Medical technologies in developing countries: Issues of technology development, transfer, diffusion and use

Bonair, Ann; Rosenfield, Patricia L.; Tengvald, Karin

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(89)90106-8

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“…In developing countries today, over 10 million children die each year from preventable causes (World Health Organization 2002; Black, Morris, and Bryce 2003). Although international health efforts have traditionally emphasized shifting the supply of health technologies outward, demand for these technologies is also puzzlingly low in many contexts (Bonair, Rosenfield, and Tengvald 1989; Scrimshaw 2001). Promoting gender equality may be an important means of increasing household demand for simple, highly beneficial health technologies.…”

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Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History^*

Miller

2008

Quarterly Journal of Economics

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Women's choices appear to emphasize child welfare more than those of men. This paper presents new evidence on how suffrage rights for American women helped children to benefit from the scientific breakthroughs of the bacteriological revolution. Consistent with standard models of electoral competition, suffrage laws were followed by immediate shifts in legislative behavior and large, sudden increases in local public health spending. This growth in public health spending fueled large-scale door-to-door hygiene campaigns, and child mortality declined by 8-15% (or 20,000 annual child deaths nationwide) as cause-specific reductions occurred exclusively among infectious childhood killers sensitive to hygienic conditions. I. IntroductionWomen's choices appear to systematically differ from those of men (Byrnes, Miller, and Schafer 1999;Niederle and Vesterlund 2007). The underlying causes of these differences remain unclear, but a growing body of evidence suggests that women place relatively greater weight on child welfare and the provision of public goods (Thomas 1990(Thomas , 1994Duflo 2003). Such sex differences are now leading many to view the promotion of gender equality as a potent means of human development in poor countries (not simply an important end) (United Nations 2005). In particular, 'empowering' women is believed to increase investments in children (World Bank 2001).Despite recent interest, this issue is not new; a long history links the status of women with child well-being. For example, the nineteenth century bacteriological discoveries of Ignaz Semmelweis, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Robert Koch, and others revolutionized scientific knowledge about disease, but it was decades before the public at large (and children in particular) enjoyed their most immediate benefits. Principal among them were the basics of good household hygiene: hand and food washing, water and milk boiling, meat refrigeration, and breastfeeding (Duffy 1990;Meckel 1990). In the United States, good household hygiene was promoted through large-scale door-to-door hygiene campaigns -and through charitable organizations and then government, women were their leading advocates (Meckel 1990;Skocpol 1992;Tomes 1998 This paper investigates how a historical milestone in the advancement of American women -their enfranchisement -influenced child survival, drawing out new quantitative lessons where there is rich qualitative history. Specifically, it relates the sharp timing of state-level women's suffrage laws enacted between 1869 and 1920 to state-level trend breaks in the voting behavior of legislators, state and local public spending, and age-and cause-specific mortality. This approach has a number of attractive features. First, America's system of federalism created considerable variation across states and over time in laws governing women's suffrage. Second, although many related studies have focused on lump-sum transfers to women, many policies and programs that 'empower' women have nuanced incentives with theoretically ambiguous...

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Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History^*

Miller

2008

Quarterly Journal of Economics

382

269

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“…One of the major dilemmas confronted by developing countries is the lack of sufficient technological capability and control for appropriate technology transfer and use. The unplanned and what appears to be the random transfer and inappropriate use of medical technology from developed countries to developing countries generally has had far from the desired effect and has caused a waste of limited sources [12,[52][53][54]. In this respect, although medical technology asessment and management need to be well-organized and the accumulation of scientific knowledge and experience, Turkey and other developing countries should determine and plan medical technology production trade and use according to their own priorities and needs.…”

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Globalization and the trends of medical technology trade in Turkey

Şemin¹,

Güldal²,

Demiral³

2007

Health Policy

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“…Developing world hospitals differ from those in the most developed nations in that the developing world is fragmented with a lack of clear power and organization [14]. This is particularly problematic when a technology is imposed from a central authority, such as The WHO or the Ministry of Health.…”

Section: The Developing World Medical Device Landscapementioning

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“…This is particularly problematic when a technology is imposed from a central authority, such as The WHO or the Ministry of Health. There is little recognition in the developing world that the individual, local healthcare provider can be the agent of change [14], a system where doctors select the technology they will use to treat patients.…”

Section: The Developing World Medical Device Landscapementioning

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Barriers for medical devices for the developing world

Malkin

2007

Expert Review of Medical Devices

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Medical technologies in developing countries: Issues of technology development, transfer, diffusion and use

Cited by 39 publications

References 13 publications

Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History^*

Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History^*

Globalization and the trends of medical technology trade in Turkey

Barriers for medical devices for the developing world

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Medical technologies in developing countries: Issues of technology development, transfer, diffusion and use

Cited by 39 publications

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Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History*

Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History*

Globalization and the trends of medical technology trade in Turkey

Barriers for medical devices for the developing world

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Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History^*

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