Future Health Systems: Recent submissions
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Institutional Solutions to the Asymmetric Information Problem in Health and Development Services for the Poor
(Elsevier, 2013-08-01)The world’s poorest pay for professional services and thus are in a “market,” whether the services are provided in the public or private sectors. The associated problems of unequal information are particularly acute in ... -
Stakeholder analysis for a maternal and newborn health project in Eastern Uganda
(BMC (Pregnancy and Childbirth), 2013-03-04)Background Based on the realization that Uganda is not on track to achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, Makerere University School of Public Health in collaboration with other partners proposed to conduct two ... -
Do we have the right models for scaling up health services to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
(BMC Health Services Research; Springer, 2011-12-14)There is widespread agreement on the need for scaling up in the health sector to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But many countries are not on track to reach the MDG targets. The dominant approach used by ... -
Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Social Science Matters
(PLoS, 2011-08-23)Following the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux in November 2010, PLoS Medicine commissioned three articles on the state-of-the-art in Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). Three Policy ... -
Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: An Agenda for Action
(PLoS, 2011-08-30)Following the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux in November 2010, PLoS Medicine commissioned three articles on the state-of-the-art in Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). Three Policy ... -
Building the Field of Health Policy and Systems Research: Framing the Questions
(PLoS, 2011-08-16)Following the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux in November 2010, PLoS Medicine commissioned three articles on the state-of-the-art in Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). Three ... -
Configuring Balanced Scorecards for Measuring Health System Performance: Evidence from 5 Years’ Evaluation in Afghanistan
(PLOS, 2011-07-26)In 2004, Afghanistan pioneered a balanced scorecard (BSC) performance system to manage the delivery of primary health care services. This study examines the trends of 29 key performance indicators over a 5-year period ... -
Making the Right to Health a Reality for Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples: Innovation, Decentralization and Equity
(MEDICC Review, 2011-07-01)This article provides an overview of governance arrangements and changes in the Brazilian public health system since 1988, when the “Citizen’s Constitution” declared health to be a universal right. Since then, population ... -
Creating a public space and dialogue on sexuality and rights: a case study from Bangladesh
(BioMed Central, 2011-06-01)This article describes and analyses a research based engagement by a university school of public health in Bangladesh aimed at raising public debate on sexuality and rights and making issues such as discrimination more ... -
Strengthening the research to policy and practice interface: exploring strategies used by research organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-06-01)This commentary introduces the HARPS supplement on getting research into policy and practice in sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The papers in this supplement have been produced by the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence ... -
Building institutions for an effective health system: lessons from China's experience with rural health reform
(Elsevier, 2011-04-27)This paper is concerned with the management of health system changes aimed at substantially increasing the access to safe and effective health services. It argues that an effective health sector relies on trust-based ... -
Building institutions for health and health systems in contexts of rapid change
(Elsevier, 2013-12-12)Many Asian countries are in the midst of multiple interconnected social, economic, demographic, technological, institutional and environmental transitions. These changes are having important impacts on health and well-being ...