Policies and incentives for promoting innovation in antibiotic research

Policies and incentives for promoting innovation in antibiotic research-1

Elias Mossialos, Chantal M. Morel, Suzanne Edwards, Julia Berenson, Marin Gemmill-Toyama, David Brogan 2010 The Swedish Government is concerned about the increasing frequency of bacterial resistance to currently available antibiotics. This poses a major threat to human health and causes significant morbidity and mortality in Europe and the rest of the world.

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Планирование и оказание услуг паллиативной помощи: пособие для руководителей программ

Planning and implementing palliative care services-1

Всемирная организация здравоохранения, Европейское региональное бюро 2018 В 2014 г. первая в истории глобальная резолюция по паллиативной помощи, WHA67.19, призвала ВОЗ и государства-члены улучшать доступ к паллиативной помощи как одному из основных компонентов системы здравоохранения, уделяя особое внимание первичной медико-санитарной помощи и оказанию помощи на уровне местных сообществ и на дому. В Глобальном плане действий ВОЗ по профилактике […]

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Paying for Performance in Health Care. Implications for health system performance and accountability

Paying for performance in health care

Edited by Cheryl Cashin Y-Ling Chi Peter Smith Michael Borowitz and Sarah Thomson 2014 In 2010, the OECD published ‘Health System Priorities when Money is Tight’1 in response to the observation that health spending continues to grow faster than the economy in many OECD countries. Given the harsh fiscal realities of the recent economic downturn and the fact […]

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Obesity and inequities. Guidance for addressing inequities in overweight and obesity

Obesity and inequities

Written by: Belinda Loring Aileen Robertson 2014 Overall population health indicators have improved across Europe over recent decades, yet that improvement has not been experienced equally everywhere, or by all. There are widespread inequities in health between and within societies, reflecting the different conditions in which people live. These health inequities offend against the human right to health and […]

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Noncommunicable diseases prevention and control in the South-eastern Europe Health Network

Noncommunicable diseases prevention and control in the South-eastern Europe Health Network. An analysis of intersectoral collaboration (2012)

World Health Organization 2012 Increasingly, we are able to demonstrate that improvements in population health depend on the work of non-health sectors. It is, therefore, not surprising that the health in all policies (HiAP) approach has become a priority in many countries and that it is being adopted at various levels of policy-making: regional (European), national and local.

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