What makes a global health campaign successful? A new #Exemplars in Global Health study found that the highest performing countries share drivers that contribute to their success, including intentional women’s empowerment and stakeholder coordination. bit.ly/3UyosK3

Gabrielle Bonnet and team assess the cost-effectiveness of #COVID testing across low-and-middle-income countries, differentiating results by country income level, SARS-CoV-2 prevalence and different testing scenarios. Anna Vassall 📎: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review Rahab Mbau Anna Vassall Lucy Gilson tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Early view of the viewpoint "The new EU Global Health Strategy and research: From policy to action" published in @TMIHjournal on the research dimension of the EU #GlobalHealth Strategy, following the dedicated ECTMIH2023 plenary session doi.org/10.1111/tmi.14…

"Funders are injecting tens of millions of dollars into an ambitious plan to solve the biggest problem in science advice: supplying evidence to governments." 👏👏👏 Hope there is room for economic evidence John-Arne Røttingen HT Anna Vassall nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Lancet just published 3rd Commission on Investing in Health. In this Center for Global Development blog, Kalipso Chalkidou Javier H Guzman Cruz Richard Sullivan & I argue: by setting 15 priority diseases globally & dismissing QALYs/DALYs it undermines country-led priority setting: cgdev.org/blog/response-… 1/2

Quoting from a cited piece: "Global approaches to CEA can hardly be too context-sensitive. Studies done by global players that ignore local contexts but nonetheless presume to advise may undermine local priorities and distort local spending decisions. Without in-country expertise

Attending #HSR2024? #Exemplars in Global Health will share insights on what drives strong #PrimaryHealthCare system performance, including the importance of strategic national planning, consistent funding, and community engagement, on 19 Nov. at Room 111, ID SS-144.

It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls! 1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by: A husband A boyfriend An intimate partner A lover A parent A relative A colleague A boss A stranger

Equity in healthcare financing: a review of evidence sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Prioritised health spending has the potential to save lives . GFATM needs to engage with national health priorities and plans. By using their health systems strengthening to support priority setting, they can support effect and sustainable funding. So why not?

Seven Year Milestones of HTA India

Our recent paper in BMJ Public Health highlights the devastating financial burden families in Kenya and Uganda face when hospitalising acutely ill – despite policies for free or subsidised healthcare for children under five. doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-…

Yesterday, we launched the Partnerships for Stronger Knowledge Systems in Africa (KNOSA), a two year project supported by the WHO Uganda through the Alliance for HPSR, aimed at strengthening institutional capacity for evidence-informed health policymaking.

📚Our #ResearchHighlight: Julie Jemutai et al. have a newly published article titled " Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study" Click the link below to read more! shorturl.at/8vvPR

The Executive Board decided to recommend to the 78th World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_f…

Prof. Edwine Barasa taking participants through the first session: introducing the concept of efficiency, types of efficiency and the key determinants of(in)efficiency in healthcare.

Fresh off the press! 📢 We developed a framework for improving the routine use of modelling evidence in public health decision-making in lower-resource settings. Read more 👇🏾👇🏾 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/4/e…

🎓PhD opportunity! Apply for a fully funded PhD studentship under the SHARP project supported by National Institute for Health and Care Research . 💡Focus : Evidence-based health priority setting in Kenya. Click the link below to apply! 🔗: shorturl.at/u6N6k Application deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2025