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…
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 Xiaoying Zhu (Nossal Institute for Global Health, The University of Melbourne; School of Elderly Care Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine)
Background
The hospitalisation rate of residents in China has been steadily rising
By Mumta Hargovan, Leslie London & Marsha Orgill (University of Cape Town)
Alcohol is deeply entangled in the social, political and economic history of South Africa (SA). There is a high prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (binge-drinking) and related harms, including a costly burden of injuries and trauma on…
Dr Eti Rajwar1 and Prof Sandy Oliver2
1Public Health Evidence South Asia, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India
2EPPI Centre, Social Research Institute, University College London, UK
August 2023
“Change is inevitable, growth is optional!”- John C Maxwell
It is famously said that ‘Change…
Health Policy and Planning launched a call for papers in 2020 on the basis of a Commentary in which we proposed a research agenda for Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) linked to COVID-19. The call led to a number of publications, which have ranged from studies on the…
By Uzma Khan (IRD Pakistan; Karachi, Pakistan and IRD Global; Singapore, Singapore)
Since 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended treating patients affected with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) using a clinic- or community-based ambulatory care model. However, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to struggle to…
Background
In a recently published Commentary in Health Policy and Planning, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences have raised questions about the availability, design, implementation, and accountability of external assistance for health. We argue that these questions have made urgent the need for a fundamental…
By Natasha Salaria (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Health Policy and Planning publishes 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 Evaluation.
At Health Policy and…
By Natasha Salaria (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
The 2020 impact factors are now out as of this month and what a year it has been. We are pleased to announce we have seen an increase in our impact factor which has gone up to 3.344 with…
