Topic Resources

A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Global and Transnational Goods for Public Health May 22, 2007

2002 [Fiscal Studies]: The paper presents two taxonomies for classifying global and transnational health-promoting activities according to three parameters of publicness — non-rivalry of benefits, non-excludability of non-payers and the aggregation technologies.

To mark the setting up of South east asian regional office and release of the report “Hygiene and Health in Developing Countries: Defining Priorities - A Cost-Benefit Assessment” May 21, 2007

2006 [International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene]: One of the greatest failures of the last fifty years has been the failure to lay the foundation stones of public health in the developing world – hygiene, sanitation and water supply. Despite significant progress during the last two decades, the demographic and environmental health scenario continues to be a cause of serious concern in the developing countries of South East Asia and Sub - Saharan Africa.

Globalization, Rapid Urbanization and Health Infrastructure May 21, 2007

[Deane Neubauer]: Contemporary globalization is reproducing the classic conditions historically associated with the emergence of infectious diseases and the periodically recurring pattern of epidemics and pandemics.

Public and Private Provision of Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa May 21, 2007

2006 [Wilson Center]: These institutional weaknesses make it difficult for countries to respond effectively to endemic diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, as well as to the non-communicable diseases that increasingly affect patients in Africa and throughout the developing world.

Assure an Adequate Local Public Health Infrastructure May 21, 2007

2006 [MN State Dept. of Health]: Defines infrastructure components that are essential to a well-functioning public health system.

Engineering in International Development: Linking with infrastructure investments in Africa April 15, 2007

2007 [Development Outreach] The era in which Africa’s development was defined largely as a matter for discourse is coming to an end

Globalization, Rapid Urbanization and Health Infrastructure April 15, 2007

[Deane Neubauer] Contemporary globalization is reproducing the classic conditions historically associated with the emergence of infectious diseases and the periodically recurring pattern of epidemics and pandemics

Pooling resources for African development April 15, 2007

2007 [IPAD] The UN established the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2001 to provide drugs, insecticides, and other interventions to the poor countries of the world.

Health System Infrastructure April 15, 2007

2007 [IDRC] The final report of the CMH concluded that a major increase in donor financing would be needed to support critical health interventions throughout the developing world.

Brazil Helps Africa Create Research Infrastructure April 15, 2007

2007 [Brazzil Mag] Brazil plans to launch a project to boost public-health research in Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa.

Daily HIV/AIDS Report April 15, 2007

2002 [Kaiser Network] Drug Access Zambian Health Official Cites Gaps in Health Infrastructure as Obstacle to Antiretroviral Programs

LIBERIA: Lassa fever outbreak reveals health infrastructure gaps April 15, 2007

2006 [Medilinks] Liberia's recent National Human Development Report said the country's health facilities were in ruins.

"Help us reconstruct the health system" April 15, 2007

2001 [Africa Recovery] Access by Africans to affordable medicines is vital to combat AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and many other diseases, Dr. Samba insists.

The AIDS Epidemic and Health Care Infrastructure and Inadequacies in Africa: A Socioeconomic Perspective April 15, 2007

200 [UH Papers] The World Health Organization’s goal of providing antiretroviral therapy has spurred concerns.

Diplomacy Is Central to Building Public Health Infrastructure April 15, 2007

2001 [Global Issues] The campaign to save human lives from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic is more compelling than ever before.

The JLI Strategy Report: Human Resources for Health Overcoming the Crisis April 15, 2007

2005 [Global Health Trust] This analysis proposes that mobilisation and rengthening of human resources for health, neglected yet critical, is central to combating health crises in some of the world’s poorest countries and for building sustainable health systems in all countries.

Public spending on health care in Africa: do the poor benefit? April 15, 2007

2000 [Pub Med] This paper examines public spending on curative health care in several African countries and finds that this spending favours mostly the better-off rather than the poor.

Business as a Partner in Strengthening Public Health Systems in Developing Countries April 15, 2007

2005 [The Clinton Global Initiative] This publication makes recommendations for ways that companies can get directly engaged in specific initiatives on-the-ground.

From Funding to Action: Strengthening Healthcare Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa April 15, 2007

2006 [World Economic Forum]: The impact of poor health on economic growth and political stability in Sub-Saharan Africa has been devastating

Steps Toward Strengthening Health Resources April 04, 2007

2005 [PHR]: At a biennial meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, in October 2005, African health ministers have made an important set of commitments, which are expected to be adopted by the African Union heads of state in January 2006.

Weak Links in the Chain April 04, 2007

2000 [World Bank Research Observer]: Recent empirical and theoretical literature sheds light on the disappointing experience with implementation of primary health care programs in developing countries.