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Health Systems Impact Assessments
Jul 07, 2009
Fighting Disease my harm Global Health
Jul 07, 2009
Read the Resolution accepted by the World Health Organization at the World Health Assembly on May 22, 2009.
Uganda: Our Primary Healthcare was Enviable
Feb 20, 2009
A Primary Healthcare Specialist in Uganda, De. Kyabagu, sheds light on the health problems in Uganda, stressing that primary healthcare is necessary to provide adequate healthcare to the people of Uganda.
“The political turmoil… brought down the public health system. It was further buried in 1986 when the Government implemented the World Bank/IMF programmes of decentralisation.Speaking at the Public Healthcare Global conference in Alma Ata, Kyabagu said the new system opts for selective rather than comprehensive primary healthcare services, which has led to the rise of disease loads, overwhelmed health systems, diminishing personnel and constrained budgets.”
“We believe that when that fund is provided, it has to start from primary health care. We believe government should fund is basic primary health care for all Nigerians and after that we can then add some secondary intervention.”
HAITI: Donors single out AIDS
Nov 24, 2008
Jacmel address the detrimental effects that PEPFAR and other sources of vertical funding have had on the country of Haiti. Unicef continues to rank Haiti with the highest infant and mortality rate. And although money continues to flow into the community, PEPFAR funds can only be allocated to different areas of the hospital if they provide HIV related services. The hospital has only one ambulance and no x-ray machine, despite the fact that the HIV clinic is equipped with a compute
Expert calls for strong primary care services
Nov 03, 2008
"Poor primary health care countries have higher mortality rates while primary care-oriented countries have fewer low birth weight infants, lower infant mortality (especially post neonatal), fewer years of life lost due to suicide, and higher life expectancy, she maintained."
The dangers of disease specific programmes
Oct 15, 2008
This article, written by Roger England and published in the BMJ, discusses the problems with funneling global aid into disease specific initiatives.
"What is missing is strengthened national healthcare systems that can deliver the range of services that countries need, according to their own priorities, not those of international lobby groups. No one is funding this adequately"
Historic Conference on PHC
Sep 22, 2008
This news article published back in April addresses the need for primary health care and the things that hinder its progression such as vertically driven health promotions.
15by2015 is now cited in wikipedia
Sep 16, 2008
Please read all about the organization on the worlds most widely read encyclopedia
BBC: Huge Split in Child Death Rates
Sep 16, 2008
"Progress in cutting the number of deaths among children under five is still 'grossly insufficient' in some parts of the world, Unicef has warned."
How have GHI impacted on health equity?
Jul 29, 2008
How have Global Health Initiatives impacted on health equity?
Read an article from Promotion and Education about how Global Health Initiatives (specifically the Global Fund, PEPFAR and the World Bank) have impacted health equity and women's health.
Presentations from WHO May 2008 Meeting
Jul 24, 2008
Learn more about "Maximizing Positive Synergies between health systems and Global Health Initiatives" though the presentations made at the May 29-30, 2008 World Health Organization Meeting on this topic held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Maximizing Positive Synergies
Jul 24, 2008
Maximizing Positive Synergies: between health systems and global health initiatives
Reads this interesting article by the World Health Organization
Read a policy brief by the WHO Ministerial Conference on Health Systems on the role that vertical programs should play in health systems.
New HSAN sub-committees
Jul 01, 2008
Read more about the sub-committees created for the Health Systems Action Network.
Financing Primary Health Care
Jun 06, 2008
Read an article from ID21 about financing Primary Health Care.
Diagonal Approach to Global Health Financing
Apr 10, 2008
Read an article from Globalization and Health journal about a diagonal approach to Global Health.
15 by 2015 Recieved Responses to the BMJ Article
Mar 14, 2008
Read two response to the editorial published in the British Medical Journal.
The Declaration of Alma Ata
Mar 12, 2008
The Declaration of Alma Ata: still relevant after all these years?
Read and article from the British Medical Journal, written by Stephen Gillam, about the Declaration of Alma Ata and "Health for all by 2000."
From Sympton to System
Mar 04, 2008
Read an article from the Financial Times discussing the need for an emphasis on health systems instead of specific disease. To access this article you may need to register for a FREE membership with the Financial Times.
Trading Ideology for Dialogue
Feb 21, 2008
Trading Ideology for Dialogue: an Opportunity to Fix International Aid for Health
Read an article from The Lancet about international health policy.
From Alma Ata to the Global Fund
Feb 14, 2008
From Alma Ata to the Global Fund: The History of International Health Policy
Read an article from the Italian Global Health Watch on the evolution of international health policy from Alma Ata to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Global Health Fund or Global Fund?
Feb 11, 2008
Global Health Fund or Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria?
Click here for an article from the journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health about the role of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its role in global health.
Experts Call for Rethinking AIDS Money
Jan 25, 2008
Read an interesting article by the Associated Press about the need to expand health donations from just AIDS prevention and care to health infrastructure and Primary Health.
Africa ‘being drained of doctors’
Jan 11, 2008
Read a BBC article about the problem of doctors leaving their home country for more lucrative jobs in the US, Europe, Canada and Australia.
Putting a Plague in Perspective
Jan 02, 2008
Read a New York Times Op-Ed piece about the need for a more comprehensive approach to solving global health problems. To access this article you must sign up for a FREE New York Times Membership.
Unintended Victims of Disease Specific Programs
Dec 17, 2007
Learn about the unintended deaths associated with Global Health Programs that focus only on specific disease like HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. To access this article you must sign up for a FREE LA Times Membership.
Rwandan Government Report on Health Programs
Jul 05, 2007
Read this Report by the Rwandan Government about health programs and health spending in Rwanda.