Andrew Cassels
Biographic Data
| ID | 3930675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Cassels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassels |
| SIGNATURE | CASSELS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Health Systems Development Consultant, British High Commission, New Delhi -110021. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From knowledge accumulation to transformative action
Despite three decades of expanding scholarship on social determinants of health (SDH), progress in reducing health inequities has remained limited. While the SDH framework has reshaped global health discourse and informed policy rhetoric, the translation of knowledge into transformative action has been insufficient. The gap between evidence and impact is not explained by political constraints alone but is also contributed to by the orientation, m…
Health
This chapter discusses how the landscape for global health governance has evolved. It finds that the political importance of health as an international and global issue has changed radically. International health organizations started with a mandate to control the spread of infectious diseases between countries as a by-product of trade. Today, their work is central to economic development, poverty reduction, human rights, sustainable development,…
Sectoral investment in health
Aid instruments and health systems development
There has been a clear shift in the policy of many donors in the health sector-away from discrete project assistance towards more broad-based sectoral support. This paper, based on interviews with officials in a number of bilateral and multilateral agencies, explores whether this shift in policy has been matched by similar changes in the form or range of aid instruments. The paper develops a framework for examining current practice in relation to…
Reproductive and child health in India
A time of change
This paper presents the results of a rapid health sector policy analysis carried out in Ghana in October 1990. Its purpose is to illustrate the dynamics of the policy debate at a time of major change, and to provoke discussion about the practical implications of current policy directions. In addition, it demonstrates the range and nature of issues of concern to decision makers in the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government and National D…
Aid instruments and health systems development
There has been a clear shift in the policy of many donors in the health sector-away from discrete project assistance towards more broad-based sectoral support. This paper, based on interviews with officials in a number of bilateral and multilateral agencies, explores whether this shift in policy has been matched by similar changes in the form or range of aid instruments. The paper develops a framework for examining current practice in relation to…
A time of change
This paper presents the results of a rapid health sector policy analysis carried out in Ghana in October 1990. Its purpose is to illustrate the dynamics of the policy debate at a time of major change, and to provoke discussion about the practical implications of current policy directions. In addition, it demonstrates the range and nature of issues of concern to decision makers in the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government and National D…
Sectoral investment in health
A time of change
This paper presents the results of a rapid health sector policy analysis carried out in Ghana in October 1990. Its purpose is to illustrate the dynamics of the policy debate at a time of major change, and to provoke discussion about the practical implications of current policy directions. In addition, it demonstrates the range and nature of issues of concern to decision makers in the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government and National D…
Aid instruments and health systems development
There has been a clear shift in the policy of many donors in the health sector-away from discrete project assistance towards more broad-based sectoral support. This paper, based on interviews with officials in a number of bilateral and multilateral agencies, explores whether this shift in policy has been matched by similar changes in the form or range of aid instruments. The paper develops a framework for