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Analysing governments' progress on the right to health
CONCLUSION: The analysis offers insights for policy-makers to assess different approaches to health-related entitlements, with implications for health financing and the evaluation of Member States' strides towards universal access to comprehensive care. This analysis also illuminates how distinct formulations of the right to health have varied effects on reducing health disparities.PMID:38680460 | PMC:PMC11046153 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.290184 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alicia Ely Yamin Luciano Bottini Filho Camila Gianella Malca Source Type: research

The health economic-industrial complex: production and innovation for universal health access, Brazil
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):352-356. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290838. Epub 2024 Apr 17.ABSTRACTPROBLEM: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted global disparities in accessing essential health products, demonstrating the critical need for low- and middle-income countries to develop local production and innovation capabilities.APPROACH: The health economic-industrial complex approach changed the values that guided innovation and industrial policies in Brazil. The approach directed health production and innovation to universal access; the health ministry led a whole-of-government approach; ...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carlos Ag Gadelha Gabriela Maretto Marco Ac Nascimento Felipe Kamia Source Type: research

How to finance national antimicrobial resistance action plans
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):370-372. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291638. Epub 2024 Mar 27.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38680462 | PMC:PMC11046159 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291638 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Serife Genc Ileri Ritu Sadana Anand Balachandran Source Type: research

A proposal to recognize investment in breastfeeding as a carbon offset
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):336-343. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290210. Epub 2024 Mar 7.ABSTRACTPolicy-makers need to rethink the connections between the economy and health. The World Health Organization Council on the Economics of Health for All has called for human and planetary health and well-being to be moved to the core of decision-making to build economies for health. Doing so involves valuing and measuring what matters, more and better health financing, innovation for the common good and rebuilding public sector capacity. We build on this thinking to argue that breastfeeding should be recognized in food and...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Julie Patricia Smith Phillip Baker Roger Mathisen Aoife Long Nigel Rollins Marilyn Waring Source Type: research

A taxonomy for the financing of health for all
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):360-362. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291362. Epub 2024 Mar 4.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38680464 | PMC:PMC11046149 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291362 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Vanessa Huang Maksym Obrizan Juan Jardon-Pina Source Type: research

Financing for pandemic preparedness and response measures: a systematic scoping review
CONCLUSION: Our review identified three important gaps: a formal definition of pandemic preparedness and response, impeding the accurate quantification of the financing shortfall; research on the extent to which financing for pandemic preparedness and response has been targeted at the most vulnerable households; and an analysis of specific financial instruments and an evaluation of the feasibility of their implementation.PMID:38680465 | PMC:PMC11046164 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.290207 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Roberto Duran-Fernandez Daniel Bernal-Serrano Jose Alberto Garcia-Huitron Raymond Hutubessy Source Type: research

An mRNA technology transfer programme and economic sustainability in health care
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):344-351. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291388. Epub 2024 Mar 27.ABSTRACTThe World Health Organization (WHO) set up the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology transfer programme in June 2021 with a development hub in South Africa and 15 partner vaccine producers in middle-income countries. The goal was to support the sustainable development of and access to life-saving vaccines for people in these countries as a means to enhance epidemic preparedness and global public health. This initiative aims to build resilience and strengthen local vaccine research, and development and manufacturi...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Devika Dutt Mariana Mazzucato Els Torreele Source Type: research

Revising economic measures of economic activity to reflect human and environmental health
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):357-359. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290662. Epub 2024 Feb 22.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38680467 | PMC:PMC11046147 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.290662 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mark Hanson Neena Modi Paul Allin Source Type: research

Climate finance opportunities for health and health systems
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):330-335. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290785. Epub 2024 Feb 29.ABSTRACTClimate change poses significant risks to health and health systems, with the greatest impacts in low- and middle-income countries - which are least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. The Conference of Parties 28 at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference led to agreement on the need for holistic and equitable financing approaches to address the climate and health crisis. This paper provides an overview of existing climate finance mechanisms - that is, multilateral funds, voluntary market-based mechanis...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Josephine Borghi Soledad Cuevas Garcia-Dorado Blanca Anton Domenico Gerardo Giulia Gasparri Mark Hanson Agn ès Soucat Flavia Bustreo Etienne V Langlois Source Type: research

Finance and health dialogue needed to build resilient health systems
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):368-369. doi: 10.2471/BLT.24.291539. Epub 2024 Apr 17.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38680469 | PMC:PMC11046157 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.24.291539 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chris James Francesca Colombo David Morgan Camila Vammalle Source Type: research

The influence of economic policies on social environments and mental health
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):323-329. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290286. Epub 2024 Jan 31.ABSTRACTDespite increased advocacy and investments in mental health systems globally, there has been limited progress in reducing mental disorder prevalence. In this paper, we argue that meaningful advancements in population mental health necessitate addressing the fundamental sources of shared distress. Using a systems perspective, economic structures and policies are identified as the potential cause of causes of mental ill-health. Neoliberal ideologies, prioritizing economic optimization and continuous growth, contribute to ...
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo-An Occhipinti Adam Skinner P Murali Doraiswamy Shekhar Saxena Harris A Eyre William Hynes Patricia Geli Dilip V Jeste Carol Graham Christine Song Ante Prodan Goran Ujdur John Buchanan Sebastian Rosenberg Paul Crosland Ian B Hickie Source Type: research

A finance and health collaboration to counter pandemic threats
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 May 1;102(5):366-367. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.291014. Epub 2024 Mar 18.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38680471 | PMC:PMC11046144 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.291014 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Raymond Hutubessy Ruchir Agarwal Elizabeth Sarah Aryaputri Source Type: research