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Kara Hanson on enhancing the resilience and responsiveness of health systems
HEART talks
February 13, 2014

In this short video Kara Hanson from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) explains how universal health coverage (UHC) aims to make services available to everyone, without leading to financial impoverishment. The challenge is to provide the services that are needed while at the same time maintaining quality. To achieve UHC, health financing… Read more

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“Working for health is equal to a pastor who works for God” – an update on REACHOUT in Mozambique
Blog
November 6, 2013

The REACHOUT programme is an ambitious international research project helping to understand and develop the role of close-to-community providers of health care in preventing, diagnosing, and treating major illnesses and health conditions in rural and urban areas in Africa and Asia. The REACHOUT consortium is composed of eight partners and is co-ordinated by the Liverpool School… Read more

Health, Mozambique
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The challenge of providing reproductive health services in rural areas
Blog
September 13, 2013

Access to reproductive health services remains a big challenge in rural remote areas in Tanzania, due to limited health personnel, the public’s poor health seeking behaviour, distance between the villages and facilities as well as medicine stock-outs in public facilities. Due to these reasons, people resort to visiting informal providers based in their communities such… Read more

Health
The Financial Burden from Non-Communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-income Countries: a literature review
Document Library
August 30, 2013

Document Summary: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were previously considered to only affect high-income countries. However, they now account for a very large burden in terms of both mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), although little is known about the impact these diseases have on households in these countries. This paper presents a literature… Read more

Diabetes, NCDs
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Essential services for Syrian refugees and host communities
Blog
July 18, 2013

The current conflict in Syria has been raging since March 2011. For the last two years, not a day has passed without the violence featuring on Western news bulletins. A quick scan of the headlines today (17.07.2013) reveals that the UN believes that 5,000 people are dying each month and that the refugee situation is… Read more

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Cost Effectiveness of Malaria Interventions
Helpdesk Report
July 1, 2010

There have been many academic studies and analyses of malaria interventions and their cost effectiveness. Unfortunately however, as the studies have varying methodologies and countries of focus, they are difficult to compare. The information in this report outlines cost effectiveness data and conclusions. One article did a comparison of various trials which led the authors… Read more

Cost-Effectiveness, Health, Malaria, Mosquito Nets
Health
Centre for Progressive Health Financing Scoping Mission
Assignment
June 13, 2010

A proposal on how the Centre for Progressive Health Financing can help improve the delivery of pro-poor health services in Liberia The provision of quality and accessible health services to improve the country’s health status is a stated priority of the Government of Liberia. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH) has made considerable… Read more

centre for progressive health financing, free healthcare, health financing, liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda
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Nutrition and Malaria
Helpdesk Report
June 7, 2010

This review looks at articles relating to malaria and nutrition. These addressed different stages of the lifecycle, both vivax and falciparum malaria, and varying nutritional interventions. Of these, the 5-10 most-cited trials and reviews relating to each of general undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, vitamin A, or zinc were selected for review and the ten most relevant… Read more

Health, Malaria, Nutrition, Vitamin A, Zinc
Health
Medicines Transparency Alliance: Options for MeTA Phase II Governance and Administration Arrangements Hosted by the World Bank
Assignment
May 24, 2010

In the shorter term, there are two options for administration of a World Bank-hosted multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) for the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA):  A recipient-executed MDTF, hosted in the Bank’s Health Anchor (HDNHE) for the bulk of funds, with a small “child trust fund” executed by the World to cover its costs of promoting… Read more

medicine transparency, world bank
Health
Evaluation of the Medicines Transparency Alliance Phase 1, 2008-2010
Assignment
April 3, 2010

The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) was created in recognition of the key importance of access to medicines. These documents report on: Establishing a framework for MeTA in pilot countries; gaining government commitment and establishing sectoral and national committees. Delivering against the MeTA objectives in countries; progress towards data identification, disclosure, changes in practice and logframe… Read more

Medicines Transparency Alliance
Health
Developing new technologies to address neglected diseases
Helpdesk Report
June 1, 2006

HRC Report: This paper focuses on the complementary roles of Product Development Partnerships and Advanced Market Commitments as mechanisms to incentivise industry towards the development of health technologies for neglected diseases in developing countries.  

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