Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 96-107 , May 2003

Decentralisation and its Implications for Reproductive Health: The Philippines Experience

References 

  1. World Bank Group. Decentralization Net. Available from: 〈www.worldbank.org/publicsector/decentralization〉.
  2. Aitken I. Implementation and integration of reproductive health services in a decentralized system. In:  Kolehmainen-Aitken R editors. Myths and Realities about the Decentralization of Health Systems. Boston: Management Sciences for Health; 1999;p. 111–136
  3. Berman P, Bossert T. A Decade of Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: What Have We Learned?. Washington DC: Data for Decision Making Project, USAID; 2000;
  4. World Bank Group . The Little Green Data Book. Washington DC: World Bank; 2002;
  5. PREDA . Human Rights and the Causes of Poverty in the Philippines: Country Report 2001. Olangapo City: PREDA; 2001;
  6. Bossert T, Beauvais J, Bowser D. Decentralization of Health Systems: Preliminary Review of Four Country Case Studies. Washington DC: Partnerships for Health Reform; 2000;
  7. Schwartz JB, Racelis R, Guilkey DK. Decentralization and Local Government Health Expenditures in the Philippines. Chapel Hill: MEASURE Evaluation, University of North Carolina; 2000;
  8. Prado G, Diwa B, Estabillo VB, et al.  Public service reforms and their impact on health sector personnel in the Philippines. Geneva: ILO and WHO; 1999;
  9. World Bank Group . Decentralization and Health in the Philippines and Indonesia: An Interim Report. Washington DC: World Bank; 2002;
  10. Department of Health . Health Sector Reform Agenda Philippines 1999–2004. Manila: Department of Health; 1999;
  11. UNFPA . Implementing the Reproductive Health Vision: Progress and Future Challenges for UNFPA. New York: UNFPA; 1999;
  12. Solter S. Does decentralization lead to better quality services?. In:  Kolehmainen-Aitken R editors. Myths and Realities about the Decentralization of Health Systems. Boston: Management Sciences for Health; 1999;p. 95–108
  13. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific . Report on the State of Women in Urban Local Government: Philippines. Manila: ESCAP; 2001;
  14. Ramiro LS, Castillo FA, Tan-Torres T, et al.  Community participation in local health boards in a decentralized setting: cases from the Philippines. Health Policy and Planning. 2001;16(2):61–69
  15. National Statistics Office, Macro International . Philippines National Demographic Survey 1993. Baltimore: NSO/MI; May 1994;
  16. National Statistics Office, Macro International. Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey, 1998. NSO/MI, 1999.
  17. Singh S, Cabigon JV, Hossain A et al. Estimating the level of abortion in the Philippines and Bangladesh. International Family Planning Perspectives 1997;23:100–107, 144.
  18. Department of Health. Sentrong Sigla, Strategic Framework and Plan, Yr 2000–2004, Manila: Department of Health, 2000.

PII: S0968-8080(03)02168-2

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02168-2

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 96-107 , May 2003