Systematic reviews are important for decision makers. They offer many potential benefits but are
often written in technical language, are too long, and do not contain contextual details which make them hard to
use for decision-making. There are many organizations that develop and disseminate derivative p...
The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It
summarises the best available evidence regarding the design and implementation of policies for
improving skilled birth attendance. The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings att...
The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It
summarises the best available evidence regarding the design and implementation of policies for
improving health care financing.
The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings attend...
A gap exists in efforts to support the use of research
evidence between ‘self-serve’ approaches such as ‘one-stop
shops’ for research evidence (e.g., Health Systems
Evidence – www.healthsystemsevidence.org) and ‘fullserve’ approaches such as convening stakeholder dialogues
with health-syste...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVOS:
Los pueblos indígenas y los miembros de otros grupos étnicos pueden experimentar discriminación e inequidades significativas en salud en comparación a la población general. En este contexto, el Departamento de Salud, Pueblos Indígenas e Interculturalidad solicita esta sín...
Over the past three decades, Canada has made
substantial progress in reducing the national rate of
avoidable mortality (deaths that could potentially have
been avoided through disease prevention or
healthcare services). In fact, the national avoidable
mortality rate has decreased by half – from 373 per...
The number of health workers in Mozambique is insufficient to enable the achievement of the
country‟s population health goals. This problem is compounded by the uneven distribution of
health care works by province and by area of residence, and by a weak and under-resourced
national health system which ...
Health costs are spiralling out of control all over the world in context of global financial crisis while some countries are still struggling to offer basic health services. The health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa is most often unfunded, including the health workforce, which represents the single largest...
