IHF Newsletter - February 2012
IHF News
IHF Hospital and Healthcare Leadership Summit
IHF Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Summit –Sun City, South Africa: AN EVENT TO SAVE IN YOUR CALENDAR!
The 3rd Edition of the Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Summit of the International Hospital Federation will be held 5-6 June 2012 in Sun City, South Africa and will be hosted by the Department of Health, South Africa. Read more (...)
IHF 38TH World Hospital Congress
IHF 38th World Hospital Congress
The 38th World Hospital Congress will be held18-20 June 2013 in Oslo, Norway. The Congress theme is, Future Healthcare – The opportunities of new technology. Read more (...)
WHO Round up
Global Tuberculosis Report 2011
This is the sixteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in1997. Read more (...)
Mental Health Atlas 2011
The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions. Read more (...)
World Health Organization (WHO): Reform for a Healthy Future
WHO is reforming to be better equipped to address the increasingly complex challenges of the health of populations in the 21st century. From persisting problems to new and emerging public health threats, WHO has recognized that there is need to be flexible enough to respond to this evolving environment. The process of reform, which is Member State-driven and inclusive, has as goal improved health outcomes, with an emphasis on: refocusing core business to address the 21st century health challenges facing countries; reforming the financing and management of WHO to address health challenges more effectively; transforming governance to strengthen global health. Read more (...)
From International Organizations
Health Reform: Meeting the Challenge of Ageing and Multiple Morbidities
When the OECD was founded in 1961, health systems were gearingthemselves up to deliver acute care interventions. Sick people were to be curedin hospitals, then sent on their way again. Read more (...)
Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications: A scoping review
This study, written by Neil Leunt et al., ispublished by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Read more (...)
Hospital and Health Services Worldwide News
Governing public hospitals. Reform strategies and the movement towards institutional autonomy
This study is editedby Richard B. Saltman, Antonio Durán and Hans F.W. Dubois. Read more (...)
Strategic Contracting for Health System and Services
This book, written by Jean Perrot and Eric de Roodenbeke, is published by Transaction Publishers. Read more (...)
Africa
Population Preferences for Health Care in Liberia: Insights for Rebuilding a Health System
This article, written by Margaret E. Kruk et al., is published by Health Services Research Volume 46, Number 6, December 2011, Part II. Read more (...)
Americas
Accounting for the cost of US health care: A new look at why Americans spend more
Of the $2.1 trillion the United States spends on health care, nearly $650 billion is above expected, even when adjusting for the relative wealth of the US economy. Read more (...)
Health Care in Canada, 2011: A Focus on Seniors and Aging
Health Care in Canada, 2011: A Focus on Seniors and Aging (HCIC) is the 12th in a series of annual reports on the health care system and the health of Canadians. Read more (...)
Asia
Availability of data for monitoring noncommunicable disease risk factors in India
This article, written by Magdalena Z Raban et al., is published by WHO Bulletin, Volume 90, Number 1, January 2012. Read more (...)
The health-care challenges posed by population ageing
This report, written by Gary Humphreys, is published by WHO Bulletin, Volume 90, Number 2, February 2012. Read more (...)
Europe
Defusing the demographic “time-bomb” in Germany
This report, written by Jan Dirk Herbermann and Débora Miranda, is published by WHO Bulletin, Volume 90, Number 1, January 2012. Read more (...)