Category: Health Systems
Pathway to Impact – Establishing Partnerships to Respond to NCDs in Urban Nepal
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…
Policy Brief: Strengthening urban health systems through public-private partnership: Lessons from four countries
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…
CHORUS at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
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.
Blog: ARK’s SIMPLE Solution to the Urban Data Dearth
By Abdullah Muhammad Rafi, ARK Foundation ARK’s SIMPLE Solution to the Urban Data Dearth On December of 2022, the Government of Bangladesh declared its next major initiative – the Smart Bangladesh Initiative – with a view to building a Smart Nation by 2041. Government’s Aspire to Innovate (a2i) program defines a ‘smart nation’ as “harnessing…
HERD International: A Glimpse of Urbanization in Nepal June 2024
HERD International: A Glimpse of Urbanization in Nepal June 2024 Urbanisation and Health in Nepal HERD International team has shared their ‘Insights’, as Nepal is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in Asia, they have highlighted the challenges of air pollution, waste management, nutrition, NCD’s and life expectancy due to this rapid increase in urban…
Urban October 2023: Urbanisation and Health in Nepal
HERD International Special Edition of ‘Insights’ for Urban October 2023 Urbanisation and Health in Nepal The latest ‘Insights’ evidence brief from HERD International highlights the rapid increase in the urban population in Nepal, and with it the alarming increase in air pollution and challenges in managing urban waste. Click for full ‘Insights’ Edition…
Interview with Professor Helen Elsey, Himalayan Times: “The Urban Health System needs redesigning to achieve universal health coverage”
Helen Elsey, Associate Professor in Global Public Health at the University of York (UK) and Co-Director of the CHORUS Research Consortium, talks to Bal Krishna Sah of The Himalayan Times, on the challenges and opportunities in urban health, and the need to redesign the urban health system in order to achieve universal health coverage. Read the interview here https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/urban-health-system-needs-redesigning-to-achieve-universal-health-coverage
Webinar: Efficiency analysis of health care facilities
Health system efficiency is a significant concern for all, including policy makers and healthcare providers, and increasing efficiency is a decision makers’ criteria for priority setting. In this CHORUS webinar, Prof. Zahidul Quayyum from BRAC University (JPGSPH) and Md. Zahid Hasan, CHORUS PhD student at the University of Leeds, present and discuss how to measure…
Policy Brief: Key Recommendations for Effective Modalities for Urban Primary Health Care Systems in Bangladesh
The urban health system in Bangladesh is facing numerous challenges in terms of availability of healthcare services reaching the urban populations, particularly the most marginalised, including low service coverage, poor quality of services and a lack of quality monitoring. CHORUS in Bangladesh aims to explore the current use of strategic purchasing within the primary health…
Conference: HERD International Presents Findings on Urban Health Research at the 9th Nepal Health Research Council Summit
Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), in collaboration with various organizations working in health, research and development, organized the 9th National Summit of Health and Population Scientists on the 11th and 12th of April 2023. CHORUS Partner HERD International, in Nepal, was a key contributor at the NHRC Annual Summit, with six oral presentations on a…