Assessing debt-to-health swaps: A case study on the Global Fund Debt2Health Conversion Scheme

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1188-1195

  Cassimon, Danny ^a,b   Renard, Robrecht ^a   Verbeke, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Development Policy and Management   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Debt relief; Debt swaps; Development aid; Global Fund to fight AIDS; Tuberculosis and Malaria; Vertical funds

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEBT; DEVELOPMENT AID; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 50049132500     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02125.x     Document Type: Article

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