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DOHERTY, J. (2012) Developing health economics capacity in Africa: Evaluation of HEU’s teaching programmes. HEU policy brief. Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town.  

MILLS, A., ATAGUBA, J. E., AKAZILI, J., BORGHI, J., GARSHONG, B., MAKAWIA, S., MTEI, G., HARRIS, B., MACHA, J., MEHEUS, F. & MCINTYRE, D. (2012) Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage. The Lancet.  DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60357-2  Background Universal coverage of health care is [...]

The Strategies for Health Insurance for Equity in Less Developed Countries (SHIELD) project ran from 2006 to 2011.The research output from this project is now at:  http://heu-uct.org.za/research/projects/shield-project/

The official website for the EU-funded Consortium for Health Policy & Systems Analysis in Africa (CHEPSAA) has just been launched. CHEPSAA is working with universities in Africa and Europe to strengthen teaching, research & policy networking activities for the rapidly emerging field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR+A).  The new website is [...]

ATAGUBA, J. E. & MCINTYRE, D. (2012) Who benefits from health services in South Africa? Health Economics, Policy and Law, FirstView Article. South Africa is considering major health service restructuring to move towards a universal system. This calls for understanding the challenges in the existing health system. The paper, therefore, comprehensively evaluates an aspect of [...]

ATAGUBA, J. E., FONTA, W. M. & ICHOKU, H. E. (2012) The Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty in Nsukka, Nigeria. PEP-NETWORK policy brief 91 PEP-NETWORK.  

Drawing together three research networks from different countries, the Global Network for Health Equity (GNHE) is an example of a truly south-south research cooperative initiative. Having launched their website, GNHE aims to do cross-regional research in the area of universal coverage, amongst other activities.

HONDA, A. & HANSON, K. (2012) Do equity funds protect the poor? Case studies from north-western Madagascar. Health Policy & Planning, First published online: March 16, 2012. This study aims to assess the outcomes of the equity funds in Madagascar from three perspectives: accuracy of targeting; improvement in health care access for the poor; and [...]

One of the HEU’s network institutions has the following advert: Great Lakes University of Kisumu invites applications for the following position:  DIRECTOR CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING (CREHSS) Note : the closing date for application is slightly flexible (it says 15th March 2012) – so if interested, act now!Find out more 

One of the HEU’s partner institutions has the following advert: The Centre for Health Policy (University of the Witwatersrand) South Africa has been awarded a Chair in Health Policy and Systems within the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). The purpose of the award is to attract academic expertise to South Africa. The Centre is [...]