• 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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WBGU Flagship Report

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[Translate to English:] Cover: Health Systems & Reforms, Effects of the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme (PM-JAY) on hospitalizations, out- of-pocket expenditures and catastrophic expenditures Strupat, Christoph / Divya Parmar / Swati Srivastava / Stephan Brenner / Diletta Parisi / Susanne Ziegler / Rupak Neogi / Caitlin Walsh / Manuela De Allegri (2023) in: Health Systems & Reforms 9 (1), article 2227430

Effects of the Indian National Health Insurance Scheme (PM-JAY) on hospitalizations, out- of-pocket expenditures and catastrophic expenditures
Strupat, Christoph / Divya Parmar / Swati Srivastava / Stephan Brenner / Diletta Parisi / Susanne Ziegler / Rupak Neogi / Caitlin Walsh / Manuela De Allegri (2023)
in: Health Systems & Reforms 9 (1), article 2227430

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Cover: Health financing in times of multiple crises: analysis and recommendation

Health financing in times of multiple crises: analysis and recommendation
Strupat, Christoph / Pooja Balasubramanian / Srinivasa Srigiri / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2023)
Policy Brief 11/2023

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[Translate to English:] Cover: Gesund leben auf einer gesunden Erde Bassen, Alexander / Jörg E. Drewes / Markus Fischer / Sabine Gabrysch / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Karen Pittel / Hans-Otto Pörtner / Sabine Schlacke / Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann / Anke Weidenkaff (2023) Hauptgutachten - vorläufige Fassung (Juni 2023), Berlin: WBGU – Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen

Healthy living on a healthy planet
Bassen, Alexander / Jörg E. Drewes / Markus Fischer / Sabine Gabrysch / Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Karen Pittel / Hans-Otto Pörtner / Sabine Schlacke / Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann / Anke Weidenkaff (2023)
Hauptgutachten - vorläufige Fassung (Juni 2023), Berlin: WBGU – Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen