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Improving health system resilience in fragile and conflict-affected countries
HEART talks
July 18, 2019

According to the World Bank, fragility, conflict, and violence is a critical development challenge that threatens efforts to end extreme poverty, affecting both low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many of the world’s crises are caused by or exacerbated by fragility, from violent conflict to internal and external displacements and climate shocks. Compared to other LMICs, fragile… Read more

conflict-affected states, fragile states, health systems, resilience
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How can countries get the most out of their investments in health?
HEART talks
July 18, 2019

The ability of countries to provide available, affordable, and high quality healthcare services to their populations has become a global priority. However, at least half of the population around the world still don’t have access to essential healthcare, and around 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty because they have to pay for healthcare. Universal… Read more

investment in health, UHC, universal health coverage
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Exploring the importance of effective supply chain management in health
HEART talks
July 16, 2019

Vimal Kumar, principal consultant in the Oxford Policy Management Health team, discusses the importance of procurement and supply chain management in supporting effective policy reforms. Ensuring availability, affordability, and quality of commodities (for example medicines) to provide services to the patients is one of the key outcomes which procurement and supply chain management establishes. This… Read more

Health
Blood Costs in Zimbabwe
Helpdesk Report
January 2, 2018

There is lack of published data on the costs of blood and blood transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa (Mafirakureva et al., 2016). Experts consulted for this rapid review confirm that the deficiency in the breakdown of components involved in costs hinders fair comparative analysis with different countries. Although the focus for this rapid review is on… Read more

blood products, blood transfusion
Gender
Benefits of Investing in Family Planning
Helpdesk Report
October 18, 2017

This report focuses on the evidence on the health, economic and other benefits of investing in family planning. Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility (WHO 2015). A large and growing body… Read more

Children and Youth, contraception, Family Planning, Health
Health
Social Protection
Women and girls with disabilities in conflict and crises
Helpdesk Report
September 8, 2017

People with disabilities have been found to ‘form one of the most socially excluded groups in any displaced or conflict-affected community’ (Pearce et al, 2016: 119). They may have difficulty accessing humanitarian assistance programmes, due to a variety of societal, attitudinal, environmental and communication barriers, and are at greater risk of violence than their non-disabled… Read more

Role of the private sector in production and distribution of long lasting insecticide treated nets for malaria control
Helpdesk Report
September 5, 2017

This report provides a review of key literature and evidence on the LLINs and private sector. The evidence base for this report is vast and spans more than twenty years of research evidence, policy documents and implementation programme evaluations and data from sub Saharan Africa and Asia. The relevant literature spans academic publications in biological… Read more

Health, Malaria, Private Sector
Health
Evidence and experience of procurement in health sector decentralisation
Helpdesk Report
July 13, 2017

Improving the efficiency, effectiveness, equity and responsiveness of supply chains and procurement processes for pharmaceuticals, vaccines and other health products, which make up a large share of total health expenditure in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), has important implications for health system performance and population health. Decentralised governance of health services provides greater autonomy in… Read more

Health
Urban Health
HEART talks
November 29, 2016

Dr Helen Elsey is from the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds. In this HEART Talks she talks through the urban health HEART reading packs that she has put together with Dr Siddharth Agarwal from the Urban Health Resource Centre in India. The three reading packs are: A) Data and evidence,… Read more

Early Child Development, health promotion, Public-Private Partnerships, slums, Transport, urban health, Urbanisation, WASH
Health
Comparative advantages and disadvantages of “push” and “pull” mechanisms in pharmaceutical management
Helpdesk Report
June 28, 2016

In pharmaceutical management, distribution schemes for medicines can be defined as “push” or “pull” systems. In a pull system, each level of the system determines the types and quantities of medicines needed and place orders with the supply source. In a push system, supply sources determine the types and quantities of medicines to be delivered… Read more

pharmaceuticals
Education
Health
Nutrition
Disability inclusion Topic Guide
Document Library
December 3, 2015

This topic guide summarises some of the most rigorous available evidence on the key debates and challenges of disability inclusion in development and humanitarian response. Disability does not necessary imply limited wellbeing and poverty. Yet there is growing evidence that the estimated one billion people with disabilities face attitudinal, physical and institutional barriers that result in… Read more

Disability
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