Ala Alwan

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi The implications of health sector reform for human resources development
    Ala Alwan
    Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 80:56-60. 2002
  2. ncbi [Health-sector funding: options for funding health care in Iraq]
    Alaa Din Alwan
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    East Mediterr Health J 14:1372-9. 2008
  3. ncbi Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress and capacity in high-burden countries
    Ala Alwan
    Non Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 376:1861-8. 2010
  4. ncbi Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries
    Badara Samb
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 376:1785-97. 2010
  5. ncbi Total cardiovascular risk approach to improve efficiency of cardiovascular prevention in resource constrain settings
    Shanthi Mendis
    Noncommunicable diseases and Mental Health Cluster, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Clin Epidemiol 64:1451-62. 2011
  6. ncbi Appraisal of demand for and planning of health workforce
    Peter Hornby
    Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, UK
    Cah Sociol Demogr Med 48:252-5. 2008

Collaborators

  • Francesca Celletti
  • Fiona Adshead
  • Tim Evans
  • M McKee
  • S Nishtar
  • A L C Martiniuk
  • Shanthi Mendis
  • Badara Samb
  • Peter Hornby
  • Porfirio Nordet
  • Nihal Abeysinghe
  • Wu Fan
  • Judith Whitworth
  • Simon G Anderson
  • Rajendra Koju
  • Alfredo Duneas
  • Anthony Heagerty
  • Azhar Mahmood Kayani
  • Lars H Lindholm
  • Sergo Tabagari
  • Nizal Sarraf-Zadegan
  • Basden J C Onwubere
  • Anna Wright
  • Carissa Etienne
  • Kiran Patel
  • Shanti Mendis
  • Justine Hsu
  • Nina Desai
  • Henk Bekedam

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi The implications of health sector reform for human resources development
    Ala Alwan
    Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 80:56-60. 2002
    ..The paper indicates some of the initiatives required and suggests that the starting point for many countries should be a rigorous appraisal of the current state of human resources development in health...
  2. ncbi [Health-sector funding: options for funding health care in Iraq]
    Alaa Din Alwan
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    East Mediterr Health J 14:1372-9. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress and capacity in high-burden countries
    Ala Alwan
    Non Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 376:1861-8. 2010
    ..Despite increasing awareness and commitment to address chronic disease, concrete actions by global partners to plan and implement cost-effective interventions are inadequate...
  4. ncbi Prevention and management of chronic disease: a litmus test for health-systems strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries
    Badara Samb
    World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Lancet 376:1785-97. 2010
    ..Because effective chronic disease programmes are highly dependent on well-functioning national health systems, chronic diseases should be a litmus test for health-systems strengthening...
  5. ncbi Total cardiovascular risk approach to improve efficiency of cardiovascular prevention in resource constrain settings
    Shanthi Mendis
    Noncommunicable diseases and Mental Health Cluster, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    J Clin Epidemiol 64:1451-62. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Appraisal of demand for and planning of health workforce
    Peter Hornby
    Centre for Health Planning and Management, Keele University, UK
    Cah Sociol Demogr Med 48:252-5. 2008