A survey of health reform in Central Asia

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, in the aftermath of their indopendonce and transition from the Soviet command economy. Socio-economic, epidomiological and institutional realities face the countries. Section 2 sets out domographic and epidomiological t...

• Main Author: Klugman, Jeni
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Schieber, George
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1996
• Series: World Bank technical paper no. 344
• Subjects: 1989-1995; POLITICA DE SALUD; SISTEMA DE SALUD; SERVICIOS DE SALUD; ASIA CENTRAL

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Health status - demographic and epidemiological trends
• 3. Macro-economic context and constraints
• 4. The inherited health systems
• 5. The enabling environment for health reform
• 6. Health policy reform agenda
• 7. Conclusion
• Annexes