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Open AccessTracking global resources and capacity for health research: time to reassess strategies and investment decisions
The COVID-19 pandemic and more recently the Monkeypox outbreak emphasize the urgency and importance of improving the availability and equitable distribution of resources for health research across rich and poo...
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Open AccessTaking stock of the availability and functions of National Ethics Committees worldwide
National Ethics Committees (NECs) offer important oversight and guidance functions and facilitate public debate on bioethical issues. In an increasingly globalized world where technological advances, multi-nat...
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Open AccessResource allocation for biomedical research: analysis of investments by major funders
Data on grants for biomedical research by 10 major funders of health research were collected from the World RePORT platform to explore what is being funded, by whom and where. This analysis is part of the Worl...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the dynamics of the Seguro Popular de Salud policy implementation in Mexico from a complex adaptive systems perspective
In 2003, Mexico’s Seguro Popular de Salud (SPS), was launched as an innovative financial mechanism implemented to channel new funds to provide health insurance to 50 million Mexicans and to reduce systemic financ...
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Open AccessApplying a system dynamics modelling approach to explore policy options for improving neonatal health in Uganda
The most recent reports on global trends in neonatal mortality continue to show alarmingly slow progress on improvements in neonatal mortality rates, with sub-Saharan Africa still lagging behind. This emphasis...
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Open AccessInforming the establishment of the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development: a call for papers
In May 2013, the WHO Member States requested the WHO to establish a Global Observatory on Health Research and Development (R&D), as part of a strategic work-plan to promote innovation, build capacity, improve ...
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Open AccessCountry progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: adjusting for socioeconomic factors reveals greater progress and new challenges
The health Millennium Development Goals (4, 5, 6) impose the same ambitious 2015 targets on every country. Few low-income countries are on track to reach them. Some authors have proposed country-specific targe...
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Open AccessAdvancing the application of systems thinking in health
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Open AccessAdvancing the application of systems thinking in health: understanding the growing complexity governing immunization services in Kerala, India
Governing immunization services in a way that achieves and maintains desired population coverage levels is complex as it involves interactions of multiple actors and contexts. In one of the Indian states, Kera...
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Open AccessAdvancing the application of systems thinking in health: understanding the dynamics of neonatal mortality in Uganda
Of the three million newborns that die each year, Uganda ranks fifth highest in neonatal mortality rates, with 43,000 neonatal deaths each year. Despite child survival and safe motherhood programmes towards re...
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Open AccessTowards a better understanding of the nomenclature used in information-packaging efforts to support evidence-informed policymaking in low- and middle-income countries
The growing recognition of the importance of concisely communicating research evidence and other policy-relevant information to policymakers has underpinned the development of several information-packaging eff...
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Open AccessExploring the effects of task shifting for HIV through a systems thinking lens: the case of Burkina Faso
While the impact of task shifting on quality of care and clinical outcomes has been demonstrated in several studies, evidence on its impact on the health system as a whole is limited. This study has two main o...
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Open AccessEvaluation of interventions on road traffic injuries in Peru: a qualitative approach
Evaluation of interventions on road traffic injuries (RTI) going beyond the assessment of impact to include factors underlying success or failure is an important complement to standard impact evaluations. We r...
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Open AccessCapacity utilization and the cost of primary care visits: Implications for the costs of scaling up health interventions
A great deal of international attention has been focussed recently on how much additional funding is required to scale up health interventions to meet global targets such as the Millennium Development Goals (M...
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Open AccessEnhancing the comparability of costing methods: cross-country variability in the prices of non-traded inputs to health programmes
National and international policy makers have been increasing their focus on develo** strategies to enable poor countries achieve the millennium development goals. This requires information on the costs of d...
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Open AccessEconometric estimation of country-specific hospital costs
Information on the unit cost of inpatient and outpatient care is an essential element for costing, budgeting and economic-evaluation exercises. Many countries lack reliable estimates, however. WHO has recently...
