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🌍 A new report on Current Health Expenditure in Guinea-Bissau – a country with which Portugal cooperates in various fields, through bilateral and multilateral agreements, to combat poverty and promote sustainable development – is now available.   At the beginning of the 21st century, public domestic expenditure was the largest component of current health expenditure in Guinea-Bissau (46.68%). However, in 2010 there was a sharp decrease in domestic public current health expenditure per capita (a reduction of 60.76%), partly due to political instability. The reduction in public spending on health translated into an increase in direct household spending on healthcare. This, in turn, contributed to an increase in the percentage of the population placed in extreme poverty due to health spending. Despite the reduction in domestic public spending on health in Guinea-Bissau over the last two decades, universal health coverage has increased, partly due to the collaboration of external donors. 🌐 You can now download the report here: https://lnkd.in/ddaMpm6M This report is part of the Social Equity Initiative , a partnership between Fundación ”la Caixa”, Banco BPI, and Nova School of Business and Economics. ✍️ Authors of the study: Pedro Pita Barros and Carolina Borges da Cunha Santos   #novasbe #socialequityinitiative #knowledgedrivenprogress 

I was honoured to present a paper advocating for the rights of refugees and stateless individuals at the International Symposium on Health Governance in a Political Landscape. The symposium, held on 21-22 March 2024, was organized by the Centre for Justice, Law and Society at Jindal Global Law School, in collaboration with the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL) and the WTO Chairs Programme. In my presentation, I highlighted the critical issue that the majority of stateless persons and refugees are hosted in the developing world. With escalating conflicts and the impacts of climate change, these numbers are expected to increase, placing a significant burden on host states. Urgent attention to the health needs of these vulnerable groups is essential, as failure to address them could lead to the resurgence of eradicated diseases like polio or the emergence of new pandemics. It is imperative to reassess the right to health of these vulnerable populations. The current provision of healthcare through organizations such as UNHCR and WHO may be unsustainable. As refugees and stateless persons are equally human and entitled to basic rights, including access to healthcare, it is crucial to consider healthcare not as a privilege but as a fundamental right. This can be achieved through the establishment of resilient universal health coverage systems that do not discriminate based on nationality.

The Choice Agenda March 26 webinar: Decolonizing Global Public Health: Exploring the How, from Now til as Long as it Takes Date: Tuesday, March 26. 2024 Time: 9:00 AM ET to 10:30 AM ET Register for the webinar here: https://lnkd.in/gPjgEvxa An interactive and thought-provoking discussion, this webinar will critically examine a trend of historical legacies and power dynamics which if not checked, continue to shape global public health. Join us to engage in deep reflection and dialogue to understand how colonialism, imperialism, and other systems of oppression have influenced the development and implementation of public health policies, practices, and research methodologies. We’ll further explore and contextualize strategies and approaches for decolonizing public health to promote equity and justice. Speakers: · Preethi John, University College London · Bridget Malewezi, Mothers2mothers Malawi · Mareli Claassens, University of Namibia · Julieta Kavetuna, Member of Parliament, Namibia Moderator: · Jesse B. Bump, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health #decolonization #decolonize #publichealth #webinar #thechoiceagenda

Thanks to the Balsillie School of International Affairs for featuring our newly published paper in their latest bulletin. This paper focuses on our successful efforts to nationally scale access to essential medicines (i.e. co-packaged ORS & Zinc) for childhood diarrhea in Zambia. This is our third peer-reviewed publication in a series of papers about our innovation work to address one of the leading causes of child mortality in the world. The case study was published in Global Health Science and Practice Journal a leading open access, peer-reviewed journal intended to be a resource for those designing, implementing, managing, evaluating, and otherwise supporting health programs worldwide. The journal's focus is to highlight evidence and experience from health programs implemented under real-world conditions, with specifics on the “how” of implementation. Using the specific example of our work, this piece provides a number of critical lessons on how to effectively scale systems-based health innovations: -use a participatory process; -tailor the innovation to the context; -design research to test the innovation; -test the innovation; -identify success features to streamline and replicate; -plan and embed key changes for user organizations; and -initiate scale-up. #globalhealth #innovation #childhealth #BSIAFellow #scalingup #ors #zinc #copackaging #valuechain #partnerships #zambia #essentialmedicines #access #expandnet ColaLife, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Waterloo Faculty of Health, Simon Berry OBE, Jane Berry, Stephen Tembo, Elizabeth Chizema, BONFACE FUNDAFUNDA, David Hamer https://lnkd.in/g99SawDW

Views are mine “Political will” is relevant but grossly insufficient to drive health reform in Africa: Only Rational Optimism is/should be Acceptable Where are we coming from? 1.   An Abuja Declaration that has nothing to show for (2001) 2.   An Algiers declaration on health research funding that is long forgotten (2008) 3.    A continent that is still to actively commit and invest in research as a driver of development 4.   Research agendas driven and funded grossly from the global north 5.   Weak influence in the global public health geopolitical/diplomatic spaces What we now/should  know 1.   Global Health Solidarity is an illusion (COVID, MPox responses) 2.   Geopolitics and diplomacy grossly influence where we are as far as health is concerned 3.   We are grossly responsible for the acute public health deficiencies in the continent (fund your health systems, fund the research) 4.   We have made ourselves puppets by underfunding Africa CDC 5.   It makes no sense/idiotic to set an agenda counting predominantly on foreign donations/philanthropy Naïve Optimism should/must stop 1.   How are the health dimensions of the African Union Agenda 63 going to be funded? Africa’s contribution? 2.   How realistic is Africa CDC’s ambition of Africa producing 60% of vaccines used in Africa by 2040? Where is the money/architecture(who is funding this) to drive this agenda going to come from? 3.   Are we ready for the geopolitical and diplomatic fights and road blocks masked in development and research funding to slow these agendas?   * Fund Health Health Systems * Fund Research * Invest in innovative solutions of raising funding locally * Fund and trust Africa CDC, and hold the institution accountable * The time for local philanthropy to make a real contribution to change the narrative is now * Charity begins at home As for me, an agenda set on dreams and promises of well “wishers” is completely irrational. As Mhazo and Maponga (2022) nicely put it: “Political will is relevant but insufficient to drive health reform in SSA” https://lnkd.in/e_j3ZX3C

