Health

KIT aims to improve the health of people in low-and-middle-income countries through research, advice and education. On this page you find a selection of the work we do on health.

Training

Health Master's Implementing quality management in diagnostic laboratories Netherlands course in tropical medicine and hygiene (NTC) Practical information for course participants

New Advanced course on monitoring and evaluation: innovations in a dynamic health systems environment Preparing for voluntary medical practice in developing countries (in Dutch) Online course: Gender, rights and health

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Information services

Portals mHealth in Low-Resource Settings Laboratory Quality Strengthening Maternal Health All KIT Portals: Free full-text resources and news

Dossiers Malaria in pregnancy Gender and health Maternal health Laboratory Quality Strengthening All Dossiers

Other Access databases on Health via KIT Library Exchange: Quarterly magazine on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender

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Research

• Human resources for health
• Diagnostic products
• Tuberculosis
• Health systems development

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Advisory services

• Diagnosis and disease control
• WHO Collaborating Centre for HRH
• HIV and AIDS
• Institutional strengthening for health training institutes
• Epidemiology

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Latest

Latest books Health economics for developing countries (2011) Imported Skin Diseases (2011) HIV and culture confluence (2011) Realist review and synthesis of retention studies for health workers in rural and remote areas (2011) HIV-positive adolescents in Kenya (2010) Triggering meaningful change (2010)  Latest articles Improving the implementation of health workforce policies through governance (2011) Monitoring quality of care and accountability mechanisms at the district level (2011) Moving towards a sector-wide approach (SWAp) for health in fragile states (2011) Protocols for stabilization and preservation of RNA and DNA of Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Plasmodium (2011) Research and capacity building for control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (2011)

Events 16 December 2011: Minisymposium on Medical development cooperation in low income countries 25 January 2012: Symposium 'Everything you always wanted to know about diagnostics' Projects Evaluating the performance of health insurance schemes Mid-term review of leprosy programmes in Brazil Latest news  Global meeting on transforming health systems to serve the wellbeing of indigenous and minority peoples National Tuberculosis Control Programme evaluation in Pakistan KIT launches website of the Collaboration for Evidence Based Health Care in Africa WHO teams up again with KIT to deal with health workforce crisis Attracting and retaining health workers in rural and remote areas New course: preparing for voluntary medical practice in developing countries

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