By Anna Durrance-Bagale and Mishal Khan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
A UN report released last week highlighted yet again the serious threats to health and economic development posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The report was picked up by newspapers around the world, from New Zealand to…
By: Carrie-Brooke Sumner (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council & University of Cape Town)
Health systems under pressure
If you work in a health system or health systems research, you’re no stranger to messages about budget cuts, the need for efficiencies, ‘working…
By Mishal Khan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
This is the first World Tuberculosis (TB) Day since high-level UN General Assembly meeting on TB in September 2018. Strong commitments were made by political leaders and hopes are high. Enthusiasm for a revolutionary shift in tackling infectious diseases…
By Nirmal Kandel1, Graham Tallis2, Stella Chungong1, Jaouad Mahjour1
1Department of Country Health Emergency Preparedness and IHR, World Health Organisation
2Department of Polio Eradication, World Health Organisation
Continuing outbreaks, disasters and conflict are sufficient evidence that the world remains vulnerable to health emergencies. Emergencies can have significant health, social, economic…
By Michael R. Snyder (Johns Hopkins University)
With the five-year anniversary of the West Africa Ebola outbreak declaration approaching, now is an appropriate time to reflect on progress made in improving global public health preparedness. Has the international community learned the lessons of the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic? What…
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. We had another great…
By Susannah Mayhew (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
There is a large body of robust scholarship on the impact and successful drivers of integrating sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV services and their supporting health systems. This scholarship provides important lessons for understanding how to support the…
By Shelley Lees and Mark Marchant (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
This blog was written to mark this year’s World Aids Day taking place on 1 December 2018.
Intimate-partner violence is virtually a universal phenomenon with global estimates revealing that around 35% of women have experienced…
Authored by Kok Maryse (KIT Royal Tropical Institute)
After an extensive and careful development process, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched the new WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes. Recognizing that community health workers (CHWs) can effectively deliver health services at…
Written by Hoa T. Nguyen1, David Zombré², Valery Ridde2,3, Manuela De Allegri1
It is well known that user fees charged at point of use constitute a major financial barrier to accessing health care, especially for vulnerable groups like pregnant women. Every year, mainly due to the financial barriers, more…
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