By Raphael Lencucha, PhD (McGill University), Jeffrey Drope, PhD (American Cancer Society) and Ronald Labonte, PhD (University of Ottawa)
Government policy and tobacco
Why do some governments continue to support the production of harmful commodities? This question is most vexing to those striving to control what is one of the…
#WorldTBDay2018
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By Shelly Batra (Co-Founder and President, Operation ASHA)
TB – a disease that continues to plague the poorest
When I was a student in King George’s Medical College, India, a group of doctors came from the UK to visit our hospital. They said to my Professor,
May we see…
By Y-Ling Chi (Imperial College London), Kalipso Chalkidou (Center for Global Development) and Jesse Bump (Harvard University)
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The scope of the problem
The allocation of aid has been a topic of much investigation across several different fields. In…
By Elvis García (DrPH student at Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health)
In the latest issue of Health Policy and Planning, ‘Beyond Gross National Income: Innovative methods for global health aid allocation’, Jesse Bump and colleagues analyze the complexities of resource allocation in Development Assistance, and underscore…
By Jesse Bump (Harvard University)
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Who gets what in global health? Through what processes or according to what measures? Any ideas? Billions of lives are affected by these decisions and yet Global health aid is allocated through opaque processes using criteria that are not always disclosed…
By Natasha Salaria (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Health Policy and Planning publishes high-quality health policy and systems research that aims to inform policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries and provides a forum for publishing high quality research and original ideas, for an audience…
By Kate Hawkins (Pamoja Communications Ltd)
The online world is abuzz with campaigns to increase the visibility of women and gender analysis within global health. Campaigns online to prevent ‘all male panels’ and the successful Women in Global Health campaign have drawn attention to systemic and pervasive gender-related weaknesses…
By Jamie Enoch (Research Assistant in AIDS Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
World AIDS Day 2017
This World AIDS Day 2017, there is significant progress to celebrate as UNAIDS figures suggest that almost 21 million people living with HIV are now accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment. However…
By Jonathan Hopkins (Independent Consultant, formerly, International Planned Parenthood Federation) and Susannah Mayhew (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
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The Sustainable Development Goals – the 17 global goals for bringing about sustainable development by 2030 – will not be reached unless there is an interconnected, multisectoral approach…
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