• Strengthening global health

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Strengthening global health

Strong health systems are a prerequisite to receive quality health care. The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences are putting enormous additional pressure on health systems. Researchers at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) analyse how global health can be strengthened in the coming years. On the one hand, it is a matter of preventing pandemics and epidemics in the future. On the other hand, health systems must become more resilient. Research and advisory services on the topic of health currently encompass three areas at IDOS:

 

One Health: In order to prevent localised epidemics and continental pandemics it is necessary to view human, animal and environmental health as one unit, as it is in the concept of One Health. IDOS investigates how these areas should be linked effectively and is making recommendations for action.

 

Health financing: The sustainable financing of health services is indispensable to guarantee health care for everyone. IDOS examines the effectiveness of various financing instruments - such as social health insurance - and shows how they can become more sustainable and inclusive.

 

Vaccination against COVID-19: In order to control the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide in a sustainable way, a large part of the world's population must have a vaccination as quickly as possible. This requires global solidarity: between states in the global North and South as well as between social actors worldwide. IDOS investigates which factors and interventions are crucial to promote global solidarity and to control the pandemic in the future.

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[Translate to English:] IcoN: Think7, 7 Task Force Global Health Issue Paper, 25.04.2022 "G7 measures to enhance global health equity and security", by Kickbusch, Ilona / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Githinji Gitahi / Adam Kamradt - Scott

G7 measures to enhance global health equity and security
Kickbusch, Ilona / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Githinji Gitahi / Adam Kamradt - Scott (2022)
in: T7 Task Force Global Health Issue Paper, 25.04.2022

 

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[Translate to English:] Logo: OVerseas Developemnt Instiute

Fixing UN financing: a pandora’s box the World Health Organization should open
Gulrajani, Nilima / Sebastian Haug / Silke Weinlich (2022)
in: ODI Briefing/Policy Paper, published on odi.org, 26 January 2022

 

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Cover: DP 19/2021

Global access to COVID-19 vaccines: challenges in production, affordability, distribution and utilisation
Stamm, Andreas / Christoph Strupat / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2021)
Discussion Paper 19/2021

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[Translate to English:] Cover: Journal of Public Economics, The social value of health insurance: results from Ghana Garcia-Mandico, Silvia / Arndt Reichert / Christoph Strupat (2021)

The social value of health insurance: results from Ghana
Garcia-Mandico, Silvia / Arndt Reichert / Christoph Strupat (2021)
in: Journal of Public Economics 194, Online