Where is Global Health Heading- Event
The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is organizing a discussion as part of the UNU Worldwide In New York Series entitled "Where is Global Health Heading?" presented by three scholars from the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH). The presentation will focus on the following topics:
* Role of UNU-IIGH in Capacity Building for Global Health by Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin, Director, UNUIIGH
* New Case‐Mix System Tool for Sustainable Health Financing in Developing Countries by Prof. Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Senior Research Fellow, UNUIIGH
* Environmental Impacts and Climate Change Mitigation for Global Health by Prof. Jamal Hisham Hashim, Research Fellow, UNU-IIGH
Threats to sustainable global health include poverty and inequality, rising vulnerability diseases and natural hazards, water and sanitation issues, uncontrolled urbanization, marginalization of rural populations, unsafe living conditions, and lack of health infrastructure. Most importantly, there is a severe lack of human capacity building programs for the health sector critical to achieving reasonable health indicators in developing countries. This can be attributed to policy restrictions, migration of healthcare workers, and constraints in finance, infrastructure and expertise.
At the same time, the environment continues to be an important contributing factor to disease and mortality, where 23% of all deaths globally can be attributed to environmental risk factors like sanitation, disease vectors, accidents and air pollution. Among children, they account for up to 36% of global deaths. On a global scale, the greatest threats to health from environmental change and modifications, which are yet to be realized, have to be those related to climate change.
Case-mix or DRGs is a disease classification system with the objective of creating mutually exclusive, clinically meaningful categories of cases with similar resource utilization. The system has been used as a tool to enhance the quality and efficiency of healthcare services in many developed countries. Case-mix has the reputation as an effective and efficient tool for providing payment for health financing schemes. The use of case-mix system in resource-challenged countries is erratic due to the lack of awareness among health decision makers, low technical capacity and inaccessibility to low cost and reliable case-mix groupers.
With the UNU Worldwide in New York Series, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York, as part of its mandate, showcases the recent work of UNU Institutes from around the world. In conjunction with other experts from different organizations, UNU researchers share new ideas and highlight new policy avenues in the areas of security, environment and development.
Speakers
Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin
Director, UNUIIGH
Prof. Syed Mohamed Aljunid
Senior Research Fellow, UNUIIGH
Prof. Jamal Hisham Hashim
Research Fellow, UNU-IIGH
Moderator
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Director, UNU Office at the UN, New York
* Role of UNU-IIGH in Capacity Building for Global Health by Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin, Director, UNUIIGH
* New Case‐Mix System Tool for Sustainable Health Financing in Developing Countries by Prof. Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Senior Research Fellow, UNUIIGH
* Environmental Impacts and Climate Change Mitigation for Global Health by Prof. Jamal Hisham Hashim, Research Fellow, UNU-IIGH
Threats to sustainable global health include poverty and inequality, rising vulnerability diseases and natural hazards, water and sanitation issues, uncontrolled urbanization, marginalization of rural populations, unsafe living conditions, and lack of health infrastructure. Most importantly, there is a severe lack of human capacity building programs for the health sector critical to achieving reasonable health indicators in developing countries. This can be attributed to policy restrictions, migration of healthcare workers, and constraints in finance, infrastructure and expertise.
At the same time, the environment continues to be an important contributing factor to disease and mortality, where 23% of all deaths globally can be attributed to environmental risk factors like sanitation, disease vectors, accidents and air pollution. Among children, they account for up to 36% of global deaths. On a global scale, the greatest threats to health from environmental change and modifications, which are yet to be realized, have to be those related to climate change.
Case-mix or DRGs is a disease classification system with the objective of creating mutually exclusive, clinically meaningful categories of cases with similar resource utilization. The system has been used as a tool to enhance the quality and efficiency of healthcare services in many developed countries. Case-mix has the reputation as an effective and efficient tool for providing payment for health financing schemes. The use of case-mix system in resource-challenged countries is erratic due to the lack of awareness among health decision makers, low technical capacity and inaccessibility to low cost and reliable case-mix groupers.
With the UNU Worldwide in New York Series, the United Nations University Office at the UN, New York, as part of its mandate, showcases the recent work of UNU Institutes from around the world. In conjunction with other experts from different organizations, UNU researchers share new ideas and highlight new policy avenues in the areas of security, environment and development.
Speakers
Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin
Director, UNUIIGH
Prof. Syed Mohamed Aljunid
Senior Research Fellow, UNUIIGH
Prof. Jamal Hisham Hashim
Research Fellow, UNU-IIGH
Moderator
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Director, UNU Office at the UN, New York
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