Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Alwan, Ala"
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Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries
Alwan, Ala; Majdzadeh, Reza; Yamey, Gavin; Blanchet, Karl; Hailu, Alemayehu; Jama, Mohamed; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Musa, Mohammed Yusuf Ahmed; Omar, Omar Mwalim; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Safi, Najibullah; Siddiqi, Sameen; Zaidi, Raza (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper reviews the experience of six low-income and lower middle-income countries in setting their own essential packages of health services (EPHS), with the purpose of identifying the key requirements for the successful ... -
Global Health in the Age of COVID-19 Responsive Health Systems Through a Right to Health Fund
Friedman, Eric A; Gostin, Lawrence O; Maleche, Allan; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Rusike, Itai; Alwan, Ala; Flores, Walter; Mulumba, Moses; Pūras, Dainius (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)We propose that a Right to Health Capacity Fund (R2HCF) be created as a central institution of a reimagined global health architecture developed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a fund would help ensure the ... -
Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
Blanchet, Karl; Alwan, Ala; Antoine, Caroline; Cros, Marion Jane; Feroz, Ferozuddin; Amsalu Guracha, Tseguaneh; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Hailu, Alemayehu; Hangoma, Peter; Jamison, Dean T.; Memirie, Solomon Tessema; Miljeteig, Ingrid; Jan Naeem, Ahmad; Nam, Sara L.; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Verguet, Stéphane; Watkins, David; Johansson, Kjell Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In health outcomes terms, the poorest countries stand to lose the most from these disruptions. In this paper, we make the case for a rational approach to public sector health spending and decision making during and in the ... -
The role of the private sector in delivering essential packages of health services: Lessons from country experiences
Siddiqi, Sameen; Aftab, Wafa; Venkat Raman, Raman; Soucat, Agnès; Alwan, Ala (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Many countries are adopting essential packages of health services (EPHS) to implement universal health coverage (UHC), which are mostly financed and delivered by the public sector, while the potential role of the private ...