Features work with Dhruv Grover and @friedman_jed on "Using supervised learning to select audit targets in performance-based financing in health" journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

A collaborative piece from QuEST Network on using routine health data to track health system performance in times of crisis Catherine Arsenault Margaret E. Kruk Borwornsom Leerapan Sebastian Bauhoff Neena Kapoor @annadgage Amit Aryal …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#WFH saves 72 minutes a day on average, and 90+ minutes in China, India, Japan and Singapore. This is a win-win: Employers gain 30 minutes (40%) more work a day, boosting productivity. Employees gain 42 minutes for leisure, caregiving and housework. nber.org/papers/w30866

Join us on Feb 28 for a Inter-American Development Bank webinar to explore the innovative epidemiological and economic model developed by IECS Argentina, and the impact of COVID-19 strategies on economic and #health outcomes in 4 #LAC countries. Register now! bit.ly/3IJj415

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At the Inter-American Development Bank we are looking to hire a consultant to help us with a comprehensive literature review on #ecoanxiety and analysis of the instruments used so far to measure it. 👇 iadbcareers.taleo.net/careersection/… #consultancy #opportunity #climatechange Soledad Bos Jennifer Doherty-Bigara Sebastian Bauhoff

¿Conoces el impacto que tiene la baja calidad de la atención de salud en la región? En este blog post de Sebastian Bauhoff puedes descubrir cómo está afectando este tema a los países y a las condiciones de salud específicas: bit.ly/3KLbYv8

Over 100 governments in low- and middle-income countries have introduced anti-poverty cash transfer programs over the last 3 decades In new research, we examined the effects of these initiatives on the ultimate health outcome — mortality Published today in nature /1

Programas de transferencias de efectivo reducen en un 20% la mortalidad materna, y un 8% la mortalidad infantil. Evidencia publicada en nature en base a casi un centenar de estudios paises de ingresos medio y bajos Sebastian Bauhoff @MStampini Pablo Ibarrarán

🚨The Center for Global Development Lead Poisoning program is Hiring!🚨 We're looking for a Senior Policy Analyst, based in either DC or London, to help us ramp up evidence-based policy outreach. See job listing here 👇 …erforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/Cft934kV…

¿Cómo proteger a los niños y niñas del impacto del cambio climático? Lee y súmate a la conversación ➡️bit.ly/3YVrTw7

Hey Springer Nature, appreciate the #APCdiscounts for lower-middle-income countries. But why base it on total GDP < $200bn and not *per-capita* GDP? Now Algeria ($4,274 pc) gets 50% off but not Nigeria ($2,184) or Pakistan ($1,597). springernature.com/gp/open-resear…

Fantastic results - significant lessons: The National Cancer Grid, a network of more than 250 cancer centres in India piloted pooled procurement...The savings ranged from 23% to 99% more with generics than newly patented meds => reveals advantages of pooled procurement for

Do you work in global health policy? The call for papers to present at the 2024 Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium at Stanford Univ (May 21, 2024) is just out. Deadline Nov 17. Travel expenses covered. Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Beyond just setting goals: combining goals and supervision to boost health center quality in Nigeria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… by Felipe Alexander Dunsch, Eze-Ajoku, Mario Macis, and me

Hi PLOS One, we are getting zero responses from you regarding an article that's been accepted and paid for... in early August. Could you check on and pretty please publish PONE-D-22-26538?

Our first #LACIR chapter on Health Inequalities is out! We find significant inequalities throughout the life cycle 📈 Stay tuned for the full Latin America & Caribbean Inequality Review Institute for Fiscal Studies Yale Economic Growth Center Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo LSE Inequalities publications.iadb.org/en/health-ineq…

Publicación importante en Health Affairs sobre las lecciones que nos dejó COVID para nuestra región. Bravo Rita Sorio Ricardo Perez Cuevas Sebastian Bauhoff Adolfo Rubinstein

Our story of how the National Cancer Grid NationalCancerGrid drastically reduced costs of cancer care in India. A model that can (and should) be replicated in other disease areas and geographies. Economies of scale, assured quality, reduced stockouts (1/2) bbc.com/news/business-…

All LAC countries are set for at least *doubling* of health spending by 2050. Important study by Krishna Rao, Andrés Vecino MEcon MD PhD et al for Inter-American Development Bank. See blog by Bill Savedoff and webinar recording here: blogs.iadb.org/salud/en/can-w… Study: doi.org/10.1016/j.lana…