equitable health

  • Closing the Gap with ETAT+, Saving Children’s Lives, and Advancing Health Equity in Uganda 

    Closing the Gap with ETAT+, Saving Children’s Lives, and Advancing Health Equity in Uganda 

    Article by: Tatumwa Desmond Benjamin, Nurse, Communications Officer, Busoga Health Forum   Imagine rushing your feverish child to the nearest health facility, desperate for timely treatment. By the time you arrive, their breathing is shallow, and their skin is cold and clammy. Before the introduction of the Emergency Triage, Assessment, and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) program, such…

  • Call for proposals: Health equity in decentralized democracy 

    Call for proposals: Health equity in decentralized democracy 

    Note: this call is closed. The project funded from this call is described here: Open call for proposals for research on the nexus between local democracy and equitable health provision. Background  Democracy is essential for achieving good health globally.1 A recent comprehensive study by Bollyky et al. (2019) asserts that “democracies are more likely than…