International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 27 Issue 4

The effect of health expenditure on average life expectancy: does government effectiveness play a moderating role?

Alhassan Bunyaminu, Ibrahim Mohammed, Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu, Bashiru Shani, Abdul-Lateef Abukari

This study investigates the impact of total health expenditure on life expectancy in a panel of 43 African countries from 2000 to 2018.

Legal regulation of the state financial guarantees of medical services for the population: domestic and international experience

Nataliia A. Lytvyn, Anatolii I. Berlach, Nataliia M. Kovalko, Alla A. Melnyk, Hanna V. Berlach

The research topicality is stipulated by the need to study the legal regulation problems of the state financial guarantees of medical services for the population in Ukraine and to…

The costs of introducing a vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the literature

Patrice De Micco, Maria Pia Maraghini, Tiziana Spadafina

This study provides a systematic literature review and categorization of the costs reported in the literature for the introduction of new vaccines, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa…

Decomposing the role of mobility restrictions in controlling COVID-19 outcomes: a regional level study of the Philippines

Ammielou Gaduena, Christopher Ed Caboverde, John Paul Flaminiano, Regina Yvette Romero

This paper aims to explore empirically the interactions between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, economic mobility and containment policy to test the…

Convergence of testing and positivity rates for the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Germany and Italy

Esra N. Kılcı

This paper aims to analyze the convergence of the testing and positivity rates for the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on Germany and Italy.

COVID-19 pandemic, global advisories and the imperatives of strengthening the public healthcare system: Nigeria in context

Aliu Oladimeji Shodunke, Sodiq Abiodun Oladipupo, Oluwadamisi Toluwalase Tayo-Ladega, Adebusayo Joel Alowolodu, Yusuf Olalekan Adebayo

Given the efficacy of a robust public healthcare system in handling public health emergencies, the rapid rate of COVID-19 pandemic infection in early-hit (advanced) countries with…

Emergence of joint health and safety committees in Algerian companies: an exploratory study

Widad Bousfot, Saadia Saadi, Mebarek Djebabra

The objective of this article is to carry out an exploratory study on the emergence of health and safety committees (HSC) in Algerian companies.

Food labeling in the European Union: a review of existing approaches

Margarita Peonides, Verena Knoll, Nina Gerstner, Raffael Heiss, Markus Frischhut, Nikhil Gokani

This review explores the phenomenon of front-of-pack nutrition labels (FoPNLs) in the European Union (EU). FoPNLs highlight the nutritional quality of food and non-alcoholic…

IJHG 27.4 Review

Fiona Ellen MacVane Phipps