Harmful traditional practices (HTPs) are discretionary social challenges facing mostly girls and women of all ages and sizes. Wherever it occurs, HTPS rob girls and women of their childhood, deny them the chance to determine their own future as well as threaten the well-being of individuals, families and societies. Previous study have worked on various interventions such interagency statement on eliminating female genital mutilation, global strategy efforts and lots more. None of these studies have been able to analyse harmful traditional practices in south Nigeria vis-à-vis recent progress in its reduction, pending challenges and lessons for policy engagements, hence this study did a re-assessment of the state of things in terms of its reduction efforts, pending challenges, lessons, effects and plausible solutions to htps for policy engagements. The study adopted a mixed methods research design of the explanatory type (qual + QUAN). The study deployed a two-prong approach in which focus group discussion sessions were conducted and thematically analysed to design the quantitative instrument. The population of the study comprised all elders who are 50 years and above. The multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted. The first stage was the total enumeration of states in southwest Nigeria. The random sampling technique was used to select 18 Local government areas (One per Senatorial District) in SW, Nigeria. From each of the LGAs, 35 participants who are 50 years and above were purposively selected. A self-designed instrument titled Questionnaire on Harmful Traditional Practices (QHTPs, r=0.82) with sub-scales was used. It was also translated in local dialect for easy understanding and responses. The study which began in 2019 and due to covid_19 pandemic lasted two and half years. Recent progress have been made, some challenges have been discovered which are epistemic understanding; lack of focus on prevention and imperatives for ministers to pursue short-term solutions; lack of continuity of programmes meant to dismantle htps. and few lessons have been learnt. It is recommended that through education, collaborative engagements and seminars, the reduction efforts of harmful traditional practices in southwestern Nigeria can be achieved holistically.

It's not rhetoric, there are faces behind the figures, a life lost, too many. Thank you The Global Financing Facility (GFF) for amplifying this article. It's a reminder, that a lot still needs to be done but with better coordination at all front. Check out the full article here wrld.bg/g3aG50SqB1L It's not time to give up Gem Hub Initiative

Charting the Future of Financial Sustainability in Health: Conversations with African Countries On the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly, the African Union Commission, the Global Fund, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Financing Facility, AUDA-NEPAD, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) co-hosted Charting the Future of Financial Sustainability in Health: Conversations with African Countries. This event brought together African Ministers of Health and Finance, leading global health experts and development partners to discuss financial sustainability in the African health sectors. It also served as the launch of a new policy paper authored by the ODI, “What Can a Ministry of Finance do for Health Spending?”, which takes a public finance perspective on improving health spending efficiency. https://buff.ly/3Vm2day #funding #investing #fintech #technology #sustainability #growth #cybersecurity #environment #food #automation #automotive #recycling #nutrition #medicine #robotics #farming #augmentedreality #neuroscience #grants #ukgrants #startupgrants #businessgrants #ukgovernmentgrant #sme #smegrant #businessfunding #smefunding #technologygrant #innovationgrant #capti #captiinnovation #gamechanging #gamechanginginnovation #disruptiveinnovation #smartgrant #ai #manufacturing #sustainable #innovation #telecoms #semiconductors #business #IUK #InnovateUK #SmartGrant #InnovateUKfunding

In case you missed this week's Future Media News Top Stories: •The Health Ministry announced that all 18 patients tested for Mpox have received negative results. •The 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report reveals that only 17% of global SDGs are on track, according to UN Resident Coordinator Hopolang Phororo. •Windhoek implements new water-saving measures starting 1 September 2024. •Dr. Wanja Njuguna of NUST warns that delayed political party manifestos could affect voter decisions and media coverage. •The Bank of Namibia introduces retail bonds aimed at low to medium-income earners to boost financial inclusion. •Old Mutual Namibia launches a N$50 million Affordable Housing Fund to address the housing backlog. •African vaccine manufacturers, including South Africa’s Biovac Institute, are preparing to produce Mpox vaccines amid a lethal outbreak. •California's AI regulation bill, facing opposition from the tech industry, awaits Governor Gavin Newsom's decision.

Meaningful Decolonization of Global Health Over the past 3 months, I have been opportune to share my thoughts around decolonization of global health on the invitation of: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK Strathmore University, Kenya Department of Psychology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Moving beyond the usual rhetoric, I strongly believe in being intentional (no one will do it for you), responsibility (increase local funding for research), courage (not all that glitters is gold, freedom is not given, you got to fight and seize it), dignity (only truly equitable partnerships are justifiable), respectful south - south partnerships (collaboration, not competition), diplomatic-political empowerment (good science + good politics = impact, health policy = health politics), and self-confidence/pride (value your own indigenous knowledge-epistemic confidence) as central themes within the decolonization of global health discourse. Watch a sample presentation on my thoughts on decolonization of global health. Happy to read your insights. #DecolonizeGlobalHealth #IndigenousKnowledge #GlobalHealthJustice #SouthSouthCollaboration #HealthPolicy #EquitablePartnerships #EpistemicJustice #HealthDiplomacy #GlobalHealthEquity #ResearchFunding #IndigenousScience #HealthPolitics #EmpoweredGlobalHealth Luchuo E. Bain.