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A pragmatic approach to equitable global health partnerships in academic health sciences.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
Global partnerships offer opportunities for academic departments in the health sciences to achieve mutual benefits. However, they are often challenged by inequities in power, privilege and finances between partners that ...
New guidelines on mental health in Peru
(Elsevier, 2019)
In October, 2018, the Ministry of Health of Peru approved the sectoral policy guidelines on mental health, which update those published 14 years ago. The five guidelines highlight the transitional framework of public mental ...
Corruption in health systems: The conversation has started, now time to continue it; Comment on “We need to talk about corruption in health systems”
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2020)
Holistic and multi-disciplinary responses should be prioritized given the depth and breadth through which corruption in the healthcare sector can cover. Here, taking the Peruvian context as an example, we will reflect on ...
The evolution of New Zealand's health workforce policy and planning system: a study of workforce governance and health reform
(BioMed CentralGB, 2019-07-05)
Introduction: While considerable attention has been given to improving health workforce planning practice, few articles focus on the relationship between health workforce governance and health reform. By outlining a sequence ...
Mental health care: how can Family Health teams integrate it into Primary Healthcare?
(Abrasco, 2015-10-01)
Mental health is one of the responsibilities of Brazil's Family Health system. This review of literature sought to understand what position Mental Health occupies in the practice of the Family Health Strategy. A search was ...
Towards a comprehensive global approach to prevention and control of NCDs
(BioMed Central, 2014)
Background: The “25×25” strategy to tackle the global challenge of non-communicable diseases takes a traditional approach, concentrating on a few diseases and their immediate risk factors. Discussion: We propose elements ...
Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru
(MDPI, 2021)
Introduction: The World Health Organization introduced the workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in 1998 to improve country-level health workforce planning. This study presents the primary care health workforce ...
Measuring people’s views on health system performance: Design and development of the people’s voice survey
(PLoS, 2023)
People should be at the center of health system performance assessment. Populations can provide critical insight on quality of care, confidence in health services, and health outcomes. However, today’s measurement approaches ...
Understanding drivers of domestic public expenditure on reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health in Peru at district level: an ecological study
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Peru has increased substantially its domestic public expenditure in maternal and child health. Peruvian departments are heterogeneous in contextual and geographic factors, underlining the importance of disaggregated ...