Features Governance, Equity, and Health The Governance, Equity, and Health (GEH) Program Initiative works toward the goal of an equitable, fair, and just provision of public services in developing countries. TEHIP News A newsletter of the IDRC/MOH Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project The issue: overview (slide show) FORGING LINKS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH Perspectives from the Council on Health Research for Development In_Focus: FIXING HEALTH SYSTEMS Don de Savigny, Harun Kasale, Conrad Mbuya, and Graham Reid POPULATION AND HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Population, Health, and Survival at INDEPTH Sites INDEPTH Network

• Introducing TEHIP
  An overview of the main elements of TEHIP

• Origins of TEHIP
  

• The issue: overview (slide show)
  

bmj.com Highlights the Success of TEHIP 2004-11-13
On November 13^th, the online health journal bmj.com gave favourable coverage of IDRC's latest IN_FOCUS publication Fixing Health Systems.

Child Mortality Rates Decrease Dramatically in Tanzania 2004-10-25

Making Plans for Success — The Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project 2003-10-30
Fewer children are dying in Morogoro District in Tanzania  — the result of significant improvements in local health care. Morogoro is one of two districts that are the testing ground for the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP). This research and development partnership between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Tanzania Ministry of Health has been piloting innovations in health planning, priority setting, and resource allocation. As the successful project comes to an end, the Tanzanian government is now taking steps to apply TEHIP’s lessons to the rest of the country.

Prioritizing International Health: The Global Forum for Health Research 2001-05-25
The Global Forum for Health Research is forging partnerships with public and private sector agencies to focus health research spending on the world's most devastating diseases. The Forum was launched to help correct the "10/90 gap" in health research. At least US$70 billion is spent annually on global health research by public and private sectors. But less than 10% of this amount is devoted to addressing 90% of the total global disease burden, explains Louis Currat, the Forum's Executive Secretary.

Improving Health Care in Tanzania: The Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project 2000-06-02
Malaria has long been one of the biggest killers in Tanzania and the Morogoro Rural District is no exception. Yet treating and preventing malaria has not been one of the main items in the district's health budget. Using a tool developed by the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project, health officials analysed their budget priorities against the disease burden borne by local people. The analysis showed that malaria accounts for 30 % of the years of life lost because of deaths and debilitating illnesses. As a result, the budget for malaria prevention and treatment programs increased from 5 % of total spending in 1996 to 25 % in 1998.