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CHILD HEALTH HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HUMAN RESOURCES HEALTH POLICY POLITICAL WILL HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH FINANCING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

School health in South Africa : reflections on the past and prospects for the future

This in-depth report examines the South African school health service, and considers its design and intentions against international models.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
Journal articles

SOCIAL AUDIT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION HEALTH PLANNING EPIDEMIOLOGY

Community counts : a participatory approach to social audits

Community matters – community responds. Yet many health planners still consider people as passive recipients of programs.
Published date
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
Journal articles

SOCIAL AUDIT SPATIAL ANALYSIS MAPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH INFORMATION

Population weighted raster maps can communicate findings of social audits : examples from three continents

Background: Maps can portray trends, patterns, and spatial differences that might be overlooked in tabular data
and are now widely used in health research. Little has been reported about the process of using maps to
Published date
Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Open Architecture Standards and Information Systems (OASIS II) - Developing Capacity, Sharing Knowledge and Good Principles Across eHealth in Africa

Health care across much of the African continent is hampered by meager resources and a growing burden of disease, with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria leading the charge.
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Health Trends in Post-conflict North Uganda

A new disease profile of Gulu District and neighbouring areas in North Uganda will help local health service providers meet the changing health needs of the most vulnerable.
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Health Enterprise Architecture Laboratory (HEAL)

A health information system is made up of discreet and modular building blocks that need to interoperate with one another. The health informatics researcher is the architect responsible for ensuring that they do so.
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Linking Health Information Systems for Effective Decision Making (East Africa)

Researchers have suggested that collaborative health systems research can improve the performance of a district health system (DHS).
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Nigeria Evidence-based Health System Initiative (NEHSI) : Implementation

The Nigeria Evidence-based Health System Initiative (NEHSI) is a collaborative effort on the part of IDRC, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Government of Nigeria.