Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries: gateway to good governance

S Siddiqi, TI Masud, S Nishtar, DH Peters, B Sabri… - Health policy, 2009 - Elsevier
Governance is thought to be a key determinant of economic growth, social advancement
and overall development, as well as for the attainment of the MDGs in low-and middle …

Implementation of health and health-related sustainable development goals: progress, challenges and opportunities–a systematic literature review

W Aftab, FJ Siddiqui, H Tasic, S Perveen, S Siddiqi… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction While health is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many other
'health-related'goals comprise determinants of health. Integrated implementation across …

Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: experience from six countries

A Alwan, R Majdzadeh, G Yamey, K Blanchet… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
This paper reviews the experience of six low-income and lower middle-income countries in
setting their own essential packages of health services (EPHS), with the purpose of …

The role of the private sector in delivering essential packages of health services: lessons from country experiences

S Siddiqi, W Aftab, AV Raman, A Soucat, A Alwan - BMJ global health, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Many countries are adopting essential packages of health services (EPHS) to implement
universal health coverage (UHC), which are mostly financed and delivered by the public …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening health systems for universal health coverage and sustainable development

MP Kieny, H Bekedam, D Dovlo… - Bulletin of the World …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The first pathway is through investment in health which contributes to an increase in life
expectancy and healthier workers, contributing to increases in economic productivity. The …

Water-borne hepatitis E virus epidemic in Islamabad, Pakistan: a common source outbreak traced to the malfunction of a modern water treatment plant.

MA Rab, MK Bile, MM Mubarik, H Asghar… - The American journal …, 1997 - europepmc.org
During December 1993 and in the first three months of 1994, an explosive water-borne
epidemic of hepatitis E virus (HEV) occurred in two sectors of Islamabad, Pakistan. In a …

[HTML][HTML] Why are the Pakistani maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes so poor compared to other low and middle-income countries?

A Aziz, S Saleem, TL Nolen, NA Pradhan… - Reproductive …, 2020 - Springer
Background Pakistan has among the poorest pregnancy outcomes worldwide, significantly
worse than many other low-resource countries. The reasons for these differences are not …

[HTML][HTML] Contracting but not without caution: experience with outsourcing of health services in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

S Siddiqi, TI Masud, B Sabri - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2006 - SciELO Public Health
The public sector in developing countries is increasingly contracting with the non-state
sector to improve access, efficiency and quality of health services. We conducted a …

The path towards universal health coverage in the Arab uprising countries Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen

SS Saleh, MS Alameddine, NM Natafgi, A Mataria… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
The constitutions of many countries in the Arab world clearly highlight the role of
governments in guaranteeing provision of health care as a right for all citizens. However …

Adverse events in a Tunisian hospital: results of a retrospective cohort study

M Letaief, S El Mhamdi, R El-Asady… - … journal for quality in …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite the worldwide growing attention to patient safety, Tunisia has no data
on the magnitude and consequences of hospital adverse events (AEs). Objective To …