Monthly Archives: October 2017

From “Planning” to “Systems Analysis”: Health Services and Development at the World Health Organization, 1952–1975

On Tuesday, 17 October, Prof. Martin Gorsky (Centre for History in Public Health, LSHTM) will be presenting his latest research on health planning and systems analysis in the World Health Organization (WHO) at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The lecture … Continue reading

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Navigating silos–reflections on 20 years of health policy advocacy and programme implementation in Southeast Asia

By Chris Vickery (Biography below) The establishment of Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) has seen a massive increase in funding for, depending on how one saw it, either health system-distorting, unintegrated vertical disease control programmes, or problem-focused, results-based strategic investments in … Continue reading

Constructing a literature search for a systematic review: part 2, choosing search terms

This is the second in a series of posts looking at how to put together a literature search for a systematic review. Part 1 looked at the preparation required before you start putting the search together and gives some background … Continue reading

STORIFY: Our #CommunityMNH supplement – a summary of the tweet chat celebrating its launch!

Our #CommunityMNH supplement – a tweet chat celebrating its launch! Health Policy and Planning published a unique supplement looking at the first multi-country economic analyses of large scale community care for mothers and newborns. [iframe src=”//storify.com/NatashaSalaria/launch-of-our-communitymnh-supplement/embed?border=false” width=”100%” height=”750″ frameborder=”no” allowtransparency=”true”]