Strengthening health value chains by partnering with the private sector in the SADC region
How and why German development cooperation invests, technically and financially, in local manufacturing of medical and pharmaceutical products.
Topic Category: Health Systems Strengthening
A critical juncture for SORMAS: from national to regional outlook and beyond
SORMAS (Surveillance Outbreak Response Management & Analysis System) is increasingly recognised as a digital system that can provide policy-relevant data and management support across the One Health domains – not only at local and national level, but potentially at regional and global levels too.
Reimagining health systems for a billion people with disabilities
New Missing Billion report draws attention to the unmet health needs of people living with disabilities and draws up roadmap for action to ensure they are ‘expected, accepted and connected’.
Reimagining health systems for a billion people with disabilities
With much publicity, the world’s population reached eight billion on 15th November 2022. What has been much less publicised is that at least a billion of these people live with disabilities – an enormous group that, according to the just launched WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities, is often underserved or overlooked when it comes to health care.
WHS 2022: Health investments are smart investments
At a WHS 2022 session on financing and strengthening health systems, global leaders and politicians unanimously agreed on the urgent need to invest in systems for community health, as a fail-safe, high-return investment for stronger health systems and building resilience for future pandemics
Why antimicrobial resistance (AMR) calls for a multisectoral One Health approach – NOW
An introduction to the global AMR challenge, what needs to be done to halt it and how Germany is contributing
One prescription at a time: Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Liberia
Antimicrobial resistance is now one of the biggest challenges to global public health. German development cooperation has been working to tackle the problem in Liberia – how can the lessons learned be carried forward?
Enabling community participation and oversight in the planning and budgeting of Tanzania’s health services
As part of the country’s decentralisation process, Tanzania’s health facilities take on the tasks of planning and budgeting of health services. In the Mbeya and Tanga regions, a Tanzanian-German project has set up structures and systems for effective community participation.
A moonshot for Africa’s health security: Co-creating Africa’s own vaccine industry
When health workers in African countries read the labels on the vaccine shots they administer – be they against measles or COVID-19 – they mostly find that they were produced on a different continent.
Moving beyond project mode: How can quality improvement in healthcare become an integral part of service delivery?
An analysis of implementation experiences in three francophone African countries