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…
By Maryam Hemed, Ngwegwe Christopher Bulula, Alex Mphuru, Federica Margini, Gabrielle Appleford, Wendy Erasmus (UNICEF Tanzania Country Office)
Background
Service integration is a strategy to better meet patient and population needs. This approach refers to the coordinated and integrated delivery of services such that patients receive comprehensive, continuous, and efficient…
By Manuela Colombini1 and Satya Shrestha2
1: Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
2: Nursing and Midwifery Program, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Nepal
When we talk about domestic violence (DV), it is not just a private matter confined within…
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…
By Dylan Walters (Nutrition International) and Sandra Remancus (Alive & Thrive)
Every year, a lack of concerted support for breastfeeding from governments around the world costs the global economy more than US$570 billion. These losses, the cumulative result of child and maternal mortality, increased healthcare costs, and depleted human…
By Ayotemide Akin-Onitolo (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Benjamin Hawkins (University of Cambridge)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) established the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that recommends six evidence-based tobacco control measures: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies, protecting people from tobacco smoke, offering…
