CHORUS Ghana is working with a range of stakeholders, including the residents of La Nkwantanang Madina and Ashaiman Municipalities (intervention sites), Municipal Health Directors, the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service among others, to co-produce, implement and evaluate a package of interventions that enable sustainable provision of life cycle health promotion and…

This CHORUS webinar provides an overview of the Community Advisory Groups (CAG), the reasons for these being formed and how we engage with these groups across different teams. We look into the key lessons learnt from creation to now for CAG and each team take a reflective view on what can be done differently going…

During this CHORUS Webinar we look at the Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) and how multilevel models can be applied to measure intersectional inequalities. This webinar is led by Dr Eliud Kibuchi, a Research Fellow based at MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of…

By Delali Kumapley (CHORUS Research Uptake Co-lead) and Selase Odopey (CHORUS Ghana Project Coordinator/Qualitative Researcher) In the four years that the Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS) Project has been running in Ghana, it has involved stakeholders including the residents of La Nkwantanang Madina and Ashaiman Municipalities (intervention sites), the Municipal Health Directors in…

Nepal’s 2015 constitution guarantees the right to health, yet challenges persist in delivering quality health services, particularly in the face of increasing urban complexities. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for 66% of all deaths in Nepal1, highlighting an urgent need to strengthen the health system to provide quality services to respond to this rise, particularly…

To effectively manage non communicable diseases (NCDs), it is essential to collect and maintain comprehensive data from across the multitude of organisations providing health care services. In the urban context of Bangladesh, these include primary healthcare (PHC) facilities, urban dispensaries, NGO clinics and private providers. Comprehensive patient data can inform decision making, monitor health indicators,…

Gaps in the public health sector is driving the emergence and growth of a plurality of providers in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal and Nigeria. This comes with various challenges and opportunities.    As 2030 draws closer, it is recognised that many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets will remain unmet, including Target 3.8 — to…

We are now well into our 5th year as a consortium, on ‘Community-Led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems’ funded by the UK FCDO. We have 8 large projects and 17 smaller innovative projects that all work alongside the various stakeholders at city level to co-design interventions to address the wide ranging complex and multifaceted…

CHORUS members will shortly be arriving in Nagasaki, Japan, to attend and present at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2024) . This year’s theme is ‘Building Just and Sustainable Health Systems Centring People and Protecting the Planet’. Do follow us on X @CHORUSUrban and on LinkedIn for regular updates from Japan.

By Francis Poitier (University of Leeds), Lauren Wallace, Adanna Nwameme and Delali Kumapley (University of Ghana), Deepa Barua and Rumana Huque (ARK Foundation) Urban October calls global attention to urban issues and the opportunities available for sustainable development. This year’s theme focuses on engaging youth to create a better urban future. Community engagement, including with…