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Governance of Assisted Living in Singapore: Lessons for Aging Countries
(2022-06-14)
A global trend toward aging populations means that the challenge of providing adequate long-term care to older people looms large in many countries. In Singapore, a public discourse revolving around the expansion of assisted ...
Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability
(2023-12-05)
Background:
Existing research on health equity falls short of identifying a comprehensive set of indicators for measurement across health systems. Health systems in the ASEAN region, in particular, lack a standardised ...
Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN
(2014-12-03)
Background: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is characterized by much diversity in terms of geography, society, economic development, and health outcomes. The health systems as well as healthcare structure ...
Mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations: Lessons for improving health and social equity
(2023-06-02)
The COVID-19 pandemic had an inequitable and disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations, reversing decades of progress toward healthy populations and poverty alleviation. This study examines various programmatic ...
Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries
(2023-12)
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected ...
