Latest news from COMDIS-HSD

COVID-19 Clinical and operational guidelines for healthcare facilities

The clinical deskguides are for generalist doctors, nurses, practitioners who see ‘walk-in’ patients in the outpatient departments and primary health centres in the context of Covid-19. They can be further adapted to Asia and Africa country settings. They can be … Read on »

COVID-19: Guidelines for hospital operations management and infection prevention and control (IPC)

COMDIS China and other colleagues, are developing Covid-19 guidelines for ‘Hospital Covid-19 operations management and infection prevention and control (IPC)’, and a Covid-19 clinical deskguide and training for general hospital and health centre outpatients. These are prepared based on WHO, UK … Read on »

Punjab Programme launches a set of care-products for integrated hepatitis care

The Hepatitis and Infection Control Program Punjab has launched a set of care-products for integrated hepatitis care. The care-products include: Case management desk-guide Doctor training module (English) Nurses training module (Urdu) Patient counseling tool (pictorial) Set of recording/ reporting tools … Read on »

COMDIS-HSD reflects on 8 years of influencing health policy and practice

Influencing policy makers and practitioners for better health service delivery When we originally set up the COMDIS-HSD research programme consortium, our primary intention was to develop research findings that would impact on health policy and practice in our partner countries … Read on »

Dr Muhammad Amir Khan receives global TB award

The prestigious Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award, recognising outstanding contributions to global TB control, has been presented to Dr Muhammad Amir Khan for his significant achievements in TB control activities. Dr Khan, the Chief Executive for the Association for … Read on »

Strengthening local health systems by reaching the urban poor in Pokhara, Nepal

Pokhara, one of the gateways to the Himalayas, is a popular tourist destination in Western Nepal. Like other rapidly urbanising, metropolitan cities in South Asia, Pokhara faces various challenges. Identifying the urban poor and increasing their access to basic health … Read on »

COMDIS-HSD marks the passing of Bryan Haddon, Founder of Health Partners International

It is with much sadness that we mourn the death of our dear friend and colleague Bryan Haddon, Founder and Chair of Health Partners International. Bryan was an active member of our Consortium Advisory Group (CAG) for over 7 years, … Read on »

Making universal health coverage a reality underpins Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

The ongoing need for inclusive health systems has been highlighted at the 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool. Despite some improvements in diversity and inclusion in recent years, evidence shows many vulnerable populations continue to be left … Read on »

Malaria Consortium project showcased at Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network conference

Malaria Consortium’s COMDIS-HSD funded study “Strengthening Primary Healthcare for NTDs in Ethiopia” has been showcased at the 9th Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) annual Conference in Addis Ababa, for which the overarching theme was reaching ‘the last billion’ people … Read on »

COMDIS-HSD to deliver range of sessions at Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Researchers from the COMDIS-HSD team will be delivering a number of sessions at this year’s Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool. Topics will cover themes including urban health, antibiotic resistance and gender. Full details can be seen below. … Read on »