National lists of essential medicines lay out the medicines needed to meet each country’s top health priorities....

The essential component of a successful universal health coverage program...

Information is the only block among the six health systems building blocks that comprehensively describes the other five blocks of health service delivery, workforce, financing, medicine and technology and...

Almost every diabetic patient in Indonesia that requires insulin to control their blood sugar is treated with the newer generation insulin analogue, despite internationally recognized guidance that low and...

India is home to 69 million people with type-2 diabetes. A serious complication of the disease is foot ulcers, which significantly increase a patient’s risk of amputation and death as well as financial burden....

Smart decisions about healthcare spending are vital to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, where resources are incredibly constrained and every dollar spent is often literally a life or death decision....

The World Health Organization in 1978 (WHO 1978) advocated for primary health care (PHC) as a strategy to achieve Health For All (HFA) by the year 2000....

Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to “ensure that all people can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, and that these are of sufficient...

Financing, political support and a clear strategic vision are key drivers of the realisation of Universal Health Coverage. As Ghana moves away from development assistance, iDSI traced Ghana’s path towards UHC...

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is one approach countries can take to prioritise health services in a systematic and transparent way. iDSI has traced the origins of HTA in China, from its introduction to...

Using Health Technology Assessment to address inefficient and unequal use of Nilotinib across Indonesia...