Introduction to the COVID – 19: Learning Diary from India
In December 2019, an acute respiratory viral infection was first identified in Wuhan city in China. Ever since then the disease has infected over 4.9 million people, killed over 320,000, and brought life to a standstill in several countries.[1] It has forced …
India’s Covid-19 Testing Capacity Must Grow by a Factor of 10: Here’s How that Can Happen
India’s testing capacity for Covid-19 is extremely insufficient to withstand the size of the outbreak. Many experts believe that a tenfold increase in the country’s testing rate is necessary to keep positivity rates below 10 percent, as recommended by the World Health …
The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition and Climate Change
Climate change and non-communicable diseases are two sweeping global health challenges that share an underlying lack of urgency, political will, strengthened action, and accountability. ACCESS Health Southeast Asia’s former intern, Lavanya Prakash, proposed a solution, based on the Lancet Commission’s piece “The …
What The Tech: Impact of Digital Innovations on Healthcare in Asia
Asia is a region where people have better access to a smart phone than to a doctor. The demand for high quality healthcare products and services will continue to rise as the middle-income group grow and age or as lifestyles change. In …
The 2019 Catalog: A Collection of Speeches, Articles, Interviews, and Travel Commentaries by ACCESS Health Chairman and President William A. Haseltine
Gathered in this catalog are all the speeches, interviews, articles, and travel commentaries produced by ACCESS Health International Chairman and President William A. Haseltine over the course of 2019. An additional compilation of Haseltine’s correspondence with friends and colleagues from previous years …
Innovative funding models for cancer treatment in Asia: A landscape study of funding trends and innovations
Scientific advances in cancer care are improving quality of life for people living with cancer and their survival rates. However, too many people across Asia have been denied access to the benefits of these improvements due to insufficient funding of cancer services. …
Reaching 650 Million: How Digital Technology is Key to Achieving Universal Health Coverage in ASEAN
This report, produced in partnership with Cisco Systems, focuses on the use of digital technology to improve access to care, focusing specifically on the Southeast Asian region. The ASEAN region is one of the most dynamic and fast-growing economic regions worldwide, bringing …
Safe Care Saving Lives Standard Operating Procedures
This document provides a set of standard operating procedures to design, implement, and evaluate a quality improvement program. It was developed as part of the Safe Care, Saving Lives quality improvement program which worked to improve the quality of care in public …
Safe Care, Saving Lives Change Package for Quality Improvement in Newborn Care
A change package is an evidence based set of changes that are critical to the improvement of care. This Change Package provides ideas to improve the quality of care in hospital labor rooms and newborn care units. It was developed as part …
Safe Care, Saving Lives Quality Improvement Kit
Quality of care is a key component to achieving universal health coverage. The process of quality improvement consists of systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvements in healthcare processes and outcomes. The benefit of quality improvement is that it helps …