Public Private Partnership for Equitable Provision of Quality Health Services

This report presents the findings of an independent Technical Review that focused on the promotion of Public Private Partnership (PPP) for equitable provision of quality health services in Tanzania. The report is meant to contribute to the Annual Joint Health Sector Review 2005. The ToR has been broadly defined, signifying the interest that many stakeholders currently take in PPP. The Review Team (RT), with two international and three national consultants, undertook efforts to consult stakeholders for prioritisation of the issues included in the ToR. The RT had access to a large number of official documents such as laws, by-laws, policy documents, guidelines, etc. and a wide range of studies on PPP set in Tanzania complemented by international literature. The RT undertook efforts to interview relevant persons and committees, associations, organisations, ministries, donors, etc. at the national level as well as in four districts, two rural and two urban. Nevertheless, time constraints did force the RT to limit itself and consequently not all actors that constitute the private health sector could be contacted. It is hoped that the Annual Joint Health Sector Review 2005 will allow a representative participation of all actors in the field of PPP to discuss this review and compensate for any issue or actor that was left out unintended

Health research board: annual report & accounts 2001

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People in Public Health. Research Summary

Members of the public are becoming increasingly important in the delivery of public health programmes. The work they do varies. They might give out information about a health issue or tell people about a local service. They might help someone who is going to a health improvement activity for the first time or organise a group that encourages healthy living. Some are paid, others are volunteers. The People in Public Health research study wanted to find out more about these lay health workers. It wanted to discover what type of things they do in public health programmes, how they are recruited, trained and supported and what is needed to make these approaches work well

Securing the Future of Complementary Medicines Manufacturing in Australia: A Strategic Business Case

The $6 billion per annum complementary medicines manufacturing industry stands at a crucial crossroads: maintain the status quo or invest in catalysing industry growth by capturing greater market share of the rapidly expanding global market. Through extensive research, analysis and consultation this report identifies various opportunities and challenges facing the industry and provides an evidence-based set of recommendations and associated business case. This report presents recommendations to government, proposing a co-investment model that has the potential to support Australian manufacturers to triple industry revenues by 2032. The aim will be achieved through capturing a greater proportion of the global complementary medicine market, fostering a skilled manufacturing workforce, protecting sovereignty of supply and manufacture, and fuelling job growth across Australia

Involving Nepali academics in health research

JMBTO SEE JHIn a world dominated by globalization and knowledge exchange conducting research and academic publishing has become increasingly important. In this light it is important to report the findings of research conducted in Nepal as it may be relevant and useful in North Korea as in Namibia. The editorial outlines some of the barriers and opportunities that exist for academics in Nepal

Why national health research systems matter

Some of the most outstanding problems in Computer Science (e.g. access to heterogeneous information sources, use of different e-commerce standards, ontology translation, etc.) are often approached through the identification of ontology mappings. A manual mapping generation slows down, or even makes unfeasible, the solution of particular cases of the aforementioned problems via ontology mappings. Some algorithms and formal models for partial tasks of automatic generation of mappings have been proposed. However, an integrated system to solve this problem is still missing. In this paper, we present AMON, a platform for automatic ontology mapping generation. First of all, we show the general structure. Then, we describe the current version of the system, including the ontology in which it is based, the similarity measures that it uses, the access to external sources, etc

National strategy for health research and innovation

In 2011, the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) commissioned the Development of a dedicated strategy for health research and innovation in line with its mandate from Government to identify areas of national priority and design and to also implement strategic approaches to enhance economic competitiveness and quality of life. The Strategy was drawn up by a steering group which also included people from outside the health sector, to ensure that it also keeps note of the economic side of things.peer-reviewe