Science

Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade

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World Trade Organization (WTO)

"Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation" examines the interplay between public health, trade and intellectual property, and how these policy domains affect medical innovation and access to medical technologies. Co-published by the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization, the study draws together the three Secretariats’ respective areas of expertise.

CONSORTIUM FOR HEALTH POLICY AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IN AFRICA: Comparative Results of Capacity Needs Assessments in African partner institutions

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Consortium for Health Policy & Systems Analysis in Africa(CHESPAA)

The Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA) project is aimed at building the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSA) in Africa. Specifically, CHEPSAA aims to increase sustainable African capacity to produce and use high quality health policy and systems analysis HPSA. These objectives will be met through the activities of 5 Work Packages (WP), the first of which is an HPSA capacity needs assessment. The needs assessment assumes that to build the field, we first need to strengthen the CHEPSAA partner institutions. It was undertaken in 2 phases:

·       County context mapping by country partners was undertaken from April-May 2011

Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed

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UNICEF

The 2012 Progress Report on Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed examines trends in child mortality estimates since 1990, and shows that major reductions have been made in under-five mortality rates in all regions and diverse countries. This has translated into a sharp drop in the estimated number of under-five deaths worldwide. Data released today by UNICEF and the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation show that the number of children under the age of five dying globally fell from nearly 12 million in 1990 to an estimated 6.9 million in 2011.

General Household Survey 2010

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Statistics South Africa

This statistical release presents a selection of key findings from the General Household Survey (GHS) 2010, which was conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in July, August and September 2010.

Refugees Perceptions of their Health Status & Quality of Health Care Services in Durban, South Africa: A Community-Based Survey

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Health Systems Trust

Health problems experienced by the majority of displaced population, either through natural catastrophes or man-made disasters pose major challenges for public health systems worldwide.4 The diversity of problems experienced by refugees requires diverse approaches, including diseases surveillance, control and prevention.

Health Research Capacity Building in South Africa: Current knowledge and practices

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Health Systems Trust
This review describes the current experiences of capacity building in health research in South Africa by identifying recent interventions from which lessons can be drawn to inform and support the ENHR Committee in strengthening and implementing the health research policy for South Africa.