Statement 1 June 2022 Responding to climate change and building resilient health systems Climate change is now recognised as the “greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century.” For health systems to be resilient to climate change they must both mitigate actions that…
Insight 14 May 2020 The inequality pandemic: making COVID-19 responses disability friendly Yan Cheng, a sixteen-year-old Chinese boy with cerebral palsy, was found dead in January after he had been left at home alone because his father – and sole carer – was quarantined because he was suspected…
Insight 7 April 2020 Five key steps for a health systems response to COVID-19 in Africa African countries, like much of the rest of the world, are racing to protect their citizens and economies from the imminent threat of the Covid-19 virus. While not much is known about the disease yet,…
Programme update 5 September 2019 Assessing health systems’ capacity to deliver quality services Our work in Bungoma, Kenya provided us with many useful lessons and best practices, which has built a strong foundation on our MANI-Quality of Care project, implementing in four new counties in Kenya.…
Options news 31 January 2019 Simple intervention leads to increased quality of care in hospitals The Government of Tanzania has recognised the importance of health care quality, creating a five-star rating system for assessing primary care level health facilities. Facilities given a rating lower…
Options news 12 December 2018 Making steps towards Universal Health Coverage Almost 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty each year, due to high health care expenses. Every person—no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have—should be…