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Mon, 2009-03-09 11:54 — mdmcdonald

The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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PHREE-Way

Wed, 2009-04-08 10:58 — admin

PHREE-Way is a global action-learning consortium of organizations working together to expand education and strengthen capacity for disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action towards sustainable development and human security. The founding and initial members include international non-governmental organizations, research and training support organizations, and universities. All members adhere to human security, sustainable development, and humanitarian imperatives, as well as globally-recognized ethics and standards.

Inequalities in Health and Health Care

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:34 — admin

Location: University of Geneva – Switzerland
Dates: June 8 to 12, 2009

Lecturers:
Prof. Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Dr Owen O’Donnell (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Website: http://www.hec.unil.ch/iems/Enseignement/contact/ssph_brochure_web.pdf [page 8.]

WHO and PHAC seeking input on the implementation of intersectoral action (ISA) to improve health equity

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:32 — admin

WHO and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) wish to seek your input on how Intersectoral Action (ISA) has been implemented to improve health equity in your country and on how the WHO-PHAC ISA collaboration might support increased knowledge and action on ISA in the future. We have included a few open-ended questions for your review and response.

Please send any responses to the questions (below) to ISA@who.int by 1 May 2009

Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:29 — admin

The Department for International Development (DFID), 2009

Available online as PDF file [32p.] at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/securingourcommonfuture/conference-paper-eliminating-poverty.pdf

This background paper for the DFID annual conference "Securing our Common Future: A Conference on the Future of International Development" (9-10 March 2009, London)

The Finnish Health Care System: A Value-Based Perspective

Tue, 2009-04-07 14:21 — admin

Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
Juha Teperi, Medical doctor and health services researcher at the University of Helsinki
Lauri Vuorenkoski, senior researcher at Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Jennifer F. Baron, Senior Researcher, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School
The Sitra Reports - Helsinki 2009

Available online as PDF file [117p.] at:
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/Finnish_Health_Care_System_SITRA2009.pdf

A Human Rights Approach to Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mon, 2009-04-06 11:39 — admin

World Health Organization - Health & Human Rights team
Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights - 2009

Available online at: http://www.who.int/hhr/activities/factsheets/en/index.html

Early Results From Thailand's 30 Baht Health Reform: Something To Smile About

Thu, 2009-04-02 08:43 — admin

Kannika Damrongplasit,postdoctoral research fellow in health services at the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, and the RAND Corp.
Glenn Melnick, professor and Blue Cross of California Chair of Health Care Finance at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and a senior economist with RAND in Santa Monica.
HEALTH AFFAIRS - Web Exclusive – March 31, 2009
Project HOPE–The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc

Available online at: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.28.3.w457/DC1

Which Households Are At Risk Of Catastrophic Health Spending:

Thu, 2009-04-02 08:42 — admin

Experience In Thailand After Universal Coverage

Exploring the reasons why some households still incur high levels of spending--even under universal coverage--
can help policymakers devise solutions.

Tewarit Somkotra, a lecturer on the faculty of dentistry at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Leizel Lagrada is in the Department of Health Policy Sciences at Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Tokyo, Japan.
HEALTH AFFAIRS - Web Exclusive – March 31, 2009
Project HOPE–The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc

An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Human Development

Thu, 2009-04-02 08:39 — admin

Textbook Project:

HDCA Textbook convened by Séverine Deneulin
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, UK 2009
** These are draft chapters for comments only. They are not to be cited or reproduced without the permission of the authors.**

State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 - Harmonious Cities

Wed, 2009-04-01 12:52 — admin

Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2008 for and on behalf of the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), 2008

Available online as PDF file [288p.] at:
http://www.unchs.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.asp?nr=2562&alt=1

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