Publications, selected articles and books

• Reich MR. "Health System Analysis for Pandemic Policies: Suggestions for the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS)." Global Health & Medicine 7, 2025. DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2025.01014 (click here)

• Murphy A, Mbuthia D, Willis R, Tsofa B, Gichagua M, Mugo P, Hanson K, Reich MR. "Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed-Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya." Health Systems & Reform 11(1), 2025. (Click here) 

• Reich MR, Campos PA. "Applied Political Analysis for Health System Reform." Health Systems & Reform 10(3), 2024. (Click here) 

• Reich MR, Campos PA, Kalita A, Guyer AL, Yip W. Health Reform Manual: Eight Practical Steps. Boston, MA: India Health Systems Reform Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2024. (Click here)

• Interview in Spanish in EL PAIS series on “Planeta Futuro,” with journalist Patricia R. Blanco, on the WHO treaty on pandemics, still in negotiations:  “El acuerdo contra pandemias será un paso adelante pero no será suficiente,” published in Madrid, May 25, 2024. (Click here)

• Unger-Saldaña K, Lajous M, Reich MR. "Improving Health System Performance in Mexico." The Lancet, published online August 7, 2023. [Click here; download final text; Spanish translation]

• Reich MR. "Politics and Policies of Health Systems: Reflections on 50 Years of Observing Protests, Leaders, and Political Analysis." Health Systems and Reform 9(1): 2023. [Click here]

• Reich MR. “Reestructurando la Reforma a la Salud al Estilo Mexicano.” Traducción al español, “Restructuring Health Reform, Mexican Style.” Health Systems and Reform 6(1): e1763114, 2020.  [Traducción al español]

• Reich MR. “Cuatro Fallas en la Lógica del Modelo de Salud de Aracataca,” Blog Post at Center for Global Development, December 7, 2022. (in Spanish with English summary) [Click here]

• Yip W, Kalita A, Bose B, Cooper J, Haakenstad A, Hsiao W, Woskie L, Reich MR.  “Comprehensive Assessment of Health System Performance in Odisha, India” Health Systems and Reform 8:1, e2132366, 2022. [Click here]

• Unger-Saldaña K, Reich MR. "La inaceptable alta mortalidad por cáncer de mama." Nexos, 8 October 2022. [Click here]

• Gómez-Dantés O, Dreser A, Wirtz VJ, Reich MR. "Challenges of Guaranteeing Access to Medicines in Mexico: Lessons from Recent Changes in Pharmaceuticals Procurement." Health Systems and Reform 8:1 e2084221, 2022. [Click here]

• Unger-Saldaña K, Contreras-Manzano A, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Suazo-Zepeda E,  Espinosa-Tamez P, Mohar A, Lajous M, Reich MR. "Reduction in the Treatment Gap for Breast Cancer in Mexico under Seguro Popular, 2007 to 2016." Health Systems and Reform 8:1, e2064794, 2022. [Click here]

• Beatty NL, Forsyth CJ, Gilman RH, Hamer DH, Henao-Martínez AF, Hochberg N, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus R, Meymandi S, Reich MR, Showler A, Stigler Granados P. "Neglected Testing for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the CDC." Editorial, American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2022, pp. 1–3. [Click here] For the CDC response, here. 

• Vargas López LC, Wirtz VJ, Reich MR, “Pharmaceutical Services in Public Hospitals in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study” International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 20: 1-10, 2022. [Click here]

• Benski AC, Reich MR, Martinez de Tejada B, " Télémédecine en santé maternelle en temps de Covid-19 : cinq projets internationaux et nationaux." Revue Médicale Suisse 17: 1785-91, 2021. [Click here]

• Kunitoki K, Funato M, Mitsunami M, Kinoshita T, Reich MR, “Access to HPV Vaccination in Japan: Increasing Social Trust to Regain Vaccine Confidence,” Vaccine 39(41): 6104-6110, 2021. [Click here]  

• Gordon A, Reich MR, “The Puzzle of Vaccine Hesitancy in Japan,” Journal of Japanese Studies 47(2): 411-436, 2021. [Click here]

• Muñoz-Aguirre P, Huerta-Gutierrez R, Zamora S, Mohar A, Vega-Vega L, Hernández-Ávila JE, Morales-Carmona E, Zapata-Tarres M, Bautista-Arredondo S, Perez-Cuevas R, Rivera-Luna R, Reich MR, Lajous M,  “Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Survival in Children Covered by Seguro Popular in Mexico: A National Comprehensive Analysis 2005-2017,” Health Systems & Reform 7(1): e1914897, 2021. [Click here] 

• Vargas López LC, Viso Gurovich F, Dreser Mansilla A, Wirtz VJ, Reich MR, “The Implementation of Pharmaceutical Services in Public Hospitals in Mexico: An Analysis of the Legal Framework and Organizational Practice,” Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 14:41, 2021. [Click here] 

• Reich MR, “Pandemic Governance in Japan and the United States: The Control-Tower Metaphor,” Health Systems & Reform 6(1): e1829314, 2020. [Click here].

