EVENTS

Policy to Action
Improving Access to Healthcare Among the Poor

Constella Futures and the USAID | Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1 presented a meeting focusing on poverty and access to family planning and reproductive health. Two panel discussions addressed linkages between family planning and poverty, the importance of involving the poor in policymaking, and approaches to improving access to healthcare.

Full Agenda (pdf 236 kb)

Presenter Bios (pdf 84 kb)

Presentations

1. Overview: Approaches for Addressing Poverty and Health (pdf 629 kb)
2. Reaching the Poor in India: Vouchers in UP (pdf 532 kb)
3. Mobilizing Public Sector Resources for the poor in Peru (pdf 1116 kb)
4. Achieving the MDGs: Contribution of FP (pdf 309 kb)
5. Integrating FP Into PRSPs (pdf 493 kb)
6. Projecting Health Needs of the poor (pdf 194 kb)

Featured Publications

Health Policy Initiative
	MDG Briefs
	Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The Contribution of Fulfilling the Unmet Need for Family Planning     Abstract         (pdf 425.3 kb)
	Guidelines for Establishing Centers to Implement Alternative Dispute Resolution to Increase Access to Healthcare     Abstract         (pdf 709.9 kb)
	Health Policy Initiative IQC Flyer (English)     Abstract         (pdf 102.4 kb)
	Inequalities in the Use of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services: Implications for Policies and Programs     Abstract         (pdf 245.7 kb)
	Making Family Planning Part of the PRSP Process: A Guide for Incorporating Family Planning Programs into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers     Abstract         (pdf 520.3 kb)
	Socioeconomic Impacts of and Resource Requirements for HIV and AIDS (Brief)     Abstract         (pdf 3,446.5 kb)
	Socioeconomic Impacts of and Resource Requirements for HIV and AIDS (Full Report)     Abstract         (pdf 6,369.9 kb)
	Socioeconomic Impacts of and Resource Requirements for HIV and AIDS (Pamphlet)     Abstract         (pdf 1,952.6 kb)
POLICY Project
	Financing Reproductive & Child Health Care in Rajasthan     Abstract
	No. 1 Policy Aspects of Achieving Contraceptive Security     Abstract
	No. 2 Setting Priorities in Reproductive Health: Lessons Learned     Abstract
	No. 3 Targeting: A Key Element of National Contraceptive Security Planning     Abstract
	No. 4 Creating Conditions for Greater Private Sector Participation in FP/RH: Benefits for Contraceptive Security     Abstract
	No. 5 Ensuring Contraceptive Security for HIV-Positive Women     Abstract
	No. 6: Strengthening Contraceptive Security in Decentralized Settings     Abstract
	No. 16: Formal and Informal Fees for Maternal Health Care Services in Five Countries: Policies, Practices, and Perspectives     Abstract