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Nations throughout the world face ongoing challenges when it comes to health care quality, costs, delivery, and access; disease prevention; and public health preparedness. RAND analyzes these global health issues and offers recommendations to help governments, health organizations, and other stakeholders arrive at better outcomes.

Commentary

The Global Economic Costs of Antimicrobial Resistance

May 20, 2016

In addition to being a public health problem, antimicrobial resistance is also a major economic concern. It crosses sectoral boundaries, because resistant bugs can pass between animals and humans, and through food, agriculture, and the environment.
Commentary

The Economic Rationale for Investing in Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aug 3, 2016

Proven benefits to reduced fertility — or to delayed start to childbearing and greater spacing between births — include lower maternal mortality, fewer unsafe abortions, reduced risks from early childbearing, and women's ability to engage in more income-generating opportunities.

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Commentary

The Royal Wedding's Bouquet to Public Health

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle asked the public to donate to charities instead of sending wedding gifts. The causes they are passionate about include helping children with HIV, homelessness, hygiene programs for women in the slums of Mumbai, and bringing sport to disadvantaged youth.

May 17, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Gender-Based Discrimination and Unprotected Receptive Anal Intercourse Among Transgender Women in Brazil: A Mixed Methods Study

Among a population of transgender women in Brazil, constant experience with gender-based discrimination contributed to a sense of trust with their stable partners, diminishing the desire to use condoms, and also contributed to poor mental health overall.

May 2, 2018
Report

Discontinuities and Distractions: Rethinking Security for the Year 2040

As part of its Security 2040 initiative, RAND convened a workshop of experts to discuss trends that could shape the world through the year 2040.

Apr 27, 2018
Commentary

Can America Afford to Reduce Global Public Health Funding?

The United States may be preparing to downsize funding for global epidemic prevention. Without renewed funding, the long-term outlook could include an increased likelihood of global disease outbreaks.

Feb 8, 2018
Research Brief

Evaluating Global Family Planning Programs

In 2013, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched two programs to help track progress toward a global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020. Evaluating these programs, researchers found opportunities for improvement in four areas.

Feb 5, 2018
Report

Evaluation of Two Programs Supporting Global Family Planning Data Needs: Assessing Achievements, Informing Future Directions

This evaluation of two programs that help monitor progress toward a global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020 is based on qualitative and quantitative data from interviews with more than 260 stakeholders in 16 countries.

Feb 5, 2018
Report

Evaluation of Two Programs Supporting Global Family Planning Data Needs: Summary

This report summarizes an evaluation of two programs that help monitor progress toward a global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020.

Feb 5, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Cross-Country Comparisons of Disability and Morbidity: Evidence from the Gateway to Global Aging Data

The Gateway to Global Aging Data, an information portal providing access to data from 30 countries, reveals that both disability and morbidity vary greatly across countries, and that the level of economic development is not the main driver of the differences.

Jan 16, 2018
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Journal Article

Developing Citizen Report Cards for Primary Health Care in Low and Middle-income Countries: Results from Cognitive Interviews in Rural Tajikistan

This assessment of alternative patient "report cards," conducted in rural Tajikistan, yielded insights about design benefits and challenges.

Nov 22, 2017
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Journal Article

A World Health Organization Field Trial Assessing a Proposed ICD-11 Framework for Classifying Patient Safety Events

The World Health Organization's proposed framework for classifying patient safety events was useful in classifying the majority of such events.

Oct 12, 2017
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Factors Contributing to Food Insecurity Among Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic: A Qualitative Study

Economic instability is the key driver of food insecurity among women living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.

Aug 29, 2017
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Journal Article

Improving Patient Experience in Primary Care: A Multimethod Programme of Research on the Measurement and Improvement of Patient Experience

This study demonstrates the importance of patient experience feedback as ameans of improving care in the U.K.'s National Health Service.

Aug 4, 2017
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Journal Article

Health, Disability and Mortality Differences at Older Ages Between the US and England

Disease prevalence in the US is higher than in England but differences between the two countries in disability and mortality were much smaller.

Aug 1, 2017
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Journal Article

Going to Scale: Design and Implementation Challenges of a Program to Increase Access to Skilled Birth Attendants in Nigeria

A program to increase the number of skilled birth attendants in Nigeria was hampered by design, implementation and operational challenges.

Jun 13, 2017
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Journal Article

Eliciting Survival Expectations of the Elderly in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From India

Elderly people in low-income countries are pessimistic about their survival probabilities compared with state-specific life tables, and socioeconomic status influences beliefs about survival expectations.

Apr 11, 2017
Commentary

Why the UN General Assembly Session on AMR Matters

Many common infections are becoming resistant to the antimicrobial medicines used to treat them, resulting in longer illnesses and more deaths. The fact that world leaders are using the UN as a forum for discussions about antimicrobial resistance is a promising move toward developing a coordinated global plan.

Sep 19, 2016
Report

Which Countries Could Become Disease Hot Spots?

Identifying and focusing on vulnerable countries that could become hot spots for infectious disease could help in the fight against future outbreaks.

Sep 12, 2016
Commentary

European and American Efforts to Tackle AMR: Great Minds Think Alike (Almost Always)

The United States and the European Union are committed to tackling antimicrobial resistance. Their efforts share objectives around key areas for improvement, such as the stewardship of existing antimicrobials, surveillance of their use, and development of new antimicrobials.

Aug 19, 2016
Commentary

Health and Safety at the Rio Olympics: It's Not Just About Zika

The risk of contracting Zika in Rio de Janeiro is low. But there is a broader range of health and safety concerns for which travelers can and should take specific precautions.

Aug 5, 2016
Commentary

The Rio Olympics Are the Site of a Battle Against 'Super Bacteria'

Brazilian scientists detected drug-resistant bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro's beaches, close to where it will host sailing and wind-surfing events, and in the lagoon where the rowing and canoeing events will take place.

Jul 29, 2016

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RAND Topic:
Global Health

Topic Synonyms:
Global Health Environment

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