Researchers at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Have Reported New Data on CDC and FDA [Policy Space and Pro-health Equity National Policymaking: a Case Study of Myanmar During Political Transition (2006-16)]: CDC and FDA

2022 OCT 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on CDC and FDA are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from London, United Kingdom, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Health equity is central to achieving sustainable development goals and COVID-19 has emphasized its importance. Ensuring health equity is prominent in policy discussions and decision-making is a critical challenge in all countries.”

Financial support for this research came from LSHTM student travel grant.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “Understanding the policy space for actors to promote health equity in the policy process may help to strengthen prioritization of equity in policy and programme discussions and decisions. Authors developed a conceptual framework for policy space based on a narrative literature review. This comprised five key elements and their associated factors, i.e. policy circumstances, policy characteristics, actor engagement and policy spaces. Authors then applied it in Myanmar during a period of political transition, using a qualitative case study design. Findings showed that political transition provided an important ‘policy window’ to develop more equitable health policy in Myanmar. Changing policy circumstances offered opportunities for advancing pro-equity policy. However, lack of visibility of health equity and long-standing inequalities were important challenges to policy space. Within a changing context, actors at individual and organizational levels used a range of policy spaces to advance pro-equity health policy. Learning from using the framework in Myanmar was incorporated into a revised framework.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Application of this revised framework could provide valuable insights into the opportunities to promote a pro-health equity approach across policy and programme discussions and decision-making for actors trying to promote equity in other transition and non-transition contexts.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Policy Space and Pro-health Equity National Policymaking: a Case Study of Myanmar During Political Transition (2006-16). Health Policy and Planning, 2022. Health Policy and Planning can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. (Oxford University Press - http://www.oup.com/; Health Policy and Planning - heapol.oxfordjournals.org)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Natasha Howard, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dept. of Global Health and Development, 15-17 Tavistock Pl, London WC1H 9SH, United Kingdom. Additional authors for this research include Fiona Campbell, Dina Balabanova, Than Tun Sein, Thant Sin Htoo and Wai Yee Krystal Khine.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czac076. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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