by ghgovernance | Jul 14, 2014 | Community Health, Global Health Governance Blog, Health Technology, Human Resources for Health
Cynthia Lee, Independent Global Health Researcher To scroll through the websites of global health crowdfunding platforms is to stumble into a world of deep and urgent need. On one website, Watsi, lack of funds and access to care fuel the growth of simple illnesses...
by ghgovernance | Jul 1, 2014 | Asia, Governance, Transnational Campaigns
By Susan Hubbard, Senior Associate at the Japan Center for International Exchange In the spirit of the current World Cup mania, I am reminded of the historic decision that Korea and Japan made to combine their competing bids to host the 2005 World Cup. By doing so,...
by ghgovernance | Jun 26, 2014 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog, Maternal Health
By Yanzhong Huang For those who were born in the Chinese countryside in the 1970s, the story of my birth—as my mother used to tell me—is not atypical. When the labor pains began, my mom sent my siblings to the local midwife asking her to come and deliver the baby at...
by ghgovernance | Jun 26, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Governance, Health Security, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations
By Gail S. Thornton, founder of Worldview Communications, and member of the Board of Overseers, Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Rare and orphan diseases are disabling medical conditions which affect nearly 30 million Americans,...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, Governance
Sophie Harman and Simon Rushton Rhetoric around the need for more and better leadership is ubiquitous in contemporary global health governance, yet there has been little articulation of what type of leadership is required, who might play leadership roles, and in...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue
Tess van der Rijt and Tikki Pang Many health issues are transnational in nature and cannot be contained within national borders. Global health is therefore an area of study and research that should involve the collective opinions and ideas of diverse global health...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, Pandemic Response
Asif B. Farooq and Shannon E. Majowicz This paper argues that emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) remain a threat-focused security issue as the relative success of recent international responses do not fully reflect our current readiness for EID...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, Governance, International Health Regulations
Kathy Moscou, Jillian Clare Kohler, and Joel Lexchin Pharmacovigilance in low and lower middle-income countries has not been commensurate with increasing access to medicines, despite growing recognition that it is important to health outcomes. Pharmacovigilance is...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, Governance, Health Technology, Human Resources for Health, International Health Regulations
James Thomas, Karen Hardee, Andee Parks, David Boone, Win Brown, Sara Pacquée-Margolis, and Ronald Tran Ba Huy Development in global health is addressed by a complex array of institutions working as “global action networks” (GANs). Network theory suggests a fluidity...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue, Governance, Human Rights, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, International Law
Jane Galvão, PhD This commentary describes efforts to address sexual violence, especially in situations of armed conflict, and bringing attention to this issue in connection with the Post-2015 United Nations (UN) Development Agenda.1 Analysis on sexual violence during...
by ghgovernance | Jun 16, 2014 | Fall 2013 Issue
Sirina Keesara, Robert Tessler, Kris Coontz, Carissa Chu, and Chris Stewart As the field of global health grows, the network of stakeholders and the influences on program development become more complex. Future leaders need to be prepared with skills to navigate and...
by ghgovernance | May 18, 2014 | Donor Assistance/Aid, Global Health Governance Blog, Governance, Tuberculosis
By Tara Ornstein (TREAT TB Technical Officer at The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease) Twenty years after the World Health Organization declared tuberculosis (TB) a global public health emergency, one-third of the world’s population is infected...
by ghgovernance | May 15, 2014 | Current Openings in Global Health, Global Health Governance Blog
This Summer, HarvardX will be offering a course entitled “Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety,” starting on June 2nd. The course, ph555x, will be Directed by Ashish Jha of the Harvard School of Public Health. The course is free and will...
by ghgovernance | May 7, 2014 | Asia, Emerging Powers, Global Health Governance Blog, Uncategorized, Young Voices
by Raghavendra Madhu (Health Governance and Policy Practicioner) and Lalit Yadav (Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health) With the general elections 2014 in full swing in the world’s largest democracy, it is interesting to see the proposition of...
by ghgovernance | May 5, 2014 | Community Health, Global Health Governance Blog, Universal Health Coverage
Jay Chittooran, Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations The global support for universal health coverage (UHC) is wide-ranging. But on top of the potentially troubling role of domestic and global politics that has been previously examined, another large...
by ghgovernance | Apr 30, 2014 | Asia, Community Health, Industry, Young Voices
By Jeanifer Uwaechie, Rutgers University in New Brunswick It is no longer news that the Chinese economy has made great strides in recent years. In the past 10 years in particular, China has achieved what developed countries did in several decades or even centuries....