• Yoshioka K, Manne-Goehler J, Maguire JH, Reich MR, “Access to Chagas Disease Treatment in the United States After Regulatory Approval of Benznidazole,” PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases s 14(6):e0008398, 2020. [Click here] 

• Benski AC, Schmidt NC, Viviano M, Stancanelli G, Soarob A, Reich MR, “Improving the Quality of Antenatal Care Using Mobile Health in Madagascar: A Cross-sectional Study Over 5 Years,” JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8(7):e18543, 2020. [Click here] 

• Benski C, Goto A, Creative Health Teams, Reich MR, “Developing Health Communication Materials During a Pandemic,” Frontiers in Communication 5:603656, 2020. [Click here] 

• Benski C,  Di Filippo D,  Taraschi G, Reich MR, “Guidelines for Pregnancy Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Health Conundrum,” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:8277, 2020. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “Restructuring Health Reform, Mexican Style,” Health Systems & Reform 6(1): e1763114, 2020. [Click here] [Traducción al español]

• James E, Lajous M, Reich MR, “The Politics of Taxes for Health: An Analysis of the Passage of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Mexico,” Health Systems & Reform 6(1): e1669122, 2020. [Click here]

• Campos PA,  Reich MR, “Political Analysis for Health Policy Implementation,” Health Systems & Reform 5(3):224-35, 2019. [Click here].

• Reich MR, Hsiao W, Berman P.  "What We Have Learned in the 15 Years Since this Book was Published," New Preface for Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity (Anniversary Edition). New York: Oxford Univ Press, 2019. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “Political Economy of Non-Communicable Diseases,” Health Systems & Reform 5(3):250-6, 2019. [Click here] 

• Sparkes SP, Bump JB, Özçelik EA, Kutzin J, Reich MR, “Political Economy Analysis for Health Financing Reform,” Health Systems & Reform 5(3):183-94, 2019. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “Political Economy Analysis for Health,” Bulletin of the World Health Organization 97(8):514, 2019. [Click here].

• Reich MR, “The Core Roles of Transparency and Accountability in Governance of Global Health Public-Private Partnerships,” Health Systems & Reform 4(3): 239-248, 2018. [Click here].

• Reich MR, Yazbeck AS, and others, “Lessons from 20 Years of Capacity Building for Health Systems Thinking,” Health Systems & Reform 2(4): 213-221, 2016. [Click here].

• Balarajan Y, Reich MR, “Political Economy Challenges in Nutrition,” Globalization & Health 12:70, 2016. [Click here].

• Japan Global Health Working Group, “Protecting Human Security: Proposals for the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in Japan,” Lancet 387: 2155-2162, 2016. [Click here].

• Reich MR, Shibuya K, “The Future of Japan’s Health System—Sustaining Good Health with Equity at Low Cost,” New England Journal of Medicine 373: 1793-1797, 2015. [Click here].

• Gómez-Dantés O, Reich MR, Garrido-Latorre F, “Political Economy of Pursuing the Expansion of Social Protection in Health in Mexico,” Health Systems & Reform 1(3): 207-216, 2015. [Click here].

• Nigenda G, Wirtz VJ, González-Robledo LM, Reich MR, “Evaluating the Implementation of Mexico’s Health Reform: The Case of Seguro Popular,” Health Systems & Reform 1(3): 217-228, 2015. [Click here].

• Roberts MJ, Hsiao WC, Reich MR, “Disaggregating the Universal Coverage Cube: Putting Equity in the Picture,” Health Systems & Reform 1(1): 22-27, 2015. [Click here].

• Fox A, Reich MR, “The Politics of Universal Health Coverage in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Framework for Evaluation and Action,” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 40(5): 1023-1060, 2015. [Click here].

• Reich MR, Balarajan Y, “Political Economy Analysis for Nutrition Policy,” Lancet Global Health, published online Nov 18, 2014 [Click here].

