Report from Chatham House Workshop on Universal Coverage & WHO reform
In 2012, the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security established two high-level Working Groups which aim to identify sustainable methods for improving global health security and access to healthcare, … Continue reading →
Global Aging and Sustainable Healthcare for All
Eric Dishman – Global Aging is no less urgent or impactful than Global Warming—it is the other inconvenient truth which has been too long ignored or glosses over. Longevity is … Continue reading →
Social protection: from handouts to social justice
Stephen Devereux – Social protection is not only about installing safety nets and reducing poverty, it also affects the social contract between governments and citizens. The social protection discourse has … Continue reading →
The democratization of health in Mexico: financial innovations for universal coverage
Frenk at al. – In 2003, the Mexican Congress approved a reform establishing the Sistema de Protección Social en Salud [System of Social Protection in Health], whereby public funding for … Continue reading →
How the Affordable Medicine Facility–malaria (AMFm) endangers public health
Mohga M. Kamal-Yanni – The Affordable Medicine Facility–malaria has shown no evidence that it has saved the lives of the most vulnerable or delayed drug resistance. Rather, this global subsidy … Continue reading →
Universal health coverage: does anything go? No
Joseph Kutzin – In its World health report 2010, the World Health Organization noted that there is no single, best path for reforming health financing arrangements to move systems closer to universal … Continue reading →
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012
FAO – Economic growth takes time to reach the poor, and may not reach the poorest of the poor. Therefore, social protection is crucial for eliminating hunger as rapidly as … Continue reading →
The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico
Felicia Marie Knaul et al. – Mexico is reaching universal health coverage in 2012. A national health insurance programme called Seguro Popular, introduced in 2003, is providing access to a … Continue reading →
Health as the Business of Health Care
David A. Asch – Whereas doctors and hospitals focus on producing health care, what people really want is health. Health care is just a means to that end — and … Continue reading →
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