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Oct
2
2014
11:30—1:00 PM
July 02, 2014
Independent policy research organizations – or think tanks – play a potentially important role in translating evidence to action, lending both technical expertise and an objective evidence base to help strengthen policy behind people-centered health systems in the developing world. This ...
Sep
30
2014
9:00—11:00 AM
July 02, 2014
Despite their centrality to health systems, hospital policy and performance in low- and middle-income countries has largely been neglected by health policymakers and the development community. This session will introduce for the first time a proposed Collaborative for Hospital Performance in Emergin...
Mar
24
2010
10:00—11:30 AM
March 18, 2010
This year's World TB Day marks the halfway point for the Global Plan to Stop TB. We must scale up efforts and continue to seek innovative ways to stop TB if we are to achieve our targets. Join us for a discussion of TB and drug-resistant TB, including the impact on global health and the current stat...
Mar
2
2010
10:30—12:00 PM
February 03, 2010
Abstract: Health systems are among the most important elements of the social contract that defines modern nations. This paper investigates the historical origins of universal health care (UHC) systems and analyzes the politics surrounding the national decision to implement them. Understanding how, w...
Mar
24
2008
1:00—6:00 PM
March 19, 2008
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) at The National Academies will convene a committee to undertake a new study to examine and articulate the case for why multiple agencies from government and the private sector in the U.S. should make a deeper commitment to global health. Ruth Levine, Vice President fo...
Jan
9
2008
12:00—2:00 PM
December 20, 2007
Abstract: It is widely believed that cost-sharing—charging a subsidized, positive price—for a health product is necessary to avoid wasting resources on those who will not use or do not need the product. We explore this argument in the context of a field experiment in Kenya, in which we randomized th...
Jul
19
2007
12:30—2:00 PM
July 09, 2007
Why do some global health initiatives, such as HIV/AIDS and child immunization, receive priority from international and national political leaders while others, such as nutrition, malaria and pneumonia, receive minimal attention despite also addressing high burden conditions? CGD Visiting Fellow Je...
May
29
2007
4:00—5:30 PM
May 07, 2007
The success of global health programs largely depends on the availability of essential health products when and where they are needed. But weak links in the global health value chain are currently constraining on-the-ground access to drugs, vaccines and diagnostics--despite increased funding and ong...
Oct
26
2006
12:00—1:30 PM
October 16, 2006
Can performance-based incentives to facilities that deliver health services improve health results in low-income settings? An example of paying for performance in Haiti is being documented along with other experiences as part of the Center for Global Development’s Working Group on Performance-Based...
Sep
7
2006
3:30—5:00 PM
August 29, 2006
To target development assistance to countries where it will be used most productively, both multilateral and bilateral donor agencies use statistical evidence to elucidate key characteristics of countries that are thought to be associated with the effectiveness of aid. Influential research has sugge...