Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Author "Yamey, Gavin"
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Annual rates of decline in child, maternal, HIV, and tuberculosis mortality across 109 countries of low and middle income from 1990 to 2013: An assessment of the feasibility of post-2015 goals
Verguet, Stéphane; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Olson, Zachary D.; Yamey, Gavin; Jamison, Dean T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Background Measuring a country’s health performance has focused mostly on estimating levels of mortality. An alternative is to measure rates of decline in mortality, which are more sensitive to changes in health policy ... -
Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010-30: Review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health
Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Jha, Prabhat; Admasu, Kesetebirhan; Godal, Tore; Hum, Ryan J.; Kruk, Margaret E.; Gómez-Dantés, Octavio; Mathers, Colin D.; Pan, Hongchao; Sepúlveda, Jaime; Suraweera, Wilson; Verguet, Stéphane; Woldemariam, Addis T.; Yamey, Gavin; Jamison, Dean T.; Peto, Richard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-18)Background. The UN will formulate ambitious Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, including one for health. Feasible goals with some quantifiable, measurable targets can influence governments. We propose, as a quantitative ... -
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 ...