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Refining the Health Priorities Matrix. Eimear Barrett Queen’s University Belfast eimear.barrett@qub.ac.uk. Health Priorities from Scenario Planning Exercise. Infectious disease Maternal Health Food Security HIV/AIDS Climate Change Gender and Health. Validation of Priorities.
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Refining the Health Priorities Matrix Eimear Barrett Queen’s University Belfast eimear.barrett@qub.ac.uk
Health Priorities from Scenario Planning Exercise • Infectious disease • Maternal Health • Food Security • HIV/AIDS • Climate Change • Gender and Health
Validation of Priorities • Mapping exercise • Health strategies • National Health Plans • Development Assistance Strategies • Expert Interviews NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CONTINENTAL GLOBAL
Projected deaths by cause and income, 2004 to 2030 Intentional injuries Other unintentional Road traffic accidents Other NCD Cancers CVD Mat//peri/nutritional Other infectious HIV, TB, malaria
Global projections for selected causes, 2004 to 2030 Cancers Ischaemic HD Stroke Acute respiratoryinfections Road trafficaccidents Perinatal HIV/AIDS TB Malaria Updated from Mathers and Loncar, PLoS Medicine, 2006
Expert Interviews Individuals were members of the following organisations: • Irish Aid • Sida-Sarec • NEPAD (The New Partnership for Africa’s Development) • ACOSHED (African Council for Sustainable Health Development) • Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences • Academy of Medical Sciences
Emerging Themes from Expert Interviews • Health systems • Building capacity • Building research systems and making research more strategic • Specific disease priorities • Community engagement
Conclusions • IAPRCB priorities echoed in reviewed sources • Other areas of importance e.g. chronic disease and malnutrition • Specific disease priorities only small piece of the puzzle • Paradigm shift towards systems thinking • IAPRCB list of priorities should be expanded
Infectious/Endemic disease Maternal health Food security HIV/AIDS Climate change Gender and health/ gender equality Action Research Reproductive health Health literacy/promotion Health equity/reduction in disparities Human resources for health Health resources Financial management/monitoring Health systems governance Health in humanitarian crises Chronic diseases Malnutrition Health and ICT Traditional medicine Expanded List of Health Priorities