Health systems

Health service delivery in fragile states for US$5 per person per year: myth or reality

This report highlights the findings from a conference on health service delivery in fragile states that took place in October 2007, organised by Merlin and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The conference aimed to examine how realistic it is to expect that basic health services can be delivered for US$ 5 per person per day.

Videoconference and interactive 'Global Dialogue' on migration of health workers

On Monday March 31, nine countries across six regions will join in a videoconference debate to launch a 3-week long interactive 'virtual global dialogue' on the critical issue of health workforce migration. Hosted by the Health Worker Migration Initiative in collaboration with WHO, Realizing Rights and the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the event follows the recent adoption of the Kampala Declaration on Human Resources for Health, which called for acceleration of negotiations for a Global Code of Practice on the international recruitment of health personnel.

The Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative is keen for all individuals, professionals, policy and programme managers and interest groups from around the world to participate and enrich the policy dialogue addressing the issue of Health Worker Migration. This worldwide virtual discussion will contribute and assist in the development of a Global Code of Practice for Heath Worker Migration. More...

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Recommendations to reduce the attrition rate of health professionals in Uganda: ( O. Paul / Health Policy and Development Journal , 2008); This paper, published in Health Policy and Development journal, compares the attrition rates of health professionals in three private not-for-profit and three government general hospitals in West Nile...
Incorporating primary health care as the basis of health systems in the Americas: ( J. Macinko;H. Montenegro;C. Nebot / Pan American Health Organization , 2007); This document states the position of the Pan American Health Organization on the proposed renewal of primary health care (PHC) in the Americas. It highlights reasons for adopting this renewed approach...
Renewed interest in primary health care and the Alma Ata Declaration: ( A. Haines;R. Horton;Z. Bhutta / The Lancet , 2007); This comment published in the Lancet, describes the vision of primary health care (PHC) in the Alma Ata declaration and highlights some of the tensions between this and the selective approach to PHC, ...