• Kang M, Reich MR, “Between Credit Claiming and Blame Avoidance: The Changing Politics of Priority-Setting for Korea’s National Health Insurance System,” Health Policy 115: 9-17, 2014. [Click here].

• Fox A, Balarajan Y, Cheng C, Reich MR, “Measuring Political Commitment and Opportunities to Advance Food and Nutrition Security: Piloting a Rapid Assessment Tool,” Health Policy and Planning 40(5): 1023-1060, 2015. [Click here].

• Bump JB, Reich MR, Johnson AM, “Diarrhoeal Diseases and the Global Health Agenda: Measuring and Changing Priority,” Health Policy and Planning 28(8): 799-808, 2013. [Click here]

• Fox AM, Reich MR, “Political Economy of Reform.” In: AS Preker et al, eds., Scaling Up Affordable Health Insurance: Staying the Course. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2013. [Click here]

• Bump JB, Reich MR, “Political Economy Analysis for Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” Health Policy and Planning 28(2): 123-133, 2012. [Click here]

• Reich MR, Ikegami N, Shibuya K, Takemi K, “50 Years of Pursuing a Healthy Society in Japan,” Lancet, published on line August 30, 2011. [Click here] For the Lancet‘s special issue on Japan, click here for English and here for Japanese.

• Shibuya K, Hashimoto H, Ikegami N, Nishi A, Tanimoto T, Miyata H, Takemi K, Reich MR, “Future of Japan’s System of Good Health at Low Cost with Equity: Beyond Universal Coverage,” Lancet, published on line August 30, 2011. [Click here]

• Frost LJ, Reich MR, “Creating Access to Health Technologies in Poor Countries,” Health Affairs 28:962-973, 2009. [Click here].

• Reich MR, Takemi K, “G8 and Strengthening of Health Systems: Follow-Up to the Toyako G8 Summit,” The Lancet 373:508-515, 2009. [Click here]

• Reich MR, Takemi K, Roberts MJ, Hsiao WC, “Global Action on Health Systems: A Proposal for the Toyako G8 Summit,” The Lancet 371:865-869, 2008. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “The Politics of Reforming Health Policies,” Promotion & Education 9(4):138-142, 2002. [Click here]

• Roberts MJ, Reich MR, “Ethical Analysis in Public Health,” The Lancet 359:1055-1059, 2002. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “Reshaping the State From Above, From Within, From Below: Implications for Public Health,” Social Science & Medicine 54:1669-1675, 2002. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “One Foot Sleeping,” Harvard Public Health Review summer:16-25, 2002. [Click here]

• Nantulya VM, Reich MR “The Neglected Epidemic: Road Traffic Injuries in Developing Countries,” BMJ 324:1139-1141, 2002. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “The Global Drug Gap,” Science 287:1979-1981, 2000. [Click here]

• Goto A, Reich MR, Aitken I, “Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Health in Japan,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, 282(2):2173-2177. [Click here]

• Glassman A, Reich MR, Laserson K, Rojas F, “Political Analysis of Health Reform in the Dominican Republic,” Health Policy and Planning 14(2):115-126, 1999. [Click here]

• Reich MR. "Applied Political Analysis for Health Policy Reform," Current Issues in Public Health 2:186-191, 1996. [Click here]

• Reich MR, “The Political Economy of Health Transitions in the Third World,” in Chen LC et al., eds., Health and Social Change in International Perspective, Boston: Harvard School of Public Health, 1994, pp. 413-451. [Click here]

• Reich MR, Takemi K, eds., Governing Health Systems: For Nations and Communities Around the World. Routledge, 2015. [Available as hardback and ebook from the publisher and Amazon]

• Roberts MJ, Reich MR, Pharmaceutical Reform: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2011. [Download free PDF]

• Frost LJ, Reich MR, Access: How Do Good Health Technologies Get to Poor People in Poor Countries? Cambridge: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008. [Download free PDF and from Amazon]

• Roberts MJ, Hsiao W, Berman P, Reich MR, Getting Health Reform Right. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

• Reich MR, ed., Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health. Cambridge: Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002. [Download free PDF]

• Reich MR, ed., An Assessment of U.S. Pharmaceutical Donations: Players, Processes, and Products. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, 1999. [Download free PDF]

• Huddle N, Reich MR, Island of Dreams: Environmental Crisis in Japan. New York: Autumn Press, 1975. Republished in 1987 by Schenkman Books (Rochester, VT) with a new introduction. [from Amazon]

Note: I used this typewriter (a classic) to write my first book in the early 1970s.

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