By Prashant Yadav
The risk of a flu pandemic is amongst the top global risks today. Scientists and public health experts seem to agree that it is a question of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ it happens. It has been nearly 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, which…
By Warren Kaplan
The increase in global spending on medicines has been dramatic, with an approximate per capita increase of 50% between 1995 and 2006. In a recently published paper, Nguyen et al. reviewed the literature on pharmaceutical pricing and purchasing policies. They found that no one option is preferred…
By Kabir Sheikh
A contract health worker is posted in a remote health post, 700 km away from where his spouse and children live. He sees them once a year, using up most of his annual leave of 18 days, in travel. He has been applying unsuccessfully to be posted…
By Joy Townsend
Smoking is the cause of roughly one in seven deaths in Europe. The recent study by David Levy et al. shows that half a million people die prematurely each year from smoking in Russia alone – where cigarette prices are particularly low and over 60% of men smoke…
By Shelley Lees
HIV is the leading cause of death amongst women of reproductive age worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV epidemic is disproportionally affecting women – they make up 60% of those living with HIV in the region. These inequalities are driven by gender norms related to masculinity and…
By Kate Tulenko
With the global migration of health workers increasing and population growth outstripping the training of new health workers in more and more countries, there is increasing emphasis on finding effective ways to retain health workers in country. In an effort to add light to this issue Edward…
By Adam Koon
Successful health finance reforms in several upper and lower middle-income countries have helped drive universal health coverage (UHC) to the top of the global health agenda. Unfortunately, low-income countries have few examples to guide them towards UHC. Instead they will largely be weighing the positive…
By Lara Brearley
2014 must be the year of the newborn. As Smith’s recent article states, despite huge strides in child survival, progress during the neonatal period has been disproportionately slow. Inaction is no longer an option – in many countries, persistently high rates of newborn mortality will hold countries…
In case you missed our call for papers over the summer, there’s still time to submit your paper on ‘the science and practice of people-centred health systems’ for publication in a special supplement for the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research.
Start preparing your original research or…
By Sanghita Bhattacharyya
From conception through to birth, a child’s health is very closely linked to its mother’s. The pre-delivery phase is a particularly important stage in the continuum of care. Good information and care during the antenatal period links the pregnant woman with the formal health…
Health Systems Performance in the Political Agenda: Intersectoral Collaboration and Integrative Governance on the Road to Health in all Policies
November 18, 2024
What can we learn from Zanzibar’s Integrated Immunization Campaign?
August 20, 2024
Progress on nutrition is not just possible – it is happening
August 13, 2024
The politics of crisis, alcohol and policy formulation
July 22, 2024
Unveiling health systems readiness for combating domestic violence: A global perspective
May 21, 2024
