Senior Health economist and health system researcher @ifakarahealth, Tanzania. PhD (health economics) @UiB, Norway. A supporter of @ChelseaFC Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaJoined May 2012
FEATURE:
Ifakara role in new malaria vaccine development highlighted 🦟💉🌍
Proud moment for @ifakarahealth! Featured in @The_EastAfrican for our role in advancing malaria prevention through the R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine clinical trials.
The piece highlights the…
According to @cashin_cheryl is no other payment system that aligns with the objectives of primary healthcare than capitation
@ the JLN Foundational Reforms for Financing and Delivery of PHC
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We are in Rwanda!
Excited to kick off our week-long @Countdown2030 annual meeting. Ready to dive into discussions on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition
#WeAreAfrica#APHRCResearch#IamAPHRC.
🏥 HEALTHCARE:
Why health systems should include NCDs in disaster preparedness plans
In response to the global health crisis caused by COVID-19, scientists @aphrc, @ifakarahealth and @UofGlasgow have analyzed the pandemic’s impact on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) management,…
Private hospitals in Tanzania have announced their decision to resume offering services to National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) cardholders with immediate effect.
Private hospitals in Tanzania have announced their decision to resume offering services to National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) cardholders with immediate effect.
🩺 TANZANIA:
Health financing reforms on track for universal health coverage
Tanzania 🇹🇿 is making progress towards Universal Health Coverage with successful health financing reforms, reveals a recent study led by scientists @ifakarahealth and @LSHTM with contributions from Dr.…
Both RBF and DFF consider most of the strategic healthcare purchasing principles #Tanzania, but further efforts are needed to strengthen the alignment towards UHC.. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
🏥 HEALTH FINANCING:
Striking a balance between equity and efficiency
After assessing health funds allocation across 26 regions in Tanzania 🇹🇿 in 2017-18, scientists @ifakarahealth and @lsthm in the UK 🇬🇧 and Gambia 🇬🇲, have underlined the need to enhance equity and efficiency…
New analysis from @peter_binyaruka and others found "substantial variation in regional per capita total health spending, with largest variation in insurance contributions and less variation in health basket fund spending" in Tanzania.
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A systematic review and meta-analysis in @BMCMedicine finds that a shift from animal-based (meat, eggs, dairy, butter) to plant-based (nuts, legumes, whole grains) foods lowers the risk of cardiovascular mortality, type 2 diabetes and all-cause mortality.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
This is the study we were missing, no? Congratulations to the authors (and Costa Rica). It will become a key reference. The effect of primary healthcare on mortality: Evidence from Costa Rica - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Health is a fundamental human right.
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Our goal: Accessible and affordable health services for everyone, everywhere.
The time to act is now.
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