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UN at 75: slow death or a new direction? | Annual Lecture 24

The 2020 WIDER Annual Lecture by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown will take place online on 26 October. As the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary this WIDER Annual Lecture discusses whether the UN can reinvent itself, or whether it will sink into irrelevance? More

Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty

Trillions of dollars have already been spent on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one knows what the final bill will be. Is it possible to respond to a much longer crisis – global poverty – with even a fraction of these resources? More

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COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle

The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite. Read more

COVID-19 and employment: Insights from the sub-Saharan African experience

While the full socio-economic consequences remain uncertain, the pandemic’s impact on the labour market has become an issue of global concern. Read more

Journal Special Issue: Understanding agricultural development and change

Using the case of Vietnam, this special issue brings together a set of high-quality academic studies to answer key research questions of importance to understanding agricultural development and change in developing country settings. Read more

How is COVID-19 changing development? A WIDER Webinar Series

Catch up on recordings from the WIDER Webinar Series to hear from renowned researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on development, and the implications for the Global South. More webinars to be announced soon!

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Policy Brief

Measuring quality of health-care services: What is known and where are the knowledge gaps? Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Journal Article

Improving water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities, Liberia

Problem The lack of proper water and sanitation infrastructures and poor hygiene practices in health-care facilities reduces facilities’ preparedness and response to disease outbreaks and decreases the communities’ trust in the health ser...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Journal Article

Observations of infection prevention and control practices in primary health care, Kenya

Objective To assess compliance with infection prevention and control practices in primary health care in Kenya...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Journal Article

Implementation research to improve quality of maternal and newborn health care, Malawi

Objective To evaluate the impact of a performance-based financing scheme on maternal and neonatal health service quality in Malawi...

Health SDG3 Universal Health Coverage

Policy seminar

Policy Seminar - Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue 'Measuring quality of care'

14 June 2017

Salle A, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland

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Blog

Quality of routine labor and delivery care in Uttar Pradesh, India: Are private facilities better?

by Sarah Hodin
June 2017

In India, the percentage of women who delivered in a health facility increased from roughly 35% in 2000 to 79% in 2014 ...

Quality of care SDG3 Health-care

Blog

Building the learning agenda: Spotlight on the Global Learning Laboratory for Quality Universal Health Coverage

by Nana Mensah Abrampah
June 2017

Improving the delivery of quality health services is messy! Vast amounts of knowledge and experience is being generated daily...

Health Quality of care SDG3

Blog

Measuring outpatient safety at scale: infection prevention and control practices in Kenya

by Guadalupe Bedoya, Jishnu Das
June 2017

Primum non nocere — first, do no harm. This most basic tenet of medical care is routinely violated in clinics and hospitals around the world today ...

Quality of care Health SDG3