Global Health Policy Programme
Drawing on the existing academic strengths of Green Templeton College and the wider research community in the University, GTC is launching a Global Health Policy Programme, led by Fellows Ken Fleming, Stephen Kennedy and Winnie Yip, for advancing knowledge and excellence in implementing policy aspects of global health using an evidence-based approach.
A critical problem confronting most low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is how to fund and deliver evidence-based health care in a sustainable, equitable, efficient and effective manner. Through a series of theme-based world-class speaker series, collaborative and inter-disciplinary research projects and educational material development, and student-led seminars and journal clubs, the Programme's objectives will be to:
- discover and synthesise evidence of viable models to fund and deliver evidence-based health care in a sustainable, equitable, efficient and effective manner
- disseminate the findings to policy-makers and professionals to effect policy-making, implementation and changes in practice
- provide a platform to facilitate synergy in research and teaching among GTC members and between GTC and other Oxford academics with similar interests.
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Green Templeton College, Woodstock Road
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Trinity Term 2012
Expressions of Interest in Writing Review Papers
We now invite students (as individuals or in groups) to write review papers for the following questions:
- What are the gaps between evidence-based healthcare/practice and actual practice/treatment?
- What health system interventions exist that aim to reduce the gap between actual and evidence-based healthcare/treatment?
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by Thursday 26 April. GHPP will consider funding the review work and the amount will be based on proposed scope and output.
GHPP Programme for Trinity Term 2012 in brief
Wednesday 2 May at 4pm in the Barclay Room (Week 2)
GHPP student meeting Ken Fleming and other members of the GHPP will be available to help answer any questions students may have regarding their review paper proposals.
Thursday 17 May at 3pm in the Barclay Room (Week 4)
Journal club led by Winnie Yip on 'health systems strengthening' and 'developing health system guidance'.
Date to be confirmed (Week 6)
Journal club on 'evaluation of complex interventions' (date to be confirmed).
Thursday 14 June (Week 8)
Student presentations on papers.
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Launch event
The Oxford Challenge
How can Oxford help provide the evidence for improving health and healthcare globally for the benefit of the world's whole population?
Lord Nigel Crisp
Wednesday 8 February 2012, 6pm E P Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College.
The seven billion people in the world have rights to health and healthcare which are not yet being met. As populations grow, needs grow. As countries become wealthier, demand grows. There is innovation and investment around the world - with lessons coming from low and middle income countries as well as high income ones - but only limited evidence about what works most effectively and equitably.
How can Oxford best contribute to creating and disseminating the evidence base?
This is a multidisciplinary challenge which requires the inputs of everyone from anthropologists to engineers, economists to geographers, basic and policy scientists to philosophers - and the Business School as well as the Medical and Nursing Schools.
Lord Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords and works mainly on international development and global health. He was Chief Executive of the NHS in England and Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health between 2000 to 2006.