Browsing by Author "Wu, Shishi"

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      Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries 

      Foo, Chuan De; Verma, Monica; Tan, Si Ying; Hamer, Jess; Mark, Nina van der; Pholpark, Aungsumalee; Hanvoravongchai, Piya; Cheh, Paul Li Jen; Marthias, Tiara; Mahendradhata, Yodi; Putri, Likke Prawidya; Hafidz, Firdaus; Giang, Kim Bao; Khuc, Thi Hong Hanh; Minh, Hoang Van; Wu, Shishi; Caamal-Olvera, Cinthya G; Orive, Gorka; Wang, Hong; Nachuk, Stefan; Lim, Jeremy; Cruz, Valeria de Oliveira; Yates, Rob; Legido-Quigley, Helena (2023-12)

      Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected the impact of the pandemic on the population, particularly vulnerable groups and individuals. We provide an overview and illustrative examples of health financing policies adopted in 15 countries during the pandemic, develop a framework for resilient health financing, and use this pandemic to argue a case to move towards ...
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      A qualitative exploration of factors that influence the uptake of tuberculosis services by low-skilled migrant workers in Singapore 

      Foo, Chuan De; Wu, Shishi; Amin, Fariha; Rajaraman, Natarajan; Cook, Alex R.; Legido-Quigley, Helena (2023-09-02)

      Introduction: Singapore relies heavily on migrant workers to build its country and harbours a relatively large population of these workers. Importantly, tuberculosis (TB) remains a pernicious threat to the health of these workers and in line with the United Nations High-Level Meeting in 2023, this paper aims to uncover the qualitative discourse facing migrant workers’ uptake of TB services and provide policy recommendations to enable more equitable access to TB services for this population. Methods: In-depth interviews were carried out with ...