Trade in health services
Trade in Health Services: Global, Regional and Country Perspectives. Washington DC: Pan American Health Organization, Program on Public Policy and Health, Division of Health and Human Development, 2002, 226p.
This publication explores issues related to Trade and Health services and WTO's GATS Agreement. Papers were presented at the Inter-Regional Meeting on Health and Trade: Towards a Millennium Round, and the book includes general conclusions and recommendations from the meeting.
Table of contents
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Foreword
pdf, 55kb
Juan Casas and Andrew Cassels (2 pages) pdf 55kb
Part I The global perspective
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Globalization, global public goods and health
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David Woodward, Nick Drager, Robert Beaglehole and Debra Lipson (10 pages) pdf 126kb -
Health services under the General Agreement on Trade Services
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Rudolph Adlung and Antonia Carzaniga (22 pages) pdf 218kb -
Trade in health services
pdf, 106kb
Rupa Chanda (10 pages) pdf 105kb
Part II The perspective from the trade and negotiation policies
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Trade and public health in an open economy
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Henryk Kierzkowski (6 pages) pdf 77kb -
Trade policies and export of health services
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David Diaz Benavides (18 pages) pdf 131kb -
Identifying a trade-negotiating agenda
pdf, 89kb
Simonetta Zarilli (8 pages) pdf 88kb
Part III Regional perspectives and country case studies
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Overview of the South East Asia region
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Karin Timmermans (4 pages) pdf 67kb -
International trade in health services in the millenium:Thailand
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Wattane S. Janjaoren and Siripen Supakankunti (20 pages) pdf 202kb -
International relations within Indonesia's hospital sector
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Dono Widiatmoko and Ascobat Gani (12 pages) pdf 142kb -
Trade in health services in the region of the Americas
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Division of Health and Human Development, PAHO (22 pages) pdf 220kb -
The case of Brazil
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Simonetta Zarilli (12 pages) pdf 109kb -
The case of thw Chilean health system 1983-2000
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Francisco Leon (30 pages) pdf 252kb -
The case of the United States of America
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Bernard Ascher (8 pages) pdf 92kb -
An approach to trade and health in Health Canada
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Jake Vellinga (4 pages) pdf 61kb -
The Eastern Mediterranean region perspective
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Belgacem Sabri (8 pages) pdf 103kb -
Health services in Tunisia in the light of the WTO agreements
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Hedi Achouri and Noureddine Achour (14 pages) pdf 176kb
Conclusions
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Meeting conclusions and recommendations
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Toward a positive multilateral trade agenda for developing countries (4 pages) pdf 46kb -
Copyright page
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