Open Contracting for Health in Uganda By Sean Darby Open Contracting for Health (OC4H) is an FCDO-funded project which seeks to improve the transparency and accountability of public procurement in the health sector. By ensuring that the procurement of things like medical supplies and the building of health centres is conducted openly and transparently, it...
By Natalie Rhodes, Policy Officer If you search for scientific research articles with COVID-19 in the title, you’ll see more than 17,000 articles published since the start of 2020[i], but this vital research is being undermined by weak or even fraudulent research practices. Perhaps the highest profile example so far is the Surgisphere case...
This article originally appeared on Devex. By Tom Wright and Sean Darby Substandard ventilators, grossly overpriced equipment, lucrative contracts awarded to companies with little or no expertise — these are just a few of the disturbingly commonplace things we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic in countries ranging from the U.K. and U.S. to Brazil and...
By Natalie Rhodes Six questions that need to be addressed in the US$8 billion pledge to fight COVID-19 In a significant public display of global solidarity, on May 4th the European Commission, Germany, France and other EU member states pledged US$8 billion for health technologies to combat COVID-19. The Coronavirus Global Response pledging conference answered...
By Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado 2020 marks the first anniversary of Transparency International Health Initiative’s ground-breaking report revealing how corruption in healthcare service delivery threatens Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – that is the worldwide commitment to provide access to essential quality health services for all. This year, we are also entering a 10-year count-down to meet...
By Natalie Rhodes During disease outbreaks, such as those of Ebola and COVID-19 we see health systems struggle as they handle the increased pressure on resources. In recent days many have flagged how this brings to light weak points within a health system, such as workforce shortages and poor access to medicines. As I’ll outline...
By Natalie Rhodes “Corruption in global health is an open secret. Everybody knows about it, but no-one wants to talk about it”. These are the words of Professor Patricia J. García, the ex-Peruvian Minister of Health who gave the Lancet’s 2019 Academy of Medical Sciences & The Lancet International Health Lecture[i]. When you look at...
