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Welcome to the Institute for Health Policy!

The Institute for Health Policy is an independent research institution, and a regional centre of excellence for health policy research, working on its own, in partnerships and with sponsors, to improve health and social systems in Sri Lanka and the wider region, by supporting, encouraging and informing policy change, through quality research, analysis and training.

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3 May 2013 - Dr. A.T.P.L. Abeykoon, Senior Fellow represented IHP as a Member of the Drafting Committee on Econom ...
3 May 2013 - Dr. A.T.P.L. Abeykoon, Senior Fellow was invited as a country expert to present a paper on "Reprodu ...
21 Apr 2012 - Two back-to-back presentations on "Situation Analysis of the Private Health Sector" and "Quality of ...
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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

12 Dec 2012 - Impact of Maternal and Child Health Private Expenditure on Poverty and Inequity ...
12 Dec 2012 - Impact of Maternal and Child Health Private Expenditure on Poverty and Inequity in Bangladesh: Bangladesh Facility Efficiency Survey 2011 - Technical Report A ...
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children IHP research in the Maldives

With the rapid gains that Maldives has made in recent years in both economic and social development, Maldivian policy-makers are increasingly facing new challenges. IHP has been making its contribution to more informed policy in the country, by working in several areas of health and social policy, ranging from tackling the challenge of NCDs to the problems of social protection and inclusion.
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Chinese Health Officials Study Sri Lanka's Maternal and Child Mortality Reduction

Sri Lanka's achievements in achieving rapid and sustained reductions in maternal and child mortality provide a potential model for other developing countries. Working with MoH counterparts, IHP organised a tailored programme of visits for senior Chinese health leaders to learn first hand about the Sri Lankan experience.
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children The incidence of government health spending in Asian countries

Work by the Equitap consortium, led by IHP, has revealed how well different Asian health systems perform in protecting the poor. In its latest publication in the World Bank Economic Review, Equitap analyzes the incidence of government health spending in different countries, finding that in a few such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Hong Kong, government spending is pro-poor. >>More...

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