Health Systems and Reform

Providers at one of the #NetworksOfCare referral hospitals in #Tanzania noted that improvements in teamwork in labor and delivery resulted in a decline in their facility’s maternal death rates. Learn more in this week’s case study: https://buff.ly/2PjMJFP

During the first 2 years of implementing a #NetworksOfCare in Ifanadiana District, #Madagascar under-five and neonatal mortality declined by 19% and 36% respectively. This was achieved by bringing care closer to poor and rural communities. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3dAyrux

#HealthSystems can provide care that is accessible to all, responsive to patient needs, adaptive to system failures, timely and efficient when using a #NetworksOfCare approach, as this #Madagascar case study shows: https://buff.ly/3dAyrux #HealthReform

#NetworksOfCare extend the reach of routine and emergency maternal and neonatal health services by coordinating resources as these two #Nigeria case studies illustrate. More here: https://buff.ly/37rSZSa #HealthSystems #HealthReform

In just 18 months, #NetworksOfCare in northern #Nigeria realized a 37% reduction in #MaternalMortality by identifying early on and prioritizing high-risk pregnancies to referral facilities. Two case studies in Nigeria illustrate different approaches: https://buff.ly/37rSZSa

Patients' health outcomes suffer when healthcare services are fragmented, difficult to access and providers are siloed. #NetworksOfCare present an alternative vision and strategy for dealing with common #HealthSystems challenges. Learn more at: https://buff.ly/2YwKhxc

#NetworksOfCare feature four interdependent domains of activity at multiple levels of #HealthSystems: 1) Agreement and Enabling Environment, 2) Operational Standards, 3) Quality, Efficiency and Responsibility, and ... 4) Learning and Adaptation. More at: https://buff.ly/2YwKhxc

This Special Issue describes what makes #NetworksOfCare successful in caring for those with complicated health problems, and reducing #MaternalDeath. Networks of care in rural #Nepal provide compelling evidence: https://buff.ly/3a9lAMO #HealthSystems

In Nepal, One Heart Worldwide build #NetworksOfCare around the needs of an expectant woman. The model recognizes that there are other key players in her life necessary for the delivery of a healthy baby #MaternalHealth Learn more here:

To address the limitations imposed by #COVID19, Quirino Recognized Partners, a #NetworksOfCare in Manila, reduced the unsafe congestion of hospital deliveries by leveraging lying-in clinics, enabling continuity of safe patient care. Learn more here:

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is an essential component of the Sustainable Development Goals. Check one of our latest articles and learn more about how Haiti could achieve UHC throughout strategic financing, decentralized management systems, and community engagement in primary health care: https://tandfonline.com/d/full/10.1080/23288604.2020.171933

Learn more about a district and sub-district governance mechanism in South Africa to improve maternal, neonatal and child health, a case study that reflects the potential of a governance lens on district health system strengthening for improved health outcomes. Find our open-access article here: https://buff.ly/353t3Kb

The Thai government made healthand specifically addressing the HIV/AIDS crisisa political priority. The Thailand experience, from the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s through the present, provides an important case study of successful mother-to-child transmission elimination. Read more about it in our open access article: https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2019.1625498

We are excited to launch the Health Systems & Reform Journal LinkedIn Page, a new opportunity of expanding and strengthening our community of readers and authors all over the world. Follow us now: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hsrjournal Have you checked our latest publications? Visit our website now and explore hundreds of articles that bridge research, theory, and analysis with knowledge and experience in health systems and health reform: https://lnkd.in/...eWSKrxZ #healthsystems #healthreform #publichealth #globalhealth

We have great news to share! One of our latest articles has received one of the top Altmetric scores among Taylor & Francis journals in the last week! Learn more about the response of the Republic of Korea to #COVID19 with our open access article: https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2020.1753464

Learn more about the association between health insurance on health-care utilization and the burden of Out Of Pocket expenditure among people with reported Non-Communicable Diseases and on their households in Vietnam Check our research article now! https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2019.1619065

Progress towards UHC is possible even at lower levels of public spending, a valuable lesson for the ongoing discussions regarding the delivery of an essential healthcare package and financial protection for the poorest segment of the population in Pakistan Learn more from one of our Volume 6 Research Articles https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2019.1617026

*Implementing a Food Labeling and Marketing Law in Chile* In one of our latest research articles, authors present the technical and political challenges of the 2012 Chilean Law intended to reduce obesity in the country. Read and share now! ... https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2020.1753159 See more

Have you checked our latest publications? Read them here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khsr20/current Thanks to authors and readers for encouraging conversations to strengthen our health systems around the world! #publichealth #globalhealth #healthsystems

Great news! Health Systems and Reform has officially received its first Impact Factor Taylor & Francis It is a great opportunity to thank our readers, authors, and Editorial Board for your continued support for our journal. Find our most recent articles right here : https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khsr20/current

We have a new research article! Learn more about the impact of the Support for Service Delivery Integration PBI program in Malawi, designed to improve the provision of primary health services defined by the country’s Essential Health Package Authored by Stephan Brenner, Rachel P. Chase, Shannon A. McMahon, Julia Lohmann, Christopher J. Makwero, Adamson S. Muula & Manuela De Allegri, from UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg and University of Malawi, College of Medicine ... Read it here: https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2020.1745580

Leadership and politics shape health systems. In his latest article, Michael R. Reich looks at the political drivers of Mexico’s restructuring reform and presents five lessons about the ongoing process during the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador Read it now! https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2020.1763114

Authors Karen A. Grépin, Bridget R. Irwin & Benjamin Sas Trakinsky assess the current official financial protection indicator to monitor progress towards #UHC. Check out their latest article about alternative indicators that may enhance global monitoring https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/23288604.2020.1744988