by ghgovernance | Jan 30, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Systems, Human Resources for Health
Noreen M. Sugrue Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Health and Policy Initiatives, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Skilled labor migration means more than the loss of individual workers, it means the loss – predominantly from poor countries – of...
by ghgovernance | Jan 22, 2014 | Current Openings in Global Health
Title: AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards – Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine Sponsor: American Medical Association Foundation SYNOPSIS: The AMA Foundation gives an award to recognize physicians whose influence reach...
by ghgovernance | Jan 22, 2014 | Current Openings in Global Health
Title: Small Business Innovation Research Program–Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invites eligible United States small business concerns...
by ghgovernance | Jan 16, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, International Health Regulations, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, International Law, Uncategorized
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Although on December 18, 2013, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed the deaths of 2,360 migrants in 2013, they indicated that the actual number was much higher. IOM Director General William...
by ghgovernance | Jan 14, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, North America, Young Voices
Peter Maslanka, Young Voices Blogger In March 2013 the U.S. spent a staggering $463 million for 2 million new smallpox doses in defense of a potential bioterrorist attack. This new drug, Arestyvr, made by New York-based Siga Technologies, is an antiviral pill that...
by ghgovernance | Dec 10, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Young Voices
Laurel Stone, Young Voices Blogger In the past month, international media compiled devastating pictures from the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. Humanitarian aid agencies and even the US military are scrambling to help the country stabilize by...
by ghgovernance | Oct 21, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog, Young Voices
Courtney M. Page, Young Voices Blogger Global Health Governance Research Intern, Council on Foreign Relations Two weeks ago, JPMorgan Chase and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out the Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF). The GHIF has been hailed...
by ghgovernance | Sep 30, 2013 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog
Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. One month ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) quietly lifted the ban on processed poultry imports from China. This...
by ghgovernance | Sep 26, 2013 | Asia, Global Health Governance Blog
Yanzhong Huang, Editor Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations This is a cross-post with CFR’s Asia Unbound Blog. These days we’ve been used to China being the land of “the first,” “the largest” and “the highest.” However, not all of these...
by ghgovernance | Sep 25, 2013 | Global Health Governance Blog
Joshua Busby, Contributing Blogger Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin This is a cross-post with Joshua Busby’s blog on “The Duck of Minerva.” So, in the interests of shameless self-promotion, I just wanted to mention that if you are...
by ghgovernance | Sep 25, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor III: Senior Governance and Policy Advisor for Family Planning Policy, Evaluation and Communication Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for...
by ghgovernance | Sep 25, 2013 | Current Openings in Global Health
Program Number: 70937 Title: Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program Sponsor: Yale University School of Medicine SYNOPSIS: The Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program annually selects...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Karen A. Grépin and Kim Yi Dionne This article identifies conditions under which newly established democracies adopt Universal Health Coverage. Drawing on the literature examining democracy and health, we argue that more democratic regimes – where citizens have...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Fabienne Richard, Matthieu Antony, Sophie Witter, Allison Kelley, Isidore Sieleunou, Yamba Kafando, and Bruno Meessen Several countries have recently introduced maternal health care fee exemptions as a quick win approach to reach MDG 5 goals. It has also been argued...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, David Evans, and Robert Marten Based on various momentums, the World Health Assembly 64.9 in 2011, had moved Universal health coverage (UHC) from the Geneva-based Health Ministers discussion at the World Health Assembly to a New York-based...
by ghgovernance | Sep 18, 2013 | Complete Issues, Summer 2013, Summer 2013 Special Issue: Universal Health Coverage
Paul Bukuluki, Peter K. Byansi, John Sengendo, Nyanzi I. Ddumba, Paul Banoba, and David Kaawa-Mafigiri Uganda has undergone several reforms in governance of the health sector. One of the profound reforms has been the radical shift in management of medicines from the...
