Strengthening public health research for improved health

Strengthening the public research agenda for social determinants of health.

i i v t A t i s c n N t o P n g n g i s the nation’s health research agency, the mission of the NIH is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living ystems and the application of that knowledge to enhance ealth, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness nd disability. In addition to improving our understandng of the biological bases of health and disease, NIHuppor...

Strengthening capacity for health research in Africa

Health research has a key role in the development of low-income and middle-income countries. There are several current initiatives that have greatly contributed to capacity strengthening of health research in sub-Saharan Africa, including those supported by WHO and Tropical Disease Research (TDR), the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and Department for Research Cooperation (SAREC...

Strengthening public health education and training to improve global health.

Public health training and education have existed for over a century,1 yet there is little systematic evidence on whether current approaches prepare graduates to improve health by developing, evaluating and implementing effective and equityoriented public health programmes. There are three reasons to document and debate this topic worldwide and disproportionately focus on lowand middle-income c...

Centre for Public Health Research

Management Education in Public Health: Further Considerations; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

Knowing and applying the basic management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, as well as their permutations and combinations, are vital to effective delivery of public health services. Presently, graduate programs that prepare public health professionals neither emphasize teaching management theory, nor its application. This deficit puts those who become man...