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Who, What, Where, When and Why?

GPU staff, alliance members and advisors track trends data and events pertinent to our agency mission and goals. Who, What, Where, When and Why is a portal to resources, events, people, data, and potential 'game changers' that affect the capacity building arena. We hope this portal brings value-added knowledge exchange to our intended audiences.

International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)

International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) and its members aim to promote inclusive development. Inclusive development means respecting the full human rights of every person, acknowledging diversity, eradicating poverty and ensuring that all people are fully included and can actively participate in development processes and activities regardless of age, gender, disability, state of health, ethnic origin or any other characteristic.

The International Disability and Development Consortium is a global consortium of 23 disability and development non-governmental organisations (NGOs), mainstream development NGOs and disabled people's organisations (DPOs) supporting disability and development work in more than 100 countries around the world.

The aim of IDDC is to promote inclusive development internationally, with a special focus on promoting the full and effective enjoyment of human rights by all disabled people living in economically poor communities in lower and middle-income countries.

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Securing Good Care for More People - Options for Reform

Reports From the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO (April, 2010)Securing Good Care for More People - Options for Reform Richard Humphries is a Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund.Julien Forder is Professor of the Economics of Social Policy and Deputy Director of PSSRU at the University of Kent; José-Luis Fernández is Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow at PSSRU at the London School of Economics.

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Investing Wisely in Child Survival with the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)

Investing Wisely in Child Survival with the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) March 29, 2010
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The International Journal of Epidemiology published a special issue today chronicling the development and recent use of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)—a user-friendly computer program that helps donor agencies and governments make investments in child survival programs for maximum impact. LiST was developed in the Child Health Epidemiology Research Group (CHERG) with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. 
The special issue of International Journal of Epidemiology was edited by Neff Walker, PhD.

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Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Systems: Conceptual Framework

Vincent K. Omachonu Department of Industrial Engineering  University of Miami; Norman G. Einspruch Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami
The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, Volume 15(1), 2010, Article 2.

"……The healthcare industry has experienced a proliferation of innovations aimed at enhancing life expectancy, quality of life, diagnostic and treatment options, as well as the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the healthcare system.

Information technology has played a vital role in the innovation of healthcare systems. Despite the surge in innovation, theoretical research on the art and science of healthcare innovation has been limited. One of the driving forces in research is a conceptual framework that provides researchers with the foundation upon which their studies are built. This paper begins with a definition of healthcare innovation and an understanding of how innovation occurs in healthcare. A conceptual framework is then developed which articulates the intervening variables that drive innovation in healthcare."

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