Dear Colleagues,
This week, we share with you an article on the impact of global health initiatives on health systems. We selected a review of the Global Health recommendations to the Obama Administration from different organisations.
Related to international financing, the Taskforce On Innovative International Financing For Health Systems has released its report in
In a comment in the Lancet, two directors from The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the UnitedHealth Group describe how they will tackle the emerging global threat of chronic diseases. Finally, we included a press release from WHO recommending universal vaccination against the rotavirus. This echoes with the editorial in the Lancet presenting Paul Hunt’s report on the human right responsibilities of GSK and private pharmaceutical companies.
Regards
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Global Health Initiatives
1. HPP The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control
The Paris Declaration in practice: challenges of health-sector aid coordination at the district level in
Regien G Biesma, Ruairı ´ Brugha, Andrew Harmer, Aisling Walsh, Neil Spicer and Gill Walt
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/pdf/1478-4505-7-14.pdf*
2. CGD suggestions to the Obama’s Global health agenda
Lindsay Morgan
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1422228/
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International Health Financing
3. Taskforce On Innovative International Financing For Health Systems
http://www.internationalhealthpartnership.net/taskforce.html
Main Report (3,7 MB)
Working Group reports to the Taskforce:
Working Group 1 report (1,2 MB) Working Group 2 report (0,6 MB)
4. One – G8’s promise to
http://one.org/international/datareport2009/pdfs/data_report_launch_press_release.pdf
5. AFGH – French cooperation policy for health NGO’s Analysis
http://www.actionforglobalhealth.eu/news/french_cooperation_policy_for_health_ngos_analysis
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Chronic diseases
6. Lancet Combating chronic disease in developing countries
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61074-6/fulltext
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Vaccine
7. WHO Global use of rotavirus vaccines recommended
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2009/rotavirus_vaccines_20090605/en/index.html
8. Lancet Right-to-health responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies
The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61090-4/fulltext
http://www.reports-and-materials.org/Paul-Hunt-report-on-GSK-5-May-2009.pdf (0,12 MB)