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Functioning public health systems are critical to managing disease treatment and control in developing countries, where access to care and medicine is often poor.
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Opinions and Analysis
Young scientists can boost African health systems
Africa needs postgraduate programmes that focus on local priorities to improve its health systems, say Wilson Savino and colleagues.
23 December 2008
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Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Health research policy needs a change in outlook
A change in political outlook is needed to improve health research and translate policies into action, says an editorial in The Lancet.
Africa ill-equipped for fight against cancer
11 September 2008
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Source: Business Daily Africa
Policy Briefs
Controlling TB requires public awareness
An assessment of national tuberculosis policies in select countries emphasises the need for more public engagement.
27 June 2007
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Source: Open Society Institute
Addressing health policy in Myanmar
The challenge of setting policy priorities for infectious diseases in Myanmar's current political climate.
27 June 2007
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Source: PLoS Medicine
News and Features
Uganda to match health research to local needs
Tailoring health research so it targets the country's health needs is a major goal of a new project at Uganda's largest university.
5 January 2009
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Obama 'should double global health spending'
The US Institute of Medicine says global health — and health research — should become central to US foreign policy.
