Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Connecting the Dots of Courageous Conversations at GHLS18
By Adeola Akinremi The conversations in the room at this year’s Global Health Landscape Symposium (GHLS18) suggest one thing: there’s courage and commitment to push the agenda for the inclusion of health for all and financial protection, despite growing obstacles and challenges. On November 30, 2018, Global Health Council (GHC) brought together policy and program…
Read MoreTen Asks: Doing Things Differently in Gender Equality and Global Health
This guest post was written by Dr. Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Women in Global Health and Kelly Thompson, Gender and Programming Director, Mehr Manzoor, Research Director, and Ann Keeling, Senior Fellow, Women in Global Health. The post was originally published on their website. Reflections for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly and UN High-Level Meetings.…
Read MoreThe Blended Financing Road to UHC Must Go Through the Community
This blog post was written by Katey Linskey of Last Mile Health, co-written by Living Goods. Living Goods empower people to improve the health of their families, friends and communities. They are a 2018 Global Health Council member. The 71st World Health Assembly (WHA) was Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus’ first as the Director General of the World Health…
Read MorePolio Transition – A Missed Opportunity on the path towards UHC?
This guest post was originally posted on the RESULTS website and was written by Laura Kerr, Senior Policy Advocacy Officer (Child Health), RESULTS UK, and a member of the Gavi CSO Constituency Steering Committee. RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed, everyday people. Together we use our voices to influence political decisions that will bring an…
Read MoreThe Local Path to Global Health Security
This article was originally published in Global Health NOW. The article is around a WHA side-event organized by Global Health Council & partners. Global Health NOW has gathered thousands of subscribers worldwide who rely on it as a source for their global health news. The mobile-ready website globalhealthnow.org came online in March 2015, delivering more exclusive…
Read MoreYou Can’t Have Universal Health Coverage Without the Community
This guest post was written by Rita Bulusu, Deputy Director of Living Goods’ Community Health Strengthening Team. Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ health entrepreneurs who go door to door to teach families how to improve their health and wealth and sell life-changing products such as simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, safe delivery kits, fortified foods,…
Read MoreMore Than a Story: Takeaways From the Health Heroes Plus Social Good Summit
This guest post was originally posted on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) website. It was written by Temi Omilabu of IntraHealth International, and the Frontline Health Workers Coalition. The Frontline Health Workers Coalition is an alliance of United States-based organizations working together to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in low-…
Read MoreLet’s Chat: How to Make UHC a Reality for Everyone, Everywhere
This blog post was written by the Center for Global Development (CGD) Global Health Policy Team as part of GHC’s Member Spotlight Series. The post is adapted from a World Health Day preview first posted on CGD’s Global Health Policy blog on April 5. You can check out the original post here and highlights from…
Read MoreWhy UHC Day is a Call to Action for the World’s Youth
This guest post was written by Arush Lal, Global Health Corps Fellow at Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) c/o IntraHealth International. The post was originally published on the FHWC website. The Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) is an alliance of United States-based organizations working together to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline…
Read MoreCommunity Health Workers: A Priority for Universal Health Coverage?
This guest post was written by Colin Gilmartin, Senior Technical Officer at Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a nonprofit global health organization and GHC member organization. Gilmartin specializes in health care financing and the planning and costing of community-based services. He can be followed on Twitter, @colingilmartin. MSH’s mission is saving lives and improving the health…
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