Blog Posts – Public-Sector Health Systems
From Vienna: Closing Day and Looking Ahead to AIDS 2012 in DC
A lot happened at the conference this week. Secretary of State Clinton reaffirmed the shared responsibility to ensure universal access to HIV/AIDS services -- where will we be on this path by the next conference in 2012?… Read
Categories: Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems
From Vienna: When Does HIV Funding Strengthen Health Systems?
On Wednesday I attended a symposium on when HIV funding strengthens health systems. Panelists brought up lessons from countries, and talked about the need for HIV to be funded and also part of larger system efforts.… Read
Categories: Primary Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems
From Vienna: The Health Workforce Crisis: Opening the Bottleneck
A session today ("Human resources: the ultimate bottleneck") included presentations on options for increasing the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa to better support HIV/AIDS and other health services.… Read
Categories: Mozambique, Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems
From Vienna: A Microbicide for Women to Prevent HIV
Breaking news here is about a trial of a microbicide gel for women that seems to successfully reduce the chance for HIV infection. Although more studies need to be done, we should start considering how this intervention can… Read
Categories: Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems
Not in Vienna? Here’s How to Stay On Top of the International AIDS Conference
In addition to checking here for posts from HAI's Barrot Lambdin, you can also follow some of these sources to keep track of sessions, discussions and commentary on the conference as it progresses.… Read
Categories: Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive and Child Health, Public-Sector Health Systems