Equity in Health in Southern Africa: Overview and Issues from an annotated bibliography

Annotated Bibliography on Equity in Health, 1980-2001

The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories, methods, and interventions to understand the genesis of inequities and their rem...

Framework for monitoring equity in access and health systems issues in antiretroviral therapy Programmes in southern Africa.

Universal provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART), while feasible, is expensive. In light of this limitation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the 3 × 5 initiative, to provide ART to 3 million people by the end of the year 2005. In Southern Africa, large-scale provision of ART will likely be achieved through fragile public health systems. ART programmes should therefore be dev...

AN OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH LITERATURE ADDRESSING LITERACY ISSUES: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by

Environment and Poverty in Southern Africa – regional linkages

3.1 Poverty and environmental governance 3.2. Poverty, disasters and risk mitigation 3.3 Poverty, the environment and livelihoods 3. 4 Poverty and environmental degradation 3.5 Poverty and environmental justice and entitlement 4. Relative importance of issues 4.1 Issues for regional action 4.2 Country specific issues 4.3 Issues for national attention across the region 4.4 Trade offs between loc...

Gender equity and sexual and reproductive health in Eastern and Southern Africa: a critical overview of the literature

Background Gender inequalities are important social determinants of health. We set out to critically review the literature relating to gender equity and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Eastern and Southern Africa with the aim of identifying priorities for action. Design During November 2011, we identified studies relating to SRH and gender equity through a comprehensive literature searc...