By Kate Hawkins, Communication Officer for Health and Social Change We’ve published seven new briefings on “scaling up” in the health sector. Among the themes covered are improving access to…
MAKING HEALTH SYSTEMS WORK FOR THE POOR
SCALING UP: IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES?
We are working to challenge the prevailing concepts of “scaling up” in the health sector, along with our affiliate partner Future Health Systems. Opinions on how to improve access to…
CANCELLED: STEPS AT GENEVA HEALTH FORUM: 19-21 APRIL
Our events have been cancelled due to the travel disruption. The theme of this year’s Geneva Health Forum is “Globalization, Crisis, and Health Systems: Confronting Regional Perspectives”. The STEPS Centre…
BLOG FROM THE WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTH ECONOMICS, BEIJING
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member ‘Harmonising health and economics’ sounds like a tall order, nonetheless it is the title of this year’s World Congress on Health Economics being held…
BEYOND SCALING UP: PATHWAYS TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS
By Kate Hawkins, STEPS Centre member The STEPS Centre and our affiliate Future Health Systems are launching a series of activities that challenge the thinking behind prevailing concepts of “scaling…
INDIAN ELECTION: A STEPS TOWARDS CHANGES IN HEALTH PROVISION?
By BARUN KANJILAL, Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur and member of the Future Health Systems consortia The 2009 parliamentary election in India meant a roller-coaster journey for the country…
MAKING HEALTH MARKETS WORK FOR POOR PEOPLE
Many people in developing countries use a variety of market-based providers of health services. These can range from highly organised and regulated hospitals and specialist doctors to informal health workers…
HEALTH MARKETS DISCUSSION AT THE PRINCE MAHIDOL AWARD CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK
By KATE HAWKINS, FHS member This year’s Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, January 28-30 2009, was on mainstreaming health into public policies. STEPS Centre affiliate, Future Health Systems, was…
EVENT: CHINA AND GLOBAL HEALTH MARKETS – CO-OPERATION OR COMPETITION?
By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member As we enter the ‘industrious and practical’ Chinese Year of the Ox, the country is emerging as a significant player in global health markets….
AN END TO SPECULATION AS OBAMA ACTS ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
For sexual and reproductive health advocates across the globe the inauguration of President Obama promised great things. The Bush Administration’s policy line on sexual and reproductive health and rights at…