- 216 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Only available on web
About This Book
This ambitious and insightful book provides a unique regional perspective on health policy across South Asia, focusing on how the decentralization of policy and governance leads to differing health outcomes across different countries in the region.
Comparing the contexts and outcomes in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, the book asks how power sharing arrangements between central and subnational layers of government nevertheless result in varying levels of success across issues such as infant and under-five mortality rates. The book argues that it is the role of central government in formulating policy, and how this feeds into regional implementation, that partly explains the disparities in health outcomes across the region.
The book will interest students and scholars of South Asia politics, global health and health policy more generally.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Role of Central and Subnational Governments
- 3. Health Policy-Making in Sri Lanka
- 4. Health Policy-Making in Pakistan
- 5. Health Policy-Making in Nepal
- 6. Health Policy-Making in Bangladesh
- 7. Health Policy-Making in India
- 8. Pandemic in South Asia and Concluding Remarks
- Index