A new study examining maternal death reviews in Tanzania is raising important questions about how health systems identify and learn from maternal deaths, and whether current approaches may be overlooking the bigger picture.
The study, led by Kerstin Almdal and published in the journal Health Policy and…
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries presents significant challenges for health systems that were historically structured to address infectious diseases.
Hypertension is among the leading contributors to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, yet the capacity of primary healthcare systems to provide consistent hypertension…
In this blog, Dr Catharina C Boehme discusses the critical role of science-driven collaboration in advancing One Health and strengthening health security in South-East Asia
World Health Day (WHD) is an annual global awareness campaign observed on April 7 to mark the founding of the World Health Organisation…
New research shows improving nutrition could prevent child stunting, reduce chronic disease, and protect national income in two countries facing different stages of the nutrition transition.
Unhealthy diets are now recognised as a leading contributor to global ill health, linked both to persistent undernutrition in early life…
By Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia Region
PM Modi warns of the threat from antimicrobial resistance
In December 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a timely warning about one of the most serious yet under-recognised global health threats: antimicrobial resistance (AMR). PM Modi alerted…
By David Bishai[1] and Austin Strange[2]
[1] The University of Hong Kong School of Public Health
[2] The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Politics and Public Administration
Background
The halt of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as a major source…
By Praveenkumar Aivalli, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland
How does power shape the success—or failure—of intersectoral collaboration in global health? That’s the question at the heart of my doctoral journey. Our recent realist review dived into how power dynamics influence intersectoral collaboration (ISC) during…
By Dr. Dilantha Dharmagunawardene1, Prof. Reece Hinchcliff1, Prof. David Greenfield2, Dr. Mark Avery1 and Ms. Paula Bowman3
Department of Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
School of Population Health, University of New South Wales
School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
Background
There…
Robert J. Montgomery1,2, Elaine Scudder2, Caitlin Tulloch2, Muna Jama2, Naoko Kozuki2 & Baris Ata1
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
International Rescue Committee
Background
As more scrutiny is applied to foreign aid dollars, whether done carefully or carelessly, it becomes increasingly important that we correct the misconception that…
By Natasha Salaria (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Health Policy and Planning is an open access journal publishing health policy and systems research focusing on low- and middle-income countries. The journal consists of four sections; Health Systems Research, Health Economics, Health Policy Processes and Implementation Research and…
