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"I was surprised to hear that study participants were happier with the level of services provided during the emergency rescue phase and immediately post-disaster, despite the surrounding devastation. Indeed the question of mobilizing political will…"
Piya Hanvoravongchai commented on Nicola Suyin Pocock's blog post Health Reform in Asia: highlights from Health Inequity session
"Excellent points by Htun Linn Oo! We had some prelim assessment right after the floods in two provinces in Thailand and people mostly had no difficulty getting medicines or health services during the floods due to extensive effort from both gov and…"
Htun Linn Oo commented on Nicola Suyin Pocock's blog post Health Reform in Asia: highlights from Health Inequity session
"Thanks for the highlights, Nicola. Re: access to health services in earthquake-affected villagers - I think this kind of surge in health services after a disaster is quite common especially in developing countries. The events caught attention from…"
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- Area of research or policy development
- health financing, health systems, health and social policy
- Short Biography
- Research associate at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Research manager at aidha, a non profit financial education and entrepreneurship training school for migrant domestic workers in Singapore.
Research interests in health and social policy, health systems financing, social impact assessment, gender, migration and financial behaviours.
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- Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: a conceptual framework from a comparative study of Singapore,
Thailand and Malaysia. (with Kai Hong Phua) Globalization & Health, 7:12
Health and healthcare systems in Southeast Asia: diversity and transitions. (with Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Kai Hong Phua, Mui Teng Yap, Jamal Hasim, Rethy Chhem, Siswanto Agus Wilopo & Alan Lopez) Lancet 2011; 377: 429-37
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Health Reform in Asia: highlights from Health Inequity session
Posted on January 17, 2012 at 10:23pm 3 Comments 4 Likes
Last month (in 2011! Came around quick didn’t it?) I was fortunate to catch a plethora of super-interesting presentations at the Elsevier Social Science & Medicine conference on Health System Reform in Asia – check out the copious oral program alone here. Rather upsettingly, no less than 6 parallel…
Continue Helping Burmese migrants to access health services in Mae Sot
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 11:42am 1 Comment 1 Like
“More than 50% of our patients are from inside Burma - even the central provinces” explains Dr Cynthia Muang of the Mae Tao Clinic (MTC). These internally displaced persons (IDPs) often lack access to health services in Burma, with some travelling through dense jungle for up to seven days to receive treatment at the MTC.…
How prepared are ASEAN + China's health systems to tackle chronic diseases?
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 9:00am 0 Comments 3 Likes
In ATM's upcoming issue on "Rising Asia, Growing Inequality" we'll be showcasing inequalities across basic infrastructure, health and financial services and ICTs with the aim to spark discussion about policy options to tackle them. In health, we're zooming in on maternal and child health (MCH) and chronic diseases - aspects of population health that seem neglected amongst the hype about infectious disease (has anyone seen the movie …
The future of healthcare: are science fiction movie writers seeing something we don’t?
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 11:32am 0 Comments 1 Like
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 12:11pm on July 28, 2011,
Rituu B Nanda said… - Thanks Nicola! I share your interest in migration and gender and would like to learn more on social impact assessment.
- At 1:54pm on April 29, 2011,
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