A guide to country. Level information about equity, poverty, and health available from multi-country research programs

INTRODUCTION 1
SECTION I: PROJECT INFORMATION 2
1. Initiative on Equity in Health and Health Care 2
2. Global Health Equity Initiative 2
3. Comparative Study of the Health of Poor and Non-Poor Population Groups 3
4. Equity in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (EquiLAC 4
5. Country Studies on Equity and Health 5
6. Regional Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) 6
7. Comparative Studies on Health Sector Reform — A Competitive Research Grants Programme.7
8. Investments in Health Equity and Poverty Project (IHEP) 8
9. Network for Health Systems and Services Research in the Southern Cone/Program on Equity-Oriented Health Policy Analysis in Latin America 9
10. Country Information Sheets on Health, Nutrition, Population, and Poverty 9
11. Project on Managing and Financing Health to Reduce the Impact of Poverty in the Caribbean Region 10
12. ECuity Project 11
13. West Africa Equity Initiative 13
14. Poverty, Equity and Health in Developing Countries 14
SECTION II: LIST OF COUNTRY STUDIES BY REGION 16
AFRICA  16
EAST ASIA and PACIFIC 27
EUROPE and CENTRAL ASIA 31
LATIN AMERICA and CARIBBEAN 41
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 52
NORTH AMERICA 54
SOUTH ASIA 55