Health Policy

Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society". According to the World Health Organization, an explicit health policy can achieve several things: it defines a vision for the future; it outlines priorities and the expected roles of different groups; and it builds consensus and informs people.There are many categories of health policies, including global health policy, public health policy, mental health policy, health care services policy, insurance policy, personal healthcare policy, pharmaceutical policy, and policies related to public health such as vaccination policy, tobacco control policy …

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Policy Press · 22 July 2024 English

In light of the first report by the Covid Inquiry UK, the editors of 'When this is Over' call for the recommendations made in their book to be listened to, …


Policy Press · 22 July 2024 English

Michael Toze, editor of 'Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts', brings together the issues of ageing and gender diversity. The post Thinking about gender diversity and ageing appeared …


CIS: Centre for Independent Studies · 18 July 2024 English

It’s possible this is simply natural variance in the One of the most important initial steps sample: it was not feasible to match the in understanding corporate activism is to …

discussing the budget, citizenship, taxation and health policy. He has written extensively on government spending


Urban Institute · 18 July 2024 English

Urban Institute researchers from Urban's Disability Equity Policy Initiative responded to a request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on the Federal Evidence Agenda …

Karpman, MPP Principal Research Associate, Health Policy Center Urban Institute Amanda Hermans, Self-Identified Disability: Implications for Health Policy,” Health Affairs 41, no. 10 (October 2022):


Urban Institute · 18 July 2024 English

Over the last century, social policies and programs and national support systems intended to help families and children improve their well-being were not necessarily designed to reduce burden or narrow …

PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute Review of “Limitations on Social


UK Covid-19 Inquiry · 18 July 2024

The first report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry examines the resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom for a pandemic, revealing significant shortcomings in the system. Despite prior beliefs of …


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk of …

GDP per capita cost-effectiveness thresholds. Health Policy and Planning, 32(1):141–145. Rocha, T. B.-M


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 July 2024 English

The EU's leaders took two crucial decisions at their summit on 27 June to set the framework for the new institutional cycle: one on high-level appointments, the other on the …

the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this point on health policy is not as substantial as one could have expected


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

............................. 30 National Health Policy, 1999 ..................................... medical equipment and furniture. National Health Policy, 1999 54. The overall objective of health


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

industrialized one; 3. The National Environment Health Policy 2010: This policy establishes the environmental


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