Health Systems at Different Levels of Development
Objectives
This curricular unit has the general objective of introducing students to the reality of health systems in low-income countries (LICD), defining demographic and epidemiological transition, the incidence and prevalence of diseases in LICD, the Millennium Development Goals in the LICD, LIDC health financing, universal health coverage in LIDCs, and the relationship between financing models and health outcomes in LIDCs.
General characterization
Code
5788021
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Luís Sambo
Hours
Weekly - 10,5
Total - 30
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
• Sambo L, Simoes J. and Martins MR, Financing Health Care in low-income developing countries: A challenge for equity in health, book chapter, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 6th Edition, Oxford Medicine Online, 2020.
• Sambo LG and Kirigia JM (2014). Investing in Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage in Africa. Published by BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2014, 14:28 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/14/28
• Sambo LG, (2014). Epidemiology and Health Policy in Africa. (pages 71-101), chapter 6 of the book entitled African Health Leaders: Making Change and Claiming the Future, published by Oxford University Press www.oup.com
• Sambo LG and Kirigia JM, (2013). Health Financing in Africa, data analysis, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497637
• Kutzin J, Witters S, and al. Developing a National Health Financing Strategy: A reference guide.
• Jackson M and Sambo L, Health Systems Research and Critical Systems Thinking: the case for partnership, Systems Research and Behavioural Science, Wiley, 2019.
• Kutzin J, Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage and Health System Performance: concepts, and implications for policy, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Geneva, 2013.
• Anderson GF and Poullier GP, Health Spending, Access and Outcomes: trends in industrialized countries, Data Watch, Health Affaires, Vol 18, nr 3, Baltimore USA, 1999.
Teaching method
After a theoretical presentation of each topic related to programmatic content, a debate with students will follow, raising real-world problems as practical examples.
Evaluation method
A final work on study-case will be performed by each student that will make a comparative analysis while applying the theory.
Subject matter
I. Health Transition in low income developing countries (LIDCs) and conceptual models for analysis;
II. Epidemiology in low-income developing countries;
III. UN Sustainable Development Goal number 3 in LIDCs;
IV. Universal Health Coverage in LIDCs;
V. Health Financing in LIDCs;
VI. Relationship between Health Financing models and Health achievements in LIDCs.