Extending social protection in health
Subtitle: developing countries' experiences, lessons learnt, and recommendations
By: International Conference on Social Health Insurance in Developing Countries, Berlin, 05-07 December 2005 ; International Labour Office, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, World Health Organization ; [compiled and edited by Jens Holst and Assia Brandrup-Lukanow on behalf of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation and the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ)]
Contributors: Holst, Jens; Brandrup-Lukanow, Assia; International Labour Organisation; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit; World Health Organization
Publisher: GTZ; VAS; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit; VAS, Verlag für akademische Schriften
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Eschborn, Germany; Frankfurt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9783888644252
Description: Tackles diverse issues, such as universal coverage, social dialogue, poverty reduction through adequate health protection, etc., and gives examples of experiences from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Contains two ILO contributions: Assane Diop, "ILO's Decent Work Agenda - Goal for a fair globalisation", and an abridged version of "Impact of social health protection on access to health care, health expenditure and impoverishment - a comparative analysis of three African countries" by Xenia Scheil-Adlung et al. Includes the "Berlin recommendations for action", emanating from the Conference, as well as biographical notes of the speakers, and a webliography.
Notes: "Commissioned by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-217).