United Kingdom

Study Protocol: Economic incentives for improving clinical outcomes in patients with TB in South Africa: a study of feasibility and effectiveness.

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust

Principal investigator: Dr EE Lutge (Health Systems Trust)

In collaboration with Professor JA Volmink (University of Stellenbosch) and Dr SA Lewin (Medical Research Council South Africa)

Additional technical assistance for protocol development and data analysis provided by KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation.

Funded by the National Department of Health (South Africa), the Tuberculosis Control

Assistance Program (TB CAP), (the Netherlands, through the National TB Directorate) and the Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom).

The Global Gender Gap Report 2011

Published by: 
World Economic Forum

Many of the world’s women are moving closer to gender equality, but substantial gaps remain between men and women in health, education and, particularly, political and economic participation in a number of countries, including some of the most developed, according to a new global report.

Measuring against 2010 rankings, for example, the Sixth Annual World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2011 found that New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom showed slight declines in their overall gender equality rankings, while Brazil, Ethiopia, Qatar, Tanzania and Turkey posted gains.

Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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Other/ unknown/ unpublished

The Independent Monitoring Board was convened at the request of the World Health Assembly to monitor and guide the progress of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s 2010-12 Strategic Plan. This plan aims to interrupt polio transmission globally by the end of next year.

Achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls through the HIV response

Published by: 
UNAIDS

The case studies that follow, from across sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Europe and Central
Asia, Latin America and North America, highlight the rich diversity of community initiatives that
bridge sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV. The report has a strategic emphasis
on the innovation that is being led by women living with HIV and features pioneering endeavours
that reflect community and key stakeholder interpretation and understanding of how this
intersection is defined. It profiles initiatives that have emerged from within the HIV sector as it
broadens out to encompass a sexual and reproductive health and rights approach, as well as

Tuberculosis a womens health issue

Series Name: 
Nursing Update
Published by: 
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa
Using Tuberculosis as a case study, The Centre for Public Health Research, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK. (Allotey P, Gyapong M.) said that gender studies, as an area of research, have developed to address the social, cultural and contextual factors that disproportionately affect the ability of women to promote their health and treat disease. The importance of gender in health and disease is now clearly established and increasingly evident in mainstream public health, as well as in clinical and social medicine.

Site Visit to the Northern Cape: 23-26 July 2001

Published by: 
Health Systems Trust
Between 23 and 26 July the Equity Gauge project of Health Systems Trust organised a site visit and workshop in the Northern Cape on local government and health.This initiative brought together national and provincial parliamentarians,local government politicians,local and central government officials and other experts.

Guide to Assessing Client Satisfaction at District Hospitals

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Health Systems Trust
Measuring client or patient satisfaction has become an integral part of health facility management strategies across the globe. Moreover, the quality assurance and accreditation process in most countries requires that the satisfaction of clients be measured on a regular basis. Client satisfaction is the level of satisfaction that clients experience having used a service. It therefore reflects the gap between the expected service and the experience of the service, from the client/patients point of view. As the expectations of clients increase over time, the quality of the service has to keep on improving to maintain or increase a level of satisfaction.