Social Science Lessons Learned from Ebola Epidemics – Evidence Summary
Published by: UNICEF
In this ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, different aspects of past disease outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social...
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Published by: UNICEF
In this ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, different aspects of past disease outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social...
Published by: UNICEF
This report explores lessons about the social dimensions of past and recent influenza epidemics and the emergence of SARS-CoV. It is the...
This report is the first instalment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign...
This report is the second instalment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign...
This review identifies evidence on supply-side interventions to change the practices of antibiotic prescribers and gatekeepers in low-...
Published by: BioMed Central
The Theory of Change (ToC) is a management and evaluation tool supporting critical thinking in the design, implementation and evaluation of development programmes. We document the experience of Future Health Systems (FHS) Consortium research teams in Bangladesh, India and Uganda with using ToC.
Published by: BioMed Central
A fundamental challenge for health systems is the need to adapt to changes in the patterns of health service need, scientific and technological developments, and the economic and institutional contexts within which providers of health services are embedded. This is especially true of many low and middle-income countries, where the pace of multiple and interconnected changes is breath-taking.
This paper argues that addressing the underlying structural drivers of disease vulnerability is essential for a ‘One Health’...
Published by: BioMed Central
A fundamental challenge for health systems is the need to adapt to changes in the patterns of health service need, scientific and technological developments, and the economic and institutional contexts within which providers of health services are embedded. This is especially true of many low and middle-income countries, where the pace of multiple and interconnected changes is breath-taking.
The WHO launched a Global Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2015, with AMR being declared a global crisis by world leaders in the G7, G20 and the UN General Assembly. World leaders have also adopted universal health coverage (UHC) as a key target under the sustainable development goals. This paper argues that neither initiative is likely to succeed in isolation from the other and that the policy goals should be to both provide access to appropriate antimicrobial treatment and reduce the risk of the emergence and spread of resistance by taking a systems approach.