Background Resources
Background resources relevant to MeTA are held in the Source international information support centre.
Visit the Source website to find these resources arranged in key lists on specific topics and to subscribe to an RSS feed, which will alert you when new resources become available.
Source is designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability for development. It is a unique collection of around 25,000 health resources, including books, journals, manuals, reports, posters, CD-ROMs, websites and organisations.
Below is are the latest resources, related to MeTA, to be added to Source.
Public and private sector approaches to improving pharmaceutical quality in Bangladesh
"Low-cost high-quality drugs benefit society and helps provide pharmaceutical companies a competitive edge. This study p...
Sharp drop in prices after the introduction of generic substitution
"Pharmaceutical prices in Sweden have decreased by about 15 percent since generic substitution was introduced, (from Oct...
Support to malaria control in Tanzania US President’s malaria initiative|Revised work plan fy 2006
This project aims to strengthen health systems for malaria management by improving the supply and quality of antimalaria...
The barefoot guide to working with organisations and social change
This is a practical, do-it-yourself guide for leaders and facilitators wanting to help organisations to function and to ...
Corruption
Daniel Kaufmann and Mushtaq Khan debate the role and importance of tackling corruption as part of a development strategy...
Telling stories, understanding lives, working toward change
This paper considers the importance of listening to people's stories when working towards improving the lives and liveli...
Medicines : corruption and pharmaceuticals
This fact sheet gives a brief overview of the key facts regarding corruption in the pharmaceutical supply chain.
It focu...
Participation and the right to the hightest attainable standard of health
Participation has wide application in the context of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. In this int...
The Kaufmann governance post : why transparency, governance and corruption matter, and what we can all do about it
This blog offers ideas, findings, current events and initiatives on governance, corruption and capture, around the world...
Achieving economic and social rights : the challenge of assessing compliance
This paper considers the challenges governments face when implementing economic and social rights obligations into polic...
