International relations and activities
2nd Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Summit
This special IHF event was held in Chicago, June 1-2. It was co-organized and hosted by the American College of Healthcare Executive and the American Hospital Association. It gathered 44 participants representing 17 countries. Key themes were presented and the format of the meeting gave space for discussions, interaction and exchange. Read more
Secretariat
IHF Secretariat welcomes a new staff member Ioana Rusu, a Canadian and Romanian national, has recently joined the International Hospital Federation as the Communications and Project Manager. Read more
WHO round up
Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas Carmen Dolea, Laura Stormonta & Jean-Marc Braichet wrote this article for special theme of the Bulletin of the WHO on Health workforce retention in remote and rural areas. Read more
Online discussion on Mid-Level Health Workers The Global Health Workforce Alliance organized a web-based discussion focused on Mid-Level Health Workers. Contributions are now available online. Read more
World Health Assembly: Adoption of international code of recruitment The sixty-third World Health Assembly applauds the adoption of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. This is the second Code in WHO's history, after the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in 1981. Read more
From International Organizations
Lilly wins global business coalition award for excellence in business action The Lilly MDR‐TB Partnership is raising awareness about the symptoms of and treatment for TB among people in northwest China – a region that is at an elevated risk for TB infection due to higher‐than‐average rates of poverty. The Partnership’s three‐pronged approach in Qinghai targets school children, healthcare professionals and the community as a whole. IHF is a partner of the MDR-TB Partnership. Read more
International Alliance of Patients’ Organization (IAPO): How to Be More Engaged at the World Health Assembly Many patient groups are interested in how to be more engaged with the World Health Organization (WHO) and at the World Health Assembly (WHA). IAPO would like to share some information and tips on how you can influence the work of the WHO, both regionally and internationally. Read more
Disparities in health expenditure across OECD countries: Why does the United States spend so much more than other countries? This document is a written statement to Senate Special Committee on Aging, written by Mark Pearson on September 2009. It describes different factors (such as price, times and quantity) that may explain higher health expenditures. Read more
Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries: From Evidence to Action David H. Peters, Sameh El-Saharty, Banafsheh Siadat, Katja Janovsky and Marko Vujici , staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, edited this book in 2009. Read more
Hospital and Health Services Worldwide News
Sharing public health data: necessary and now This article has been published in the Lancet Volume 375, Issue 9730. Nowadays, focus is put on publication rather than data sharing. It is particularly a challenge in low and middle-income countries. A common code of conduct should then be thought for a good utilization and sharing of data that would respect principles of equity and access to data for all. Read more
Africa Closing the R&D gap in African health care This article was written by Raymond De Vré, Emiliano Rial Verde, and Jorge Santos da Silva, and published in June 2010 in the Mc Kinsey Quarterly. It argues that a system governed by Africans in Africa is needed to provide a sustainable funding mechanism that would encourage African scientists to collaborate on common health concerns, share expertise, and build capacity. Read more
The Business of Health in Africa: partnering with the Private Sector to Improve People’s Lives This study, conducted by IFC with assistance from McKinsey & Company, estimates that over the next decade, $25–$30 billion in new investment will be needed in health care assets, including hospitals, clinics, and distribution warehouses, to meet the growing health care demands of Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
Americas Hospital management autonomy in Chile: the challenges for human resources in health This article was written by Claudio A. Mendez and M. Cristina Torres A., and was published in the Revista de Saúde Pública, issue 44(2), 2010. Read more
Europe MECSS makes available a report concerning hospital functioning in France The report produced by the MECCS (Mission d’évaluation et de contrôle des lois de financement de la Sécurité sociale) highlights the dysfunctions, at national and local level in France. The report makes recommendations to improve hospital management and performance. Read more
South East Asia Government hospitals to go private in Uttar Pradesh, India The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to hand over public hospitals to private chains like Apollo and Fortis under the public-private-partnership (PPP) model to improve health care services in the state, an official said Monday. Fifty percent of the beds in these hospitals will be kept for free patients. Read more
Western Pacific Philippines: Hospital learns lessons from Ketsana storm The article relates the story of a hospital that was overwhelmed when tropical storm Ketsana hit Manila on 26 September 2009. Much of the hospital staff had been also affected. The hospital is now running again, and efforts are made to make hospitals safer from disasters. Read more
Australia: Managing demand for acute care The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has convened a policy working group to explore the critical issue of demand on public acute care services, with a particular focus on the effects seen in the emergency department. This paper identifies some of the key issues related to access and demand in acute care services in Australia, primarily in public hospitals. Read more
International Events
Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, 25-29 January 2011, Bangkok, Thailand: Submission for Awards for Excellence and Special Recognition Awards 25-29 January 2011, Bangkok, Thailand Read more
First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Switzerland, 16-19 November 2010 The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are pleased to announce the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) - Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage. Read more
Health, Crisis and Reform: Equity and Social Exclusion. Buenos Aires, October 2010, 20th Camara Argentina de Empresas de Salud (CAES), International Annual Congress Read more
Healthcon 2010 : Multiple Dimensions of Healthcare, Australian Healthcare and Hospital Association Congress, Adelaide, 22-24 September 2010 Adelaide, 22-24 September 2010 Read more
Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo September, 14-16, 2010, Navy Pier, Chicago Read more
2nd International Health Procurement Symposium, 8-9, September 2010, Palais des Congrès, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Read more
Hospital Management Asia, August 19-20, 2010, Seoul, South Korea Read more
