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In the Name of Global Health: Trends in Academic Institutions
This paper describes accelerating development of programs in \"global health\", particularly in North American academic institutions, and sets this phenomenon in the context of earlier programs in \"tropical medicine\" and \"international health\" that originated predominantly in Europe. Like these earlier programs, the major focus of the new global health programs is on the health needs of developing countries, and perhaps for this reason, few similar programs have emerged in academic institutions in the developing countries themselves. If global health is about the improvement of health worldwide, the reduction of disparities, and protection of societies against global threats that disregard national borders, it is essential that academic institutions reach across geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and linguistic boundaries to develop mutual understanding of the scope of global health and to create collaborative education and research programs. One indication of success would be emergence of a new generation of truly global leaders working on a shared and well-defined agenda - and doing so on equal footing.
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Health financing policy : the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public finance context
This title contains key components of the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public financial management context that need to be considered for an informed health financing policy dialogue at the country level. It is organised around four sets of questions and identifies resources available to assist in answering these questions for a specific country.
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Schools of Public Health: Essential Infrastructure of a Responsible Society and a 21st-Century Health System
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--better known as the stimulus package--that President Barack Obama signed into law in February 2009 included a historic investment in the national infrastructure. The Act devoted $150 billion to strengthening systems that support the country's social and economic viability, such as public transportation, roads, bridges, dams, ports, waterworks, and broadband access. Here, Colgrove et al argue that schools of public health (SPHs) are also essential to the nation's health, security, and well-being. They demonstrate that public health is an essential element of a responsible society, and then describe the critical roles the nation's 40 accredited SPHs play in protecting and improving the public's health. Moreover, Colgrove et al contend that these SPHs are uniquely positioned to provide leadership in the design and implementation of a 21st-century health system, one with a broad and holistic view of health and focused centrally on prevention rather than post-event acute and episodic care.
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Capitalizing on the demographic transition : tackling noncommunicable diseases in South Asia
This book looks primarily at Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) and tobacco use because they account for a disproportionate amount of the Non Communicable Disease (NCD) burden the focus is strategic rather than comprehensive. It considers both country and regional level approaches for tackling NCDs, as many of the issues and challenges of mounting an effective response are common to most South Asian countries. The prevention and control of NCDs constitute a development issue that low-income countries in South Asia are already facing. Both country and regional-level strategies are important because many of the issues and challenges of mounting an effective response to NCDs are common to most South Asian countries, even though their disease burden profiles vary. Hence, the rationale for this book is that strategic decisions for prevention and treatment of NCDs can effectively address the future burden of disease, promote healthy aging, and increase the potential benefit from the demographic transition, thus contributing to economic development. This book's goal is to encourage countries to develop, adopt, and implement effective and timely country and regional responses that reduce the population-level risk factors and NCD disease burden.
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Not Only How Much But How: The Importance Of Diversifying Funding Streams In A Reimagined Public Health System
Revenue diversification may be a synergistic strategy for transforming public health, yet few national or trend data are available. This study quantified and identified patterns in revenue diversification in public health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used National Association of County and City Health Officials' National Profile of Local Health Departments study data for 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022 to calculate a yearly diversification index for local health departments. Respondents' revenue portfolios changed fairly little between 2016 and 2022. Compared with less-diversified local health departments, well-diversified departments reported a balanced portfolio with local, state, federal, and clinical sources of revenue and higher per capita revenues. Less-diversified local health departments relied heavily on local sources and saw lower revenues. The COVID-19 period exacerbated these differences, with less-diversified departments seeing little revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. Revenue portfolios are an underexamined aspect of the public health system, and this study suggests that some organizations may be under financial strain by not having diverse revenue portfolios. Practitioners have ways of enhancing diversification, and policy attention is needed to incentivize and support revenue diversification to enhance the financial resilience and sustainability of local health departments.
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Health care budgeting and financial management
\"In today's chaotic health reform environment, it is especially important for non-financial health care managers to have a practical guide to the tools and concepts they need to manage their human, supply, and equipment resources. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Invest in primary healthcare and public health for the pandemic and beyond
The covid-19 pandemic has made the need to invest in primary care even clearer, write Henrique Lopes and colleagues
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