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Innovative health service delivery models in low and middle income countries - what can we learn from the private sector?
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010This review describes a study carried out to characterise innovative health service delivery models and identify areas of innovation that have led to effective provision of care for the poor.DocumentOpen mHealth architecture: an engine for health care innovation
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2010This article describes what an "open" mHealth architecture could do for the prevention and management of chronic diseases and innovation in health practices in general. Key points include:DocumentDeveloping ANDI: a novel approach to health product R&D in Africa
PLoS Medicine, 2010According to this article, there is an urgent need for African-led health research and development (R&D) innovation, as well as access to it. However, successful implementation of such a novel approach requires sustainable capacity, infrastructure, funding, leadership, and an understanding of the status of health R&D in the African continent.DocumentMake roads safe: time for action
Commission for Global Road Safety, 2011This report, published by the Commission for Global Road Safety, calls for the automobile industry to play a leading role in promoting the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety with an ‘opt out’ consumers’ contribution added to the sale price of each new car in order to fund road injury prevention programmes.DocumentEpidemiological study of road traffic accident cases from western Nepal
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2010This paper, published by the Indian Journal of Community Medicine, posits that road traffic accident (RTA) is one of the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in South-East Asian countries. The authors argue that its socioeconomic repercussions are a matter of great concern. To this end, this paper explores the different epidemiological determinants of RTA in western Nepal.DocumentDecade of action for road safety 2011-2020
World Health Organization, 2011This briefing note posits that for many years, road traffic crashes have been acknowledged by the United Nations and its member states to be a considerable challenge to the achievement of health and development goals.DocumentEquity in access to ARV drugs in Malawi
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2007This paper discusses the issue of equity in the distribution of ARV drugs in the Malawi health system. Malawi is one of the countries most severely affected by HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. It is also one of the poorest countries in the world and it is estimated that every year, about 85 000 Malawians die from AIDS.DocumentA strategic assessment of unsafe abortion in Malawi
Reproductive Health Matters, 2011As part of efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 – to reduce maternal mortality by 75% and achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015 – the Malawi Ministry of Health conducted a strategic assessment of unsafe abortion in Malawi.DocumentFertility in African communities affected by HIV
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2011This "Studies of HIV in African communities 'Highlights'", which was produced by IDS Knowledge Services with partners in the ALPHA Network, includes findings and recommendations around the topic of fertility in African communities affected by HIV. This publication is based on the research which came out of the ALPHA Network's seventh workshop on 'HIV & Fertility: an examinationOrganisationInformation and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an increasingly powerful tool for participating in global markets, promoting political accountability, improving the delivery of basic services and ePages