Health and Poverty

Information for health action

| cop. 2010-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Royal tropical institute (KIT)
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  • Keywords: health policy, health information, civil society, poverty
Information for Health Action (I4HA) is an action-oriented project focused on generating, sharing and translating health information by and for country stakeholders. The project is currently led by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in partnership with Wemos, Cordaid and Radboud University Nijmegen.

Council on health research for development (COHRED) : making health research work... for everyone

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: Council on health research for development (COHRED)
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  • Keywords: health information, health services research
COHRED is an international non-governmental organisation that is specialised in supporting countries in areas such as health research system assessment and development, policy development, priority setting and research communication/knowledge translation.

AfHEA : African health economics and policy association = Association Africaine d'economie et politique de la santé

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: African health economics and policy association (AfHEA)
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  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, regional organizations, africa
The mission of AfHEA is to contribute to the promotion and strengthening of the use of health economics and health policy analysis in achieving equitable and efficient African health systems and improved health outcomes for Africans, especially the most vulnerable populations.

Health research web (HRWeb) : key information for health management

| cop. 2009-
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Council on health research for development (COHRED)
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  • Keywords: health information, health services research, developing countries
Health Research Web is a web-based interactive platform aimed at improving health, equity and development through research. Information per country exists among other things like Policies and Governance, National Priorities, Review of Health Research, Health Research Projects and Publications.

Global health workforce alliance

| cop. 2009-
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  • Publisher: World health organization (WHO)]
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  • Keywords: health personnel, human resources, health care delivery, poverty
Website of the Global Health Workforce Alliance, a partnership to advocate and catalyse global and country actions to resolve the 'human resources for health' crisis.
 

About this portal

This portal contains information on health (system) policies and practices to improve equity in the health sector and contribute to poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. The portal is part of a wider programme, Information for Health Action (I4HA).