The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development

BMJ ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 336 (Suppl S1) ◽  
pp. 0801006
Author(s):  
Jeffrey P Koplan ◽  
Courtenay Dusenbury ◽  
Pekka Jousilahti ◽  
Pekka Puska
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
National Public Health Institutes

scholarly journals The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development

BMJ ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 335 (7625) ◽  
pp. 834-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey P Koplan ◽  
Courtenay Dusenbury ◽  
Pekka Jousilahti ◽  
Pekka Puska
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
National Public Health Institutes

scholarly journals Building operational public health capacity through collaborative networks of National Public Health Institutes

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. e001868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Verrecchia ◽  
Osman Dar ◽  
Olaa Mohamed-Ahmed ◽  
Neil Squires
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Collaborative Networks ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Collaborative Networking ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Public Health Functions ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Global Population ◽  
National Public Health Institutes

The strengthening of public health systems internationally is integral to the improvement and protection of global population health. Essential public health functions and services are provided for by a range of organisations working together, often co-ordinated and strategically led by national Ministries of Health. Increasingly, however, National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) are being developed to better integrate and support the delivery of these services. In this paper, we outline the role of NPHIs, analyse their advantages and shortcomings, and explore their potential to deliver enhanced public health through collaborative networking as well as partnership with WHO.

Investing in Health Wisely: The Role of Needs-based Technology Assessment

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean T. Jamison ◽  
Helen Saxenian ◽  
Yves Bergevin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
Life Years ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Improve Health

AbstractCountries worldwide spend huge sums on health—about $1,700 billion a year, or roughly 8% of global income. But the World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health shows that these monies could be spent much more wisely, in the process doing a great deal to help the world's 1 billion poor. Essential national public health and clinical packages are proposed based on assessment of the burden of disease (measured in disability adjusted life years) and the cost-effectiveness of interventions. Governments can play a central role in improving the health of their citizens: they can foster an environment that enables households to improve health and they can also improve their own spending on health, targeting it to support universal access to essential national public health and clinical packages based on the above methods. This is a good example of the concept of needs-based technology assessment, combining the disciplines of epidemiology, economics, and policy formulation. When applied, it should lead to improved effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.

IANPHI and National Public Health Institutes

Public Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Whitney ◽  
Katherine Seib ◽  
Jessica Blackburn ◽  
Jacob Clemente ◽  
Courtenay M. Dusenbury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Public Health Programs ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
National Public Health Institutes

More than one hundred countries around the world have established national public health institutes (NPHIs) to coordinate and lead their public health systems. Some NPHIs, such as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Brazilian Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), and Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, have developed over time. Others, such as the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), emanated in response to more recent global public health threats like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). NPHI functionalities range from combatting primarily infectious diseases to comprehensive mandates to lead national efforts for prevention and control of both infectious and noncommunicable disease threats. The International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), envisioned in 2001 and chartered in 2006, serves to link and catalyze the capacity of NPHIs around the world through a robust international professional and scientific network. IANPHI works closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) through a formal partnership agreement. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, member dues and peer assistance, bilateral cooperative agreements, and private-sector partnerships support its activities. IANPHI’s members encompass more than five billion people across six continents. IANPHI is the only organization whose mission is to strengthen national public health institutes. To do this, IANPHI’s work focuses on (a) supporting a robust scientific community of NPHI directors through an annual meeting, a listserv, and collaborative activities; (b) developing and distributing guidelines and tools that strengthen NPHIs’ abilities to conduct and evaluate public health programs and efforts, including the IANPHI NPHI development framework, the Staged Development Tool, NPHI-to-NPHI evaluation guidance, and a best practices series; and (c) investing in projects designed to create NPHIs and strengthen public health systems in low-resource countries. IANPHI helps NPHIs by advocating for strong and well-supported NPHIs and providing timely information and insights for public health programs and actions.

Potential global pandemics: the role of the WHO and other public health bodies

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 322-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
National Public Health ◽  
The University

In light of the emergence of the new coronavirus in China, Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses the response strategies adopted by international and national public health agencies

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