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Grace Ku
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Family Physician, Public Health Specialist, Health Systems and Health Policy Researcher, Chronic Care Quality Advocate
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“In a partnership on equal footing, one side cannot decide to reduce a previously agreed contribution by 25% or 50%. A cooperation should be more reliable than a donor–recipient relationship,” says @gorikooms.bsky.social, health-policy researcher at ITM.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The US and Europe have cut billions in health aid — can anyone fill the gap?
It's time to radically reimagine global health, leaders tell World Health Summit in Berlin.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs approaches, I share our work on quality of chronic care and the possible contribution of purchasing arrangements in low- and middle-income coutries. May this inspire decision makers and implementers. iris.who.int/handle/10665...
Quality of care for chronic conditions: literature review and Delphi survey on the possible contribution of purchasing arrangements in low- and middle-income countries
iris.who.int
September 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Care cascades can be used to assess weaknesses of a health system in delivering care. In this article, we constructed and compared cascades of care for hypertension to learn lessons in improving quality of integrated care.
ijic.org/articles/892...
ijic.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our brief communication on clarifying guidelines, protocols and pathways and their uses may be of great help for more successful implementation and/or scaling up of adaptations of the WHO HEARTS Technical Package academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...
Translating Guidelines, Protocols, and Care Pathways for Hypertension Into Effective Program Implementation
AbstractBACKGROUND. Inconsistent terminology and conceptual overlap among clinical practice guidelines, treatment protocols, and care pathways can lead to
academic.oup.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Amid the frenzy of preparations for the UN High Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases and working on the political declaration, you might find this work on NCD financing mechanisms to improve quality of chronic care interesting
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Improving the quality of chronic care through purchasing arrangements in resource-constrained settings: insights from an international Delphi survey
There are substantial issues with the quality of care (QoC) received by persons living with chronic conditions, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). One possible channel to imp...
www.tandfonline.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is everybody's business; not just theirs, nor is it ours alone.
Everyone should act.
Now.
NCD prevention and care: Yes, it is vitally important, but who is doing it?
In December 2024,  the International Research Network on Quality of Care for Chronic Conditions  held its first meeting in Antwerp. The focus was the growing burden of chronic, non-communicable diseas...
www.internationalhealthpolicies.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM