantage. This study is the first that examines the scope and...

Are We Asking All the Right Questions About Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Comparing the Income Elasticity of Health Spending in Middle-Income and High-Income Countries: The Role of Financial Protection

Background As middle-income countries become more affluent, economically sophisticated and productive, health expenditure patterns are likely to change. Other socio-demographic and political changes that accompany rapid economic growth are also likely to influence health spending and financial protection.   Methods This study investigates the relationship between growth on per-capita healthcare...

Tobacco Control Progress in Low and Middle Income Countries in Comparison to High Income Countries

The study aimed to describe worldwide levels and trends of tobacco control policy by comparing low and middle income countries with other income categories from 2007 to 2014 and to analyze the corresponding relation to recent changes in smoking prevalence. Policy measure data representing years 2007 to 2014 were collected from all available World Health Organization (WHO) reports on the global ...

The burden of surgical conditions and access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries.

a Department of Surgery and Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. b John F Kennedy School of Government and School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. c Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. d Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA. Correspondence to Kelly...