Role of National Public Health Institutes for a Stronger Health System in Africa

Stronger national public health institutes for global health.

Although strengthening health-care systems is receiving increased attention, strengthening public health systems and institutions could save far more lives at lower cost. Public health institutes monitor, implement, and oversee programmes to prevent disease. Life-saving and cost-saving programmes include immunisations, control of communicable diseases including diarrhoeal disease, reduction of ...

Improving the world's health through national public health institutes.

Globalization is as applicable to health issues as to those of trade and economics (1). The increased frequency of travel, distribution of goods, migration, spread of communications and marketing of new lifestyles have promoted a set of risks and health challenges shared by all countries of the world, despite their varied resources, levels of development, demographics and other important consid...

The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development.

Modern day challenges to public health systems include—as well as infectious and chronic diseases— the need to improve environmental health, occupational health, and mental health; to reduce injuries; to strengthen systems for delivering public health services; and to prepare for unanticipated problems and emergencies, such as natural disasters and bioterrorism. Public health services have deve...

Improving the world's health--the role of National Public Health Institutes.

An integrated and sustainable EU health information system: national public health institutes’ needs and possible benefits

BACKGROUND Although sound data and health information are at the basis of evidence-based policy-making and research, still no single, integrated and sustainable EU-wide public health monitoring system or health information system exists. MAIN BODY BRIDGE Health is working towards an EU health information and data generation network covering major EU health policy areas. A stakeholder consulta...