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19 May 2013
                       
 
 
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03 May 2013
 
 
Maternal and newborn mortality in Africa: The social and economic case for investing
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Maternal and newborn complications are among the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world. Worldwide, an estimated 287,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth each...
 
 
29 Apr 2013
 
Piecing it together: The status of health systems in post-conflict African countries
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...
 
 
18 Mar 2013
 
Health systems research in Africa: Bridging the know-do gap between research and implementation
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
A major obstacle to the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been the inability of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries to effectively implement evidence-based...
 
 
12 Mar 2013
 
The silent crisis: Mental health in Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Steadily approaching the title of the second highest cause of disability in the world, mental health disorders are an international health concern that is gaining considerable attention.(2) Of the...
 
 
20 Feb 2013
 
Non-communicable diseases in Africa: Time to take notice
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 36 million people die each year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and nearly 80% of these are from low- to middle-income countries...
 
 
18 Feb 2013
 
SA: Gwen Ramokgopa: Address by the Deputy Minister of Health, during an opening ceremony of the sixth World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cape Town International Convention Centre (18/02/2013)
SPEECH
She said that “since 2011 facts such as these are being increasingly recognised globally and certainly in South Africa. Just prior to the United Nations high level summit on non-communicable...
 
 
23 Jan 2013
 
From silos to systems: Dealing with population health challenges in the world today
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
In a recent blog post,(2) Devi Sridhar draws attention to the fragmentation that has accompanied the interpretation and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This...
 
 
30 Nov 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, South African AIDS activist organization, welcomes the inclusion of fixed-dose combination medicines in the 2013- 2014 antiretroviral medicines tender for South Africa (29/11/2012)
STATEMENT
This morning the Department of Health announced the award of the new tender for antiretroviral medicines (ARVs), which will run from January 2013 to December 2014. The release of the tender comes...
 
 
21 Nov 2012
 
Performance-based financing for health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: What have we learnt so far? - Part 2
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
In a recent World Health Organisation bulletin, Atle et al. draw attention to the complexity surrounding studying and understanding performance-based financing (PBF) models, their effects on health...
 
 
07 Nov 2012
 
Performance-based financing for health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: What have we learnt so far? - Part 1
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Over the past decade, various models of financing based on performance have been introduced in more than 20 African countries. Urged on largely by pressure to ‘catch up’ on health-related...
 
 
21 Aug 2012
 
Primary health care implementation: A brief review
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
The goal of any health care system is to provide universal access to appropriate, efficient, effective and quality health services, in order to improve and promote people’s health. In most...
 
 
06 Aug 2012
 
 
 
Global Population Ageing: Peril or Promise? (August 2012)
AGEING
Global ageing, in developed and developing countries alike, will dramatically alter the way that societies and economies work. The issues include how individuals find fulfilment, at what age they...
 
 
02 Aug 2012
 
The rise of the expert patient: A fresh perspective on human resource for health in Africa
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
The knowledge and experience held by the patient has long remained an untapped resource within health systems.(2) In the global north, patient-centred health systems were established mainly as a...
 
 
23 Jul 2012
 
Only a Transformed ANC can Lead South Africa to Prosperity
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
South Africa faces the pressing problems of unemployment, poverty, material inequality, failing education and health systems, and a sluggish economy. Consequently, there was some anticipation...
 
 
26 Apr 2012
 
TAC & SECTION27: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign and Section27, on the Minister's Health Budget Vote (26/04/2012)
STATEMENT
The Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27 Welcome Minister’s Health Budget Vote. But More Needs to be Done to Deliver on the Right to Health. Announce and Implement Plans Urgently!
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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