Dian Kusama Keywords global health health systems health financing health service delivery health reform policy impact evaluations Read more about Dian Kusama Dian Kusama is a Lecturer in Global Health at City University of London since 2022. His interests include global health, health systems, health financing, health service delivery, health reform, policy impact evaluations, NCD prevention and control, built environment, and geospatial analysis. Before City, he was a researcher at Imperial College London. He worked on a project aimed approaches to reduce the burden of diabetes and CVDs in South Asia. Before that, he was a researcher at Harvard University.
Primary Health Care and Urban Health Read more about Primary Health Care and Urban Health Primary healthcare forms an integral part of the country’s health system and its provision in densely populated urban areas can be challenging. Learn about the the importance and avenues of primary healthcare and the challenges of providing universal health coverage in urban areas. The presentation features discussions of ADB interventions in Bangladesh and India, urban health frameworks, and the elements of healthy cities.
Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health Read more about Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health Learn about health service delivery and its importance in achieving universal health coverage. Universal health coverage is achieved when quality health service delivery is available for people to access. This presentation explains how health service delivery works and why it matters. Topics covered include physician behavior, degree of vertical integration, legal ownership of health institutions, human resources for health, policy to improve efficiency in healthcare delivery, and hospital autonomy.