Category: Private and Informal Health Sectors
CHORUS Policy Dialogue Event: Strengthening Urban Health Systems – Prospects & Challenges
On 30th January 2025, policy makers, development partners, health experts and researchers came together to discuss priorities and challenges faced when working to strengthen urban health systems, and providing primary healthcare services for all urban residents. The Policy Dialogue event was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh and was hosted by the ARK Foundation, supported by the…
Pathway to Impact – Improving Patient NCD Data in Urban Bangladesh
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,…
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…
Blog: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships to Address NCDs. A Case of Pharmacies from Pokhara Metropolitan City, Nepal
By Shreeman Sharma, CHORUS Research Uptake Lead, HERD International and Abhingyna Bhattarai, Research Manager for CHORUS Nepal Project 1, HERD International In public health, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are described as being non-contagious long-term conditions that are usually a result of genetics and lifestyle factors. Globally, the four main NCDs are cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory diseases…
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…
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…
Panel Session ‘Coordination, collaboration or confusion? Urban governance and the private sector in the COVID-19 response’ on Wednesday 7 July 2021 13.30 – 15.00 BST
Come and join the CHORUS team as we review and discuss the role of the private sector and city governments during the pandemic in Nepal, Bangladesh, Ghana and Nigeria, at the 17th International Conference on Urban Health. CHORUS colleagues will present analysis on the spectrum of providers and their role in the response to COVID-19,…
Webinar ‘Harnessing the Strength of the Private and Informal Sector for Better Health in Urban Areas’ on Tuesday 30 March 11-12 BST
CHORUS colleagues Dr Helen Elsey (Research Director), Professor Irene Agyepong (CEO) and Professor Obinna Onwujekwe, (CHORUS Nigeria PI) join the Urbanisation and Health Network’s latest webinar and globally renowned urban health systems experts to discuss lessons learned and potential models to bring together health providers from the private, NGO and informal sectors to improve urban…