Category: Health Systems
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…
Presentation: ‘Quality of Healthcare Services in Pharmacies of Pokhara Metropolitan City’ – Presentation by HERD International 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. Ms. Grishu Shrestha, Research Officer at HERD International, presented “the quality of health care service in pharmacies” based on the CHORUS…
CHORUS External Newsletter – February 2023
Welcome to the first external newsletter for CHORUS, providing an update on the CHORUS research projects well underway in Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Nepal. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive future newsletters on CHORUS research findings, interventions and key urban health issues, using the link on the homepage.
Key Messages from the International Conference on Urban Health 2022
CHORUS participants at the International Conference on Urban Health, along with researchers from ARISE and Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities, identified their key messages from the conference to use as a platform for discussion at a Joint Satellite Session at the Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Bogota, Colombia from 31 October to…
CHORUS at 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research – Bogota, Columbia. 31 October to 4 November 2022
We are excited to be part of Health Systems Global’s 7th Symposium on Health System Research. Some of the team will be joining in Bogota, whilst others participating virtually. The theme for this symposium is ‘Health Systems Performance in the Political Agenda: Sharing Lessons for Current and Future Global Challenges’ with subthemes: The politics and policies…
Webinar: Developing a Typology of Private Healthcare Providers
Professor Tim Ensor is a CHORUS Research Director at the University of Leeds. In this webinar he discusses how the non-government sector is an important player in the formal or informal delivery of medical services. This mix of the public and private funding and healthcare provision present in the health systems of the four CHORUS…
Webinar: Health System Responsiveness
Professor Tolib Mirzoev discusses how health system responsiveness is framed and empirically assessed, to inform possible application of this concept in the CHORUS projects. The session draws on the original WHO framework and subsequent background review paper, and insights from collaborative research from the the on-going RESPONSE (improving systems responsiveness in Ghana and Vietnam)…