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Improving health care financing in Ethiopia

The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It summarises the best available evidence regarding the design and implementation of policies for improving health care financing. The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings attend...

Policy summary 10: addressing needs in the public health workforce in Europe

Health systems in Europe face a number of increasingly complex challenges. Globalization, evolving health threats, an ageing society, fi nancial constraints on government spending, and social and health inequalities are some of the most pressing. Such challenges require not only different funding and org...

Policy summary 13: public reporting in health and long-term care to facilitate provider choice

The availability of public reporting initiatives on the quality of health and longterm care providers has increased since the 1990s when many countries began introducing choice of care provider policies. One of the primary reasons for public reporting of quality information is to assist patients and user...

Improving skilled birth attendance in Ethiopia

The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It summarises the best available evidence regarding the design and implementation of policies for improving skilled birth attendance. The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings att...

A national framework for sustainability of health knowledge translation initiatives in Uganda

This report is intended to inform the deliberations of those engaged in developing policies on sustainability of health knowledge translation initiatives policies as well as other stakeholders with an interest in such policy decisions. It summarizes the best available evidence regarding the design and im...

Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: Impact and implications for policy

The crisis has given substance to an old and often hypothetical debate about the financial sustainability of health systems in Europe. For years it was the spectre of ageing populations, cost-increasing developments in technology and changing public expectations that haunted European policy-makers troubl...

Evidence brief: supporting optimal screening approaches in Canada

This evidence brief mobilizes both global and local research evidence about a problem, three elements of a comprehensive approach for addressing the problem, and key implementation considerations. Whenever possible, the evidence brief summarizes research evidence drawn from systematic reviews of the rese...

Policy options to improve access to mental health services by strengthening secondary care

Las enfermedades en salud mental derivadas de un entorno de extrema violencia e inseguridad como el que afectó a Ciudad Juárez en los últimos años, toman especial relevancia y acentúan de sobremanera las necesidades ya existentes de un sistema de salud mental integral. En los últimos años se han r...

Améliorer l´accueil et la prise en charge dans les services d´accueil des urgences (SAU) des hôpitaux nationaux et régionaux au Cameroun
Improve reception and care in emergency reception services (SAU) of national and regional hospitals in Cameroon

Le problème: Au Cameroun, les usagers des services d?accueil des urgences (SAU) notamment dans les hôpitaux régionaux et nationaux (1°, 2° et 3° catégories) autant que les soignants se plaignent de la faible accessibilité et de la mauvaise qualité des soins qui y sont délivrés ; ces plaintes s...