The Asia Health Policy Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Public Health
Scholarly Publications
Pharmaceutical Policy in China
July 2008
Contradictory goals plague China’s pharmaceutical policy. The government wants to develop the domestic pharmaceutical industry and has used drug pricing to cross-subsidize public hospitals.
The Emerging Role of Private Health Care Provision in China
December 2009
China continues to face great challenges in meeting the health needs of its large population.
Pandemic Influenza and the Globalization of Public Health
December 2009
When one can circle the globe in less than the time of incubation of most infectious pathogens, it is clear every country relies to some extent on the health systems of other countries to prevent...
Other Publications
Testimony on China's healthcare sector
April 2014
Karen Eggleston provided testimony before the U.S-China Economic and Security Review Commission at the "Hearing on China’s Healthcare Sector, Drug Safety, and the U.S.-China Trade in Medical...
Consensus Statement: Primary Health Care Reform & Community Health Service in China
July 2015
The conference report from the workshop, Community Health Services and Primary Health Care Reform in China, held on June 18, 2015 at the Stanford Center at Peking University. The report is written...
Disparities in health and health care in Myanmar
December 2015
Myanmar (Burma) is undergoing a complex political and economic transformation, from a long civil war and military regime to a peace process and democratisation.
News
Anti-smoking efforts in China: Matthew Kohrman interviewed by China Radio International
August 2009
AHPP faculty affiliate, Matthew Kohrman, was interviewed by China Radio International (CRI) on August 13th, 2009 about tobacco control in China.
NGO "Pioneers for Health" promoting tobacco control in Yunnan, PRC
December 2009
Two news articles report on the activities of "Pioneers for Health," a health policy non-governmental organization founded in China a year ago with help from AHPP faculty affiliate Matthew Kohrman.
Tobacco-control efforts in China and beyond: Recent work of AHPP faculty affiliate Matthew Kohrman
May 2011
AHPP faculty affiliate Matthew Kohrman quoted in prominent media outlets about tobacco control efforts in China.
- Harvard Global Health Review: Butting out: China's anti-smoking efforts
- Stanford Global Tobacco Prevention Research Initiative: Where are all those 'cancer sticks' produced?: Pinpointing the factories
- Science: A sense of crisis as China confronts ailments of affluence
- Stanford News: Mapping cigarette factories around the world
Events
The Health Policy Environment in Vietnam: Observations from an Outside Insider
February 25, 2010
The health sector's successes in Vietnam have been described as "legendary" by international donors, but there is always the other side of the story.
The Link between Migration and Health: A Longitudinal Analysis in Indonesia, and A New National Survey on Migration and Health in China
February 26, 2008
Migration and health are two areas that have each received significant amounts of attention in sociology.
Informal Care for the Elderly in South Korea and the Impact on Caregivers' Labor Force Participation
May 8, 2008
Rapid population aging in many Asian countries poses an increased burden of care for elderly people with disabilities.
Projects
Global Tobacco Prevention Research Initiative
Cigarettes are producing an unprecedented worldwide health catastrophe.
English
Multimedia
Advancing Science to Reduce Premature Mortality Worldwide
August 2016
Audio, transcript and presentation from "Advancing Science to Reduce Premature Mortality Worldwide" on Oct. 1, 2013 with Prabhat Jha. Human life expectancy improved more in the last 50 years than in the preceding 5000 years.
The Effects of Indonesia's Conditional Cash Transfer Program
July 2016
Audio, transcript and presentation from the event "The Effects of Indonesia's Conditional Cash Transfer Program" on May 8, 2014, with Margaret Triyana, the 2013-14 Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow.Triyana's study analyzes the effects of...
Why do Parents Abort Girls? Patrilocality and its Historical Origin
August 2016
Audio and transcript from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar "Why do Parents Abort Girls? Patrilocality and its Historical Origin" on Jan.
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