2018 Archives - WISH

Viral Hepatitis

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 06:04:42 +0000

The Viral Hepatitis forum and the resultant report focuses on high-level inputs critical to achieving hepatitis C elimination by 2030. The report proposes an investment case providing recommendations on how country governments and global donors can maximize their investments to achieve viral hepatitis elimination. It identifies the importance of enabling a political and financial environment that supports country-level implementation of viral hepatitis elimination strategies across all settings.

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Role of Private Sector in Healthcare

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:59:43 +0000

The focus of the WISH research and report on the role of the private sector in healthcare is on how to create more effective, mass-scale collaborations between public and private sector for the delivery of healthcare services needed for UHC. It starts by setting out the business case for private providers – which is big but not necessarily aligned to what much of the sector has traditionally done. The second part of the report describe how governments can create an enabling environment for such ‘UHC ready’ providers, using interview with the leaders of six large public payers in countries pursuing UHC.

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Nursing and Universal Health Coverage

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:57:47 +0000

The 20 million nurses and midwives who globally make up half of the professional health workforce, yet they are too often not enabled, resourced and supported to use their education and expertise to their full potential. This is an enormous waste of talent and resources. The WISH report on nursing and universal healthcare (UHC) describes how strengthening nursing and midwifery as part of the wider health workforce will enable the rapid, high quality and cost-effective scaling up of UHC.

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Islamic Ethics and Palliative Care

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:55:04 +0000

The report being produced by the WISH forum on Islamic ethics and palliative care will provide an overview of the practice of palliative care in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf region and compares it to the Western context. Mainly, this study is meant to fill in glaring gaps in modern scholarship by investigating and tackling the ethical challenges found at the intersection of palliative care and Islamic bioethics through approaches and analytical tools rooted in the Islamic tradition and formulated in a way accessible to international bioethical discourse.

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Healthcare in Conflict Settings

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:53:30 +0000

The focus of the WISH Healthcare in Conflict Settings forum and the report produced by the forum is on healthcare for conflict affected populations. The central question is about how to achieve universal healthcare provision for such populations. Key evidence-based strategies are outlined in the report which includes a framework of principles to guide health action in conflicts. Innovative solutions are needed to tackle key constraints- these may be new technologies, new forms of data gathering and analysis, and new forms of organizational working. It may also be the application of existing technologies and approaches in new ways in the special circumstances of armed conflict.

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Eye Health

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:52:13 +0000

Eliminating the world’s most common causes of eye morbidity has become a challenge due to the change in population and disease demographics, so innovative and sustainable solutions are required. The WISH report uses evidence-based case examples to highlight strategies and programs that have been used to reduce the burden of eye disease through service delivery, education and training, diagnosis and treatment, and policy initiatives. It also highlights recent technological developments impacting eye health, and explore some emerging technologies that have the potential to impact eye health in the future.

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Design in Health

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:50:06 +0000

Design has been proven to lower cost of care delivery, improve outcomes, and lead to better patient and provider experiences. While design has demonstrated a strong ability to drive effective outcomes, it is still relatively new in its application in the health space. The WISH forum and report on design in health covers the following topic areas: describing models and methods of design; application of design to infectious disease, non-communicable disease, and access to care; and recommendations for implementing design.

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Data Science and AI

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:48:32 +0000

Data science and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly disrupting many industries. In healthcare, we are just beginning to realize the possible opportunities that will transform service provision in the next decade. We see a fully data-enabled health system facilitating five critical drivers of health system performance: prediction, prevention, personalization, participation and productivity. The WISH report sets out a path of increasing data-enablement that health systems might follow, with case studies outlining how individual systems have addressed some of the challenges involved.

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Anxiety and Depression

wish admin — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 05:46:03 +0000

The WISH Anxiety and Depression forum and forum report provide an overview of the global challenge of anxiety and depression and the significant treatment gap. It emphasizes the important role of prevention and promotion initiatives while also considering the evidence and best practices for integrated models of care. The WISH report explores how integrated care models can be implemented, evaluated and improved across differing health systems and resources settings. The report concludes by providing recommendations for increasing coverage, improving quality of care and ensuring the implementation and scale up of services in a sustainable way.

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