By Y-Ling Chi (Imperial College London), Kalipso Chalkidou (Center for Global Development) and Jesse Bump (Harvard University) This blog is cross-posted with The Center for Global Development. The scope of the problem The allocation of aid has been a topic … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
By Professor Joy Lawn, MARCH Centre Director Newborns are newborn on the global agenda; yet over 5,000 newborn deaths could be prevented every day. 2.6 million newborn deaths happen every year, 7000 per day. For the first time … Continue reading
The reports series collection contains some very useful items, especially if you are looking for historical, geographical, statistical / epidemiological information. Reports series are typically health statistics and census data produced by governmental and non-governmental organizations on a regular basis … Continue reading
Beth and a team of volunteers from UCL, Reading and LSHTM took science to the streets of Brighton this weekend with a hands-on activity about the role of scientists in sport at #BriSciFest2018. “To coincide with the Winter Olympics, we … Continue reading
By Yasir Arafat, Theme C Student Liaison (MSc in Nutrition for Global Health Candidate) Yasir Arafat is the new MARCH Centre Theme C student liaison. In this blog Yasir tells us about his journey from medical school to child and … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce an upcoming article by Gorsky and Sirrs in the American Journal of Public Health. The UN Sustainable Development Goals of 2015 have restored universal health coverage (UHC) to prominence in the international health agenda. Can … Continue reading
Date: 28 February 2018, 1–6pm Location: Federation of Graduate Women Suite, Old Government House, University of Aukland, New Zealand Overview The era of economic reform in the 1980s was also a pivotal moment in the history of New Zealand’s health system. There … Continue reading
Clinic on Meaningful Modeling of Epidemiological Data May 28 – June 8, 2018 African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, South Africa Request for Applications The International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D) Program invites applications to the ninth annual … Continue reading
The 12th INTEREST Conference (known as the ‘African CROI’ with an African focus, which may be of interest to some of the ALPHA DSS sites) will take place from 29 May – 1 June 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference … Continue reading