Monthly Archives: August 2013

DISCUSSION PAPER: Entitlement and universality: the need for research on the impact of introducing conditionality in welfare benefits on health and wellbeing in older age

Posted on August 23, 2013 by SPHRatLSHTM

As part of SPHR@L’s discussion paper series, we are happy to publish our latest edition: ‘Entitlement and universality: the need for research on the impact of introducing conditionality in welfare benefits on health and wellbeing in older age‘ It forms … Continue reading →

Is there a reason to scale up public-private engagements in the South African health system?

Posted on August 20, 2013 by

By Lucy Gilson The South African health system is a plural health system, with a strong private sector – encompassing private-for-profit providers of various forms of health care, private health insurance companies, commercial companies providing a range of services to … Continue reading →

How strongly committed are global organizations to the strengthening of national health systems?

Posted on August 15, 2013 by

By Jeremy Shiffman and Tamara Hafner Following a period of focus on disease-specific initiatives, including the emergence of GAVI, PEPFAR and the Global Fund, a number of global health organizations have come to give attention to the issue of health … Continue reading →

PUBLICATION: Responsibility without legal authority? Tackling alcohol-related health harms through licensing and planning policy in local government

Posted on August 9, 2013 by SPHRatLSHTM

As part of the Evaluating Local Government Alcohol Policies project, the following output has been published: Download it here: Responsibility without Authority – Journal of Public Health 2013 Or link through to it at the Journal of Public Health Citation: Martineau F, … Continue reading →

The science and practice of people-centred health systems

Posted on August 9, 2013 by

Health Policy and Planning and the organizers of the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research are pleased to issue a call for papers for a special supplement on the theme of “The science and practice of people-centred health systems”. The theme for the call is … Continue reading →

Performance-based financing: a magic bullet for health systems change?

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

By Josephine Borghi For many low- and middle-income country governments it is no longer a question of whether to introduce performance-based funding but how to. This is a result of the large scale promotion and funding of performance-based schemes by … Continue reading →