Lack of access to essential health services in
remote rural areas is affecting China's progress towards the
Millennium Development Goals
HLSP is expanding its capacity to provide support to China’s
health policies and programmes.
Based in Beijing, HLSP China comprises four full time staff:
Director Cliff Lenton, a Business Development Manager and two
Officers.
In China, HLSP’s core business is providing technical support to
government and private health agencies through:
- Providing our international and Chinese health experts to give
advice and solve problems.
- Conducting research to find new ways of improving peoples’
access to health services and the quality of these services.
- Providing technical training in all aspects of health systems
to Chinese policy makers, planners, managers, experts and
officials.
- Organizing study tours to share international experience with
Chinese policy makers, planners and managers.
- Supporting Chinese nationals to attend international
conferences.
- Supporting technical meetings and seminars on health in
China.
HLSP China is committed to building the capacity of Chinese
individuals and institutions working for health and development in
China so that all people can benefit from China’s
development.
HLSP China can provide international experience and expertise to
the health problems facing modern-day China. Specific areas where
we are very experienced include:
- Developing health policies that support the Chinese people’s
equitable development.
- Helping health institutions to do their work more efficiently
and effectively.
- Supporting health managers to work more effectively.
- Designing financial systems for hospitals and health centres to
encourage access to quality health services by all
communities.
- Designing and evaluating programmes to control infectious
diseases – especially HIV/AIDS and TB and new diseases, such as
SARS and Avian Influenza.
- Designing and evaluating preventive public health promotion
programmes.
- Designing organization structures and management systems to
improve the performance of projects.
- Monitoring and evaluating the progress and achievements of
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