Health
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Maternal Cannabis Use During Pregnancy
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
This 8-page Canadian report reviews the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on offspring birth outcomes, neurocognitive development, behaviour and mental health
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2009-07-16
Canadian Addicition Survey
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
This 101-page survey report deals with Canadians' use of alcohol and other drugs, the prevalence of use and related harms
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2005-04-06
Persons with Disabilities and their Contact with Medical Professionals and Alternative Health Care Providers
Canadian Council on Social Development
An 8-page Canadian information sheet providing statistics on contacts by disabled people with medical professionals and alternative health care providers
Disability, HealthPosted: 2004-06-04
Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals
Canadian Immunization Committee
A 58-page Canadian handbook to promote safe and competent practices to achieve higher vaccine coverage rates.
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-15
Improving the Health of Young Canadians
Canadian Institute for Health Information
This 107-page report explores links between adolescents' social environments and their health
HealthPosted: 2005-12-05
Canadian Joint Replacement Registry 2006 Report
Canadian Institute for Health Information
This 88-page Canadian report gives details of hip and knee replacemnts in Canada
HealthPosted: 2006-11-20
Return on Investment: Mental Health Promotion and Mental Illness Prevention
Canadian Institute for Health Information
This 76-page Canadian monograph reviews the body of evidence associated with the return on investment (ROI)of mental health promotion and mental illness prevention
HealthPosted: 2011-10-19
Drug Use Among Seniors on Public Drug Programs in Canada, 2002 to 2008
Canadian Institute for Health Information
A 71-page report on prescription drug utilization by seniors in Canada
Health Care Cost Drivers - The Facts
Canadian Institute for Health Information
This 48-page Canadian study sheds new light on the factors influencing health costs. It addresses questions such as what have been the major cost drivers of public-sector health spending over the past decade and what are issues to monitor for the future
HealthPosted: 2011-12-03
Transplantation Workshop Report
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Infection and Immunity
The 37-page report of a Canadian workshop held to stimulate discussion and collaborations among the transplantation community; identify the key research challenges and opportunities in the field; and prepare the transplantation community for funding opportunities
HealthPosted: 2011-09-14
The Taming of the Queue: Wait Time Measurement, Monitoring and Management
Canadian Policy Research Networks
A 24-page Canadian report on a colloquium held to consider aspects of waiting time for medical treatment
HealthPosted: 2004-05-27
Engaging Citizens: One Route to Health Care Accountability
Canadian Policy Research Networks
This report reviews the experience with citizen engagement in Canada and elsewhere and assesses its value in improving accountability in health care decision-making
Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2004-04-16
Health Care Accountability: The Role of Performance Measurement
Canadian Policy Research Networks
A 36-page Canadian report examining the objectives and effectiveness of health care performance reporting
HealthPosted: 2005-02-13
Accountability in Health Care and Legal Approaches
Canadian Policy Research Networks
A 45-page Canadian assessment of the effectiveness of legal mechanisms in improving accountability in health care
HealthPosted: 2004-05-10
Cancer in Young Adults in Canada
Cancer Care Ontario
This 120-page report shows the patterns and trends in cancer incidence and mortality in young adults in Canada
HealthPosted: 2007-02-07
Best Practice in Cervical Cancer Immunisation
Cancer Council Australia
A 27-page summary of a round table discussion on cervical cancer immunisation held in Australia
HealthPosted: 2008-03-19
Housing Conditions that Serve as Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Infection and Disease
CCDR
A 13-page Canadian advisory statement containing advice on the connection between housing conditions and tuberculosis prevention and control
HealthPosted: 2007-11-12
How Sustainable is Medicare?
CCPA
A 34-page Canadian study examining the relative importance of ageing, technology and other cost drivers in Canada's health care system
HealthPosted: 2007-09-14
Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists
CCPA
This 41-page Canadian report describes how better management has resulted in dramatic decreases in waitlists for certain surgical procedures
HealthPosted: 2007-05-18
Substance Abuse in Canada: Concurrent Disorders
CCSA
This report examines the latest evidence on the complex interconnection between addiction and mental illness
Health, Drug AbusePosted: 2010-04-15
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis
CCSA
An 8-page Canadian report on the respiratory effects of cannabis smoking
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2009-12-22
Risks Associated with Tobacco Use in Youth Aged 15-19
CCSA
An 8-page Canadian report connecting tobacco use by youth with the use of other drugs
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2006-12-21
Evidence-Based Treatment: Information for the Service Provider
CCSA
A 7-page Canadian document offering a guide to service providers wishing to provide evidence-based treatments to substance-abusing clients
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2006-11-15
Child Health and Safety in Canada, the United States and Mexico
CCSD
This 64-page report monitors child wellbeing in North America
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2007-06-15
Eating as an Automatic Behaviour
CDC
A US article proposing a view of eating as an automatic behaviour, with implications for responding to the obesity epidemic
HealthPosted: 2008-01-16
Detecting Human-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
CDC, EID
A 6-page US article studying the evidence of human-to-human transmission of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
HealthPosted: 2007-09-24
Cannabis Use and Mental Health Problems
CentER
A 39-page Dutch discussion paper investigating whether cannabis use leads to worse mental health
Drug Abuse, HealthPosted: 2009-08-02
Health Cost Risk and Optimal Retirement Provision: A Simple Rule for Annuity Demand
CentER
A 40-page Dutch discussion paper analyzing the effect of health cost risk on optimal annuity demand and consumption/savings decisions
The Soviet Anti-Plague System
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
A study of the soviet system for controlling deadly endemic diseases and preventing the importation of exotic pathogens from other countries
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2006-05-03
Emergency Contraception: Collaborative Practice
Center for Policy Alternatives
A brief U.S. note on the use and consequences of emergency contraception
HealthPosted: 2005-06-22
Public Health and International Security: The Case of India
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The 25-page conference report of a CSIS task force examining the HIV/Aids epidemic in India
HealthPosted: 2006-08-06
The CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force Delegation to Vietnam
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The 30-page interim report of a US task force delegation, summarizing its major findings and recommendations regarding the HIV/AIDS situation in Vietnam
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-03-14
Model Operational Guidelines for Disease Exposure Control
Center for Strategic and International Studies
This 98-page draft report presents guidelines for protecting the American public against natural and manmade disease outbreaks when medical countermeasures are unavailable
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2005-12-01
India and HIV/AIDS: Fighting Back
Center for Strategic and Intrernational Studies
A 2-page update on the challenge facing India in dealing with its HIV/AIDS epidemic
HealthPosted: 2004-09-29
An Integrated Approach to Early Childhood Development
Centre for Community Child Health
This 47-page Australian paper includes: a synthesis of evidence regarding societal change and its impact on children, families and communities; the response of governments to these changes; and what is known about effective services, service systems and government policies
Families, Children & Youth, HealthPosted: 2010-10-11
Language Services in Victoria's Health System: Perspectives of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Consumers
Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health
A 56-page Australian report on the perspectives of ethnically diverse patients on language services in the health system
Health, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2006-07-06
The Effect of Taxes and Bans on Passive Smoking
Centre for Economic Policy Research
A 37-page Australian discussion paper evaluating the effect of excise taxes and smoking bans on the exposure to tobacco smoke of non-smokers
HealthPosted: 2006-01-11
Do Non-Standard Working Hours Cause Negative Health Effects?
Centre for Economic Policy Research
This 34-page Auustralian discussion paper examines the relationship between non-standard job schedules and workers' physical and mental health
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2006-04-25
Unemployment and Psychological Well-Being
Centre for Economic Policy Research
A 39-page Australian discussion paper examining the relationship between life satisfaction and unemployment in Australia, with international comparisons
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2005-08-10
The Influence of Supply and Demand Factors on Aggregate Health Care Expenditure with a Specific Focus on Age Composition
Centre for European Policy Studies
This European study aims to explain how demand and supply factors influence aggregate health care expenditure with a specific focus on age composition
Health and Morbidity by Age and Socio-Economic Characteristics
Centre for European Policy Studies
This European study describes and models health, morbidity and the use of health services by age and socio-economic characteristics across the EU
HealthPosted: 2005-12-01
Translational Research into the Area of Inequalities in Health Related to Obesity in Australia
Centre for Health Economics
This 22-page Australian research paper questions current economic theories about obesity
HealthPosted: 2005-12-23
Does Disaggregation Affect the Relationship Between Healthcare Expenditure and GDP?
Centre for Health Economics
This 20-page Australian research paper investigates the impact of policy shifts on disaggregated health expenditure-GDP relationship for Australia and the US
HealthPosted: 2008-03-19
How to Reduce the Burden of Harm from Poor Nutrition, Tobacco Smoking, Physical Inactivity and Alcohol Misuse
Centre for Health Economics
A 116-page Australian technical analysis aiming to determine how best to reduce the burden of harm attributable to physical inactivity, poor nutrition, alcohol misuse and tobacco smoking
HealthPosted: 2005-11-16
Ageing and Health Care: Inexorable Costs Versus Modest Adaptation
Centre for Health Economics
This 19-page Australian working paper contains two documents dealing with the health costs of an ageing population
Can We Design a Market for Competitive Health Insurance?
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
A 24-page Australian study into the practicality of applying the principle of managed competition to private health insurance
HealthPosted: 2004-10-12
Modeling Health Insurance Choices in "Competitive" Markets
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
This 58-page Australian paper describes the use of choice modelling to analyse consumer choice behaviour in "competitive health insurance markets
HealthPosted: 2004-10-12
An Economic Evaluation of the Prison Methadone Program in New South Wales
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
A 29-page project report which evaluates the costs and consequences of the prison methadone program in New South Wales
Crime, Law & Order, HealthPosted: 2004-02-27
The Basics: National Health Insurance: Lessons from Abroad
Century Foundation
This 74-page US report examines how other countries have responded to the challenge of health care
HealthPosted: 2008-03-14
Terrorism, Mental Health and September 11
Century Foundation
This 44-page U.S. paper examines how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) extended far beyond the New York people directly exposed to the September 11 attacks
Health, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2005-08-04
Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes
CEPA
This 62-page paper investigates how child health after birth affect long-term outcomes
Social Policy, HealthPosted: 2008-11-20
Not Doing Enough: Unnecessary Sickness and Death from Cholera in Haiti
CEPR
This 20-page US paper argues that it is not too late to bring the 10-month old cholera epidemic under control and save thousands of lives by ramping up treatment and prevention efforts
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2011-08-24
Free Trade in Health Care: The Gains from Globalized Medicare and Medicaid
CEPR
This 21-page US paper examines the benefits of globalising the Medicare and Medicaid programmes
The Scorecard on Development 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
CEPR
This 42-page US study documenting economic growth, health, and education indicators of the countries of the world shows a rebound in economic growth following more than two decades of economic failure for the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries
Economic Policy, HealthPosted: 2011-04-14
Obsolete Pesticides: A Ticking Time Bomb and Why We Have to Act Now
CEPS
This 26-page report calls upon the European Commission to lead and develop an action plan to deal with the threats posed by obselete pesticides
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-05-21
European Neighbourhood Policy Two Years On: Time Indeed for an 'ENP Plus'
CEPS
A 31-page paper outlining a plan for an upgrading and refining of the ENP
European Union, HealthPosted: 2007-03-22
Cross-Atlantic Exchange to Advance Long Term Care
CEPS
A29-page background paper discussing the objective of promoting healthy and active ageing and comparing developments in the EU and US
HealthPosted: 2006-10-02
The Contribution of Pharmaceutical Innovation to Longevity Growth in Germany and France
CESifo
This 45-page working paper investigates the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France
Health, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-07-15
Global Climate Change and the Resurgence of Tropical Disease: An Economic Approach
CESifo
A 21-page working paper studying the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2010-08-03
The Design of Pension Pay Out Options When the Health Status During Retirement is Uncertain
CESifo
This 33-page paper examines the optimal design of pension plans when the health status during retirement is uncertain
Fighting the Diseases of Poverty
CFD
A 331-page book addressing key issues concerning poverty-related disease
Health, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2007-03-23
The Future of Foreign Assistance Amid Global Economic and Financial Crisis
CFR
A 45-page US report urging the new US Administration to stay the course in its commitments to global health and development, as well as basic humanitarian relief.
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-01-27
Haiti's Year of Living Miserably
CFR
A US brief considering Haiti's problems
Poverty & Hunger, HealthPosted: 2011-01-15
The Debate Over Generic-Drug Trade
CFR
An updated US backgrounder examines how policymakers are looking at ways to structure an international drug-trade regime that ensures developing nations' access to medicines, including for so-called lifestyle ailments such as diabetes, without discouraging future research and development efforts by drug companies
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2011-08-09
The Challenges of Global Health Governance
CFR
This 32-page US working paper examines the complicated landscape of global health governance, assesses the capabilities of existing institutions, and recommends more effective strategies for policy implementation
Health, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-05-28
The Challenge of Global Health
CFR
This 10-page article calls for a more coordinated approach to improving health in the developing world
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-12-31
Achieving an AIDS Transition: Preventing Infections to Sustain Treatment
CGD
This 4-page US brief summarizes the recommendations in "Achieving an AIDS Transition", for focused policies and well-designed incentives to finally bring the AIDS epidemic under control
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-15
Global Health and the New Bottom Billion: How Funders Should Respond to Shifts in Global Poverty and Disease Burden
CGD
This 4-page US brief offers recommendations for global health agencies to deal with shifts in global poverty and the disease burden
Poverty & Hunger, HealthPosted: 2012-01-19
Global Health and the New Bottom Billion: What Do Shifts in Global Poverty and the Global Disease Burden Mean for GAVI and the Global Fund?
CGD
This 37-page US working paper describes trends in the global distribution of poverty, preventable infectious diseases, and health aid response to date; revisits the rationale for health aid through agencies like GAVI and the Global Fund; and proposes a new MIC strategy and components, concluding with recommendations
Health, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-11-16
Cash On Delivery Aid for Health: What Indicators Would Work Best?
CGD
This 45-page US working paper assesses the challenges of applying COD Aid in the health sector
International Development, HealthPosted: 2012-02-29
Safer, Faster, Cheaper: Improving Clinical Trials and Regulatory Pathways to Fight Neglected Diseases
CGD
This 4-page US brief offers recommendations for improving the quality and lowering the cost of clinical trials in the developing world
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2011-11-02
Global Health Initiative 2.0: Effective Priority-Setting in a Time of Austerity
CGD
This 10-page report summarizes the rationale for continued U.S. investment in global health, lookd into the evolution of the Global Health Initiative and recommends a re-boot for the whole enterprise
HealthPosted: 2012-01-31
FDA’s Role in Improving the Development Pathway for Neglected Disease Therapies
CGD
An 8-page US House testimony about the FDA’s role in improving the development pathway for neglected disease therapies
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-06-29
Generation of Political Priority for Global Health Initiatives: A Framework and Case Study of Maternal Mortality
CGD
This 32-page US paper investigates why some global health initiatives receive priority over others
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-17
Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
CGD
This US report sheds light on girls' health worldwide and its impact on the wellbeing and productivity of girls, their families, and their nation
Health, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-10-18
Countering Drug Resistance in the Developing World
CGD
This 29-page working paper analyzes how changes in supply-chain business practices could help fix the misaligned incentives that hinder worldwide access to high-quality medical goods
HealthPosted: 2009-10-13
AIDS Treatment in South Asia
CGD
This 34-page working paper uses recent epidemiological data on the extent and rate of spread of HIV/AIDS in South Asian countries and alternative scenarios regarding future government efforts to expand access to AIDS treatment in order to estimate the future need for antiretroviral treatment in South Asian countries and the fiscal burden that their governments will shoulder if they decide to provide or finance all of the needed care.
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-03-10
PEPFAR Prevention Push?
CGD
A US blog describing how PEPFAR will orient its approach to treatment, care and prevention and partnerships with country governments in the fight against AIDS
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-12-16
Seizing the opportunity on AIDS and Health Systems
CGD
This 72-page report examines how the HIV/AIDS donor programs interact with key operational parts of health systems
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-08-06
Consultation Draft Report of the Drug Resistance Working Group
CGD
The 92-page draft report of a working group established to identify practical and feasible ways that donors, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and other actors at the global level could prevent or contain the emergence of drug resistance affecting high‐burden diseases in developing countries through improvements in commonproperty management, information flows, and R&D investments
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-02-01
Tripping Over Health
CGD
A 4-page article proposing that the next U.S. president should come down clearly in favor of a new policy that better balances public health needs in developing countries with private incentives for innovative activities.
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-11-13
The Global AIDS Transition: A Feasible Objective for AIDS Policy
CGD
This 58-page US essay argues that only dramatically improved and transparently measured prevention efforts can stem the AIDS epidemic
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2010-05-19
HIV/AIDS Monitor: Are Funding Decisions Based on Performance?
CGD
This 56-page US report examines how well the largest funders of HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention are linking funding to performance
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2010-05-13
How to Pay “Cash-on-Delivery” for HIV Infections Averted: Two Measurement Approaches and Ten Payout Functions
CGD
This 63-page US working paper proposes a measurement strategy to enable a donor to reward a recipient country’s success at HIV prevention, irrespective of the inputs, activities, or who gets the credit
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-05-03
Using Incentives to Prevent HIV Infections
CGD
This 66-page US essay argues that foreign assistance reduce the number of new HIV infections provided that bilateral and multilateral aid organizations get serious about creating incentives for success
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-05-31
Opportunities for Presidential Leadership on AIDS
CGD
A 4-page article examining US options for its spending on global AIDS
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2008-09-09
Sustaining and Leveraging AIDS Treatment
CGD
This 68-page US essay estimates the fiscal burden of international AIDS treatment programs and suggests ways that donors, governments, and patients can link treatment and prevention to stop the epidemic
International Development, HealthPosted: 2010-06-16
Following the Funding for HIV/AIDS
CGD
This 98-page report analyzes the policies and practices of the world'd largest aids donors
HealthPosted: 2007-10-24
The Race Against Drug Resistance
CGD
This 116-page US report urges action to contain the threat posed by drug resistance in developing countries
International Development, HealthPosted: 2010-06-15
Does the IMF Constrain Health Spending in Poor Countries? Evidence and an Agenda for Action
CGDEV
A 90-page US report on the IMF programmes for health
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-07-31
AIDS Treatment as an International Entitlement; Are We Ready for a Global Welfare Paradigm?
CGDev
This blog examines the cost/benefit equation of AIDS treatment.
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-10-04
Combating Counterfeit, Falsified and Substandard Medicines: Defining the Way Forward?
Chatham House
A 16-page UK briefing paper on what is needed to take effective action against the producers and distributors of counterfeit and substandard medicines
Health, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2010-12-01
25 Years of Living with HIV/AIDS
Chatham House
A 7-page article addressing the challenges presented by HIV/AIDS
Health, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2006-04-26
Human Security and Resilience
Chatham House
An 8-page briefing paper exploring the constitutive effect of security discourses in UK policy responses to global health challenges
HealthPosted: 2006-02-28
The Rise of Global Health in International Affairs
Chatham House
The transcript of two addresses at a UK meeting to discuss the importance of global health in international affairs
Health, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2011-06-24
What's next for the G20? Investing in Health and Development
Chatham House
The 13-page summary of a conference held to to explore options for the future for the G20 in advancing key issues in global health and development
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-09-29
Risky Sex, Addictions and Communicable Disease in India : Implications for Health, Development and Security
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
A 117-page report providing broad perspectives on risky sex and addictions, their interconnections and how they impact health, development and security in India
Health, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-09-24
Treatment of End-Stage Organ Failure in Canada 1997 to 2006
CIHI
This 89-page Canadian report examines dialysis, transplantation and organ-donation characteristics and trends in Canada during the period 1997-2006
HealthPosted: 2009-01-06
A Framework for Health Outcome Analyses: Diabetes and Depression Case Studies
CIHI, Statistics Canada
This 89-page Canadian report studies the feasibility of conducting health outcomes analyses using existing data with a special focus on diabetes and depression
HealthPosted: 2008-08-08
Midterm Evaluation of the Pandemic Preparedness Strategic Research Initiative
CIHR
A 64-page evaluation of the Canadian governments's Pandemic Preparedness Strategic Research Initiative
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, HealthPosted: 2009-11-14