USAID Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa
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By Center for Health Market Innovations
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By Eldis Jobs
Organization: Development and Training Services Country: United States of America Closing date: 17 Jul 2013 Economic Growth and Financial Services Specialist– The individual is responsible for providing technical support to program implementation in one or more of the following technical areas and other related areas as appropriate: Private Sector Engagement (micro & macro), Resource Economics and Financing, Public-Private Partnership and Global Development Alliance (GDA) Development, Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism, and Recreation Development, Economic Planning and Development, including Income Generation and Diversification, Economic Rent or Fee for Management Program Development, etc. Qualifications ■ Fluency in English ■ MA, PHD, JD or equivalent combination of education and work experience in related field ■ At least 8 years of relevant experience in one of the technical areas listed above ■ Must have a minimum of 3 years working in a developing countries ■ Demonstrated experience in relevant technical areas How to apply: RNIGON@ONLINEDTS.COM
Dr. Lucy Chappell, Collection Editor of Measuring Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, explains what researchers of MNCH in High Income Country settings can learn from the Collection. In the middle of 2012, I took on the task of Collection Editor for the PLOS Collection Measuring Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. But what did coverage measurement mean and why should it matter? These last nine months have opened my eyes to the importance of the topic and the challenges that are faced.
Kristine Husøy Onarheim and Johanne Helene Iversen from Universities Allied for Essential Medicines write about the broken system for drug development, and how governments are given an opportunity to address it. The member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet at the World Health Assembly later this month to discuss WHO’s follow-up of the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group (CEWG) on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination, and the follow-up report issued by the WHO Secretariat after an open-ended member state meeting in November last year. It has long been recognized that “Market mechanisms, and also publicly-funded research, collectively result in far too little investment in research and development on diseases that mainly affect developing countries. This means that poor people suffer and die because there are no effective health technologies like medicines, vaccines or diagnostics”. Discussions on how to ensure innovation of and access to medical technology addressing diseases disproportionally affecting the poor dates back decades, and several commissions and working groups have been set down by the WHO on request from member states to examine the problem and possible solutions
By Sara Gorman
The federal health care overhaul makes some notable improvements in insurance coverage for young adults. They can now stay on their parents’ health plans until they turn 26. Next year they can also look for subsidized coverage on the state-based insurance marketplaces, also called exchanges. And they may qualify for Medicaid, if their income are [...]
In this post, Guest Blogger, Udo Obiechefu attempts to start a conversation on some of the issues impacting access and availability of care in West Africa. In his next post, Udo will explore avenues for solving these issues. Enjoy! The issues related to health care delivery and access in West Africa is plentiful. Lack of adequate funding, a small workforce, poor organization, and a dearth of viable private sector solutions are just a few of the many dilemmas preventing countless West Africans from attaining sustainable access to quality care.
By WhyDev.org
Have you ever heard an NGO try and encourage donations by saying that they have low overheads? Many do it, yet we have known for a while that low overheads are in no way a reflection of good work. In this post, Caroline Fiennes debunks the myth, showing that higher overheads generally correlate with more effective organisations.
By SarahBoseley
The GAVI Alliance has announced that the cost of the HPV vaccine to developing countries, agreed with Merck and GSK, will be $4.50 a dose – a big discount on rich country prices but campaigners say it is too highCervical cancer vaccines for the developing world will cost $4.50 a dose, says the GAVI Alliance today. That is $13.50 per young woman, because each needs three shots. It is a small price to pay for preventing a disease which is a scourge of Africa and Asia – but the bill for immunising whole populations of schoolgirls will be huge.The price has been agreed between the GAVI Alliance – which channels money into vaccine programmes in poor countries – and the two major pharmaceutical companies that manufacture HPV vaccine. They are Merck, which makes Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline, which makes Cervarix. The prices are a substantial discount on the cost to rich countries like the USA, France and the UK where immunisation programmes are in full swing
By GHHub
South African competition authorities will launch an investigation into the private healthcare industry, where early evidence showed high prices and market distortions, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday. via South Africa to investigate private health market | Reuters.
By Eldis Jobs
Organization: NORLHA Country: Switzerland Closing date: 22 May 2013 OFFRE N° 3.0.2.6.070513 – Programme Officer Norlha is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious NGO based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with delegations in 3 other European countries (France, Netherlands and Spain). Norlha’s goal is to spur development and reduce poverty in the Himalayas by contributing to the region’s human and economic development through carefully crafted and locally run projects in the sectors of Agriculture, Employment & income, Health, Environment and Education. The organization is committed to support sustainable improvement in the living conditions of the neediest populations in the Himalayas. The organization actively supports impoverished communities with the long-term goal of achieving economic self-sufficiency and the preservation of their culture and dignity.
By Eldis Jobs
Organization: UN Women Country: Somalia Closing date: 14 May 2013 UN Women (UNW) grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnership with civil society and other relevant actors. Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is an approach that seeks to facilitate coherence between government planning/budgeting and gender equality goals through ensuring that government plans include programmes that address gender gaps and that government budgets include the financial resources necessary to implement such programmes. In 2009, UNIFEM’s GRB programming consisted of a portfolio of cross regional, regional and country level programmes that spanned eleven countries in Africa including Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Cameroon, Zambia, Mali, Niger, Kenya and Ethiopia.
May 7, 2013 Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tells Reuters that he is concerned by the recent budget cuts at the WHO at a time when the H7N9 outbreak continues in China. From Reuters: Frieden said he planned to raise the issue with other countries at the World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting, which is being held in Geneva, where the U.N. agency has its headquarters, from May 20 to May 28.
By CGDev
This is a joint post with Rachel Silverman. In recent weeks, the public health world and political pundits alike have been abuzz about results from the “Oregon Experiment,” a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that finds no statistical link between expanded Medicaid coverage and health outcomes such as high cholesterol or hypertension. Limitations of the study aside, the Oregon Experiment is a good example of the importance of rigorously testing all US health programs, rather than just assuming ‘more care = better health’. The Innovation Center at the United States Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, created under the umbrella of the Affordable Care Act, represents a new and encouraging approach to address this problem, an approach that we think has important lessons for global health. As a quick introduction, the Innovation Center is using structured, institutionalized innovation and experimentation to search for a better way.
