Publication: WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing
Date
2004-02
ISSN
Published
2004-02
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Abstract
Structural transformation of
China's economy in the 1980s and its impact on the
health sector created a critical need for skills and
research capacity in health economics and financing. In 1989
the Government of China (GOC) enlisted the World Bank
Institute (WBI) to work with China's Ministry of Health
(MOH) to organize senior policy seminars addressing emerging
health issues and to establish a network of institutions to
train academic faculty and government officials. In 1991 GOC
launched the China Health Economics Network, which in
fourteen years has expanded membership from seven to
nineteen institutions, offered health sector courses, and
led to the training of more than 2,100 executives and
trainers. Network research and senior policy seminars have
supported critical government policy decisions. Replication
of this successful network model is possible in large countries.
Citation
“Yang, Chialing; Shanlian, Hu; Yazbeck, Abdo S.. 2004. WBI-China Health Sector Partnership : Fourteen Years and Growing. Capacity Enhancement Briefs; No. 4. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/635a2456-b954-5e03-b4ef-0a6623ce4135 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”