Health workforce: A global supply chain approach (ESS Working Paper No. 55)
Resources - Author: Xenia Scheil-Adlung / Year: 2016
Moving towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a sufficient number of workers producing and delivering health care such as doctors and nurses but also workers in other occupations, e.g. those concerned with administration or maintaining health facilities. However, currently there...
Read MoreEvidence on gender inequities in social health protection. The case of women living in rural areas
Resources - Author: Catharina Kuhl, Xenia Scheil-Adlung / Year: 2012
While in many developing countries, urban women have achieved some progress towards equality due to better chances in growing formal economies, rural women are often stuck in harsh living and working conditions in informal economies, e.g. as landless labourers or domestic workers. The objective of this paper is to...
Read MoreGlobal evidence on inequities in rural health protection: New data on rural deficits in health coverage for 174 countries
Resources - Author: Xenia Scheil-Adlung / Year: 2015
This paper presents global estimates on rural/urban disparities in access to health-care services. The report uses proxy indicators to assess key dimensions of coverage and access involving the core principles of universality and equity. Based on the results of the estimates, policy options are discussed to close the gaps...
Read MoreUniversal health protection: progress to date and the way forward
Resources - Author: Xenia Scheil-Adlung / Year: 2014
This paper proposes policy options based on ILO research and experiences that aim at universal coverage and equitable access to health care. The policy options discussed focus on ensuring the human rights to social security and health and on the rights-based approaches underpinning the need for equity and poverty...
Read MoreRapid extension of health protection
Resources - Author: Thorsten Behrendt, Xenia Scheil-Adlung / Year: 2014
This policy brief summarizes the limited coverage of health protection today. It suggests three steps to rapidly extend health protection and achieve universal health coverage that is sustainable and allows for returns in terms of socio-economic development and growth. Link to this...
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