At the request of WHO's governing bodies, the first of a new series of annual reports was launched at the World Health Assembly in May 1995. The report is a self-contained, concise and analytical publication, which provides a review of the global health situation and needs and of problems faced by health systems, in order to recommend priorities for international health action and the Organizat...

This work takes into consideration the wide reform process that is impacting on Universities all over the world, especially focusing on the public versus private funding debate for Higher Education Institutions. In this regard, the paper provides some considerations on possible funding sources, discusses data related to the relevance of public funding and presents the features of the main model...

Over the past two decades Romanian higher education has been the subject of numerous policy reforms aiming to increase the overall quality and performance of higher education institutions (HEIs): two comprehensive laws on education and several second-order legislative acts intended to transform the sphere of higher education into a modern system of teaching and research. Funding was one of the ...

this paper discusses whether european institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (uhc), inequalities and tackling the effects of austerity measures. the paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at european level from a public health an...

Background Snakebite has recently been declared a global public health emergency. Empirical data showing the true burden of snakebite is lacking. Treatment with specific antivenoms is considered the only cure. However, several factors have led to an ongoing antivenom crisis. This study offers recommendations concerning the improvement of antivenom access and control, by providing an overview of...

HIV/AIDS is a threat to the creation of human capital and development prospects in southern Africa and South Africa. The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is a well-regarded institution of higher education in Johannesburg. This paper outlines the university's qualified failure to implement its HIV/AIDS Policy through a comprehensive set of programmes. However, as we describe the decommissi...

This paper evaluates effectiveness of federal research funding in stimulating universities’ total research and development (R&D), over a period of dramatic change in the federal funding environment. Instrumental variables estimation reveals that during the NIH budget doubling, 1998—2003, each federal research dollar spurred an additional $0.27 in subsequent research funding from nonfederal sour...