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 Jamaica
Updates From the LAC Health Accounts Steering
Committee
August 2002 Jamaica has had at least three prior health
accounts studies: a 1993 study by Boston University, a Baseline
National Health Accounts (BNHA) study developed by the Ministry of Health, and a revision
of the BNHA by Barents Group, LLC. These studies have
largely been financed through IDB projects. Jamaica is also one of the
countries included in the PAHO Caribbean Health Accounts Initiative.Submit
Your
Jamaica Health Accounts Research
If you work in Jamaica, are
participating in a project, or have resources or data to share about
the status of health accounts in Jamaica, please contribute
them. Your input is essential to other researchers, and it will be
an excellent opportunity for you to showcase any work or research
that you have done on health accounts in Jamaica. Click
here to share information.
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Documents |
| Country
at a Glance table |
Key indicators tracing
the trends in social and economic development over the last
three decades from the World Bank's database |
| Genderstats
- Database of Gender Statistics |
Gender-specific data
on health and other indicators from the World Bank database
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| Health,
Nutrition, and Population Statistics |
Basic health,
nutrition and population indicators compiled by the World Bank
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| Jamaica:
Basic Socioeconomic Data |
Compiled by the World
Bank |
| Jamaica:
Country Health Profile |
PAHO's summary
information on health conditions and the structure of the
health system |
| Population,
Health and Nutrition Statistics - USAID's interactive
database |
This site provides
statistics on population, health and nutrition, as well as
related measures including HIV/AIDS, fertility and health
expenditures and services. |
| UNDP Human Development
Report 2002 |
This is the Human
Development Report for 2002, released by the United Nations
Development Programme. It is broken down by chapters and also
includes a press kit and media contacts. |
| Invitation
for ‘Expressions of Interest’ In Major Awards 128
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Invitation for
‘Expressions of Interest’ In Major Awards to Centres of
Excellence in Latin America Under the Health Consequences of
Population Change Program |
| Using
National Health Accounts to Make Health Sector Policy:
Findings of a Latin America/ Caribbean Regional
Workshop 97 KB, PDF |
This report describes
the topics discussed at a two part meeting entitled, “Using
NHA to Inform Decision Making in the Health Sector.” It
summarizes issues raised by participants—specifically about
the NHA methodology, such as difficulties in data collection,
and more generally about integrating NHA into the health
sector reform policy process. |
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