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About Carasso, Barbara
For the past eight years Barbara has been working in developing countries in different capacities – with NGOs, UN and national governments - on policy, strategy and implementation issues surrounding access to care and treatment. She currently works as a research fellow at LSHTM, specifically looking at the impact of user fee removal in Zambia.
Articles by Carasso, Barbara
'Health for all' must be people and community-centred
May 06, 2009 Barbara Carasso , Dina Balabanova
The recent change in global health policy and priorities, as heralded in three key reports published recently, revitalizes the PHC paradigm to provide ‘health for all’ and is characterized by a strong focus on equity and people-centred health services addressing health problems in a comprehensive and empowering manner. So how can this ‘new’ approach be translated into action, in order to achieve some real and sustained impact on the ground and successfully reduce inequities in health? Read more>>
