Resource Details
| Resource Name: | Localization of Health Systems - Globalization & Health Journal |
| Link URL: | click to view: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/9/1/56 |
| Resource Type: | Article |
| Short Desc: | Interesting paper by Sarah Dalglish, Melissa Poulsen, and Peter Winch -- we sometimes think of the environment's impact on health, and less on health systemss impact on the environment. This paper looks at the next level of sustainability questions, closes the loop and proposes a localization approach to health systems: "Localization assigns people at the local level a greater role in the production of goods and services, thereby decreasing reliance on fossil fuels and other external inputs. Effective localization will require changes to governance structures within the health sector in LMICs, empowering local communities to participate in their own health in ways that have remained elusive since this goal was first put forth in the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care in 1978." |
| Resource Date: | 07-Oct-13 |
| Contact Person: | Peter Winch |
| Contact Email: | pwinch@jhsph.edu |
| Related Topics: |
Human Development Health/Basic Services Public Sector Community Capacity Environment Climate Change – Food Security Global Development Health systems strengthening Health systems financing Political participation Policy Governance Economy Complexity Track 1: Sustain. in Community Health Track 2: Global Challenges (food sec, adapt, GCC) |