scholarly journals A Cross-Cutting Approach to Surveillance and Laboratory Capacity as a Platform to Improve Health Security in Uganda

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (S1) ◽  
pp. S-76-S-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Lamorde ◽  
Arthur Mpimbaza ◽  
Richard Walwema ◽  
Moses Kamya ◽  
James Kapisi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Security ◽  
Laboratory Capacity ◽  
Improve Health

scholarly journals Building laboratory capacity to detect and characterize pathogens of public and global health security concern in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hunsperger ◽  
◽  
Bonventure Juma ◽  
Clayton Onyango ◽  
John B. Ochieng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Global Health Security ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Laboratory Capacity ◽  
Security Concern

Strengthening Applied Epidemiology in West Africa: Progress, Gaps, and Advancing a Regional Strategy to Improve Health Security

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virgil Kuassi Lokossou ◽  
Issiaka Sombie ◽  
Césaire Damien Ahanhanzo ◽  
Carlos Brito ◽  
Simon Nyovuura Antara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Regional Strategy ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Improve Health

scholarly journals The Roles of WHO in Handling Yemen Humanitarian Crisis during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Ghita Fadhila Andrini
Keyword(s):  
International Aid ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Concept ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
Improve Health

Yemen is noted to have the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. This condition is due to the civil war for the past six years, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged as a health security threat. This research aims to analyse the WHO’s role in responding health crisis in Yemen. By using qualitative methods and literature review approach, this article uses Atlas.ti to collect data regarding WHO’s activity in Yemen throughout the pandemic analysed by the international organisation’s role concept according to Clive Archer. The health security concept is also used to explain the health situation in Yemen during the pandemic. This research found accordance between WHO’s activities with Clive Archer’s idea of roles, mainly on its role as an independent actor to combat the health crisis in Yemen. However, the three roles are intertwined. As WHO has emphasised the importance of international aid to overcome Yemen’s health emergency, the writer recommends strengthening global solidarity with Yemen’s authority to improve health within the country. 

scholarly journals A new matrix for scoring the functionality of national laboratory networks in Africa: introducing the LABNET scorecard

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Ondoa ◽  
Tjeerd Datema ◽  
Mah-Sere Keita-Sow ◽  
Linda Oskam ◽  
Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Health Security ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Laboratory Capacity ◽  
Laboratory Network ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Health Regulations

Background: Functional national laboratory networks and systems are indispensable to the achievement of global health security targets according to the International Health Regulations. The lack of indicators to measure the functionality of national laboratory network has limited the efficiency of past and current interventions to enhance laboratory capacity in resourcelimited-settings.Scorecard for laboratory networks: We have developed a matrix for the assessment of national laboratory network functionality and progress thereof, with support from the African Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Association of Public Health Laboratories. The laboratory network (LABNET) scorecard was designed to: (1) Measure the status of nine overarching core capabilities of laboratory network required to achieve global health security targets, as recommended by the main normative standards; (2) Complement the World Health Organization joint external evaluation tool for the assessment of health system preparedness to International Health Regulations (2005) by providing detailed information on laboratory systems; and (3) Serve as a clear roadmap to guide the stepwise implementation of laboratory capability to prevent, detect and act upon infectious threats.Conclusions: The application of the LABNET scorecard under the coordination of the African Society of Laboratory Medicine and the Association of Public Health Laboratories could contribute to the design, monitoring and evaluation of upcoming Global Health Security Agenda-supported laboratory capacity building programmes in sub Saharan-Africa and other resource-limited settings, and inform the development of national laboratory policies and strategic plans. Endorsement by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa is foreseen.

scholarly journals PANRESISTANT SUPERBUGS: ARE WE AT THE EDGE OF A ‘MICROBIAL HOLOCAUST’

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. D. Khan ◽  
K. S. Rajmohan ◽  
A. K. Jindal ◽  
R. M. Gupta ◽  
S. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Laboratory Capacity ◽  
Regulatory Commitment ◽  
Immunocompromised Hosts

Contemporary healthcare has progressed towards world health security through advancements in medication-based and surgical interventions, supported by the success of antimicrobial therapy. The emergence of panresistant infectious diseases is becoming a public health problem worldwide. Panresistance is attributable to a complex interplay of antimicrobial overuse in healthcare facilities due to lack of regulatory commitment in the backdrop of natural mutations in pathogens and rise in immunocompromised hosts. Developing countries are facing the brunt in epidemic proportions due to strained public health infrastructure and limited resource allocation to healthcare. Panresistance is a biological, behavioural, technical, economic, regulatory and educational problem of global concern and combating it will require concerted efforts to preserve the efficacy of the available antimicrobials. An intensified commitment needs to be taken up on a war footing to increase awareness in the society, increase laboratory capacity, facilitate antimicrobial research, foster emphasis on infection control and antimicrobial stewardship, and legislation on manufacturing, marketing and dispensing of antimicrobials.

scholarly journals Economic analysis of new rural cooperative medical service financing model based on environment perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 269 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Chang Liu ◽  
Huaisheng Li ◽  
Shanxing Luo
Keyword(s):  
Medical Service ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Life Cycle Theory ◽  
Financing Cost ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Multiple Health ◽  
Improve Health

The purpose of this paper is to continuously to improve health security benefit of China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical System (CNRCMS). In the light of consumer’s choice theory and life-cycle theory, from the perspective of cost, efficiency and utility, this paper analyses the health effects of the typical financing models in different environments. The results show that different environmental conditions are significantly related to the adaptability of the rural social and economic development level to the fund-raising model. The conclusion is that improving the environment and establishing multiple health insurance mode are of great significance to reduce the financing cost and improve the health status of the CNRCMS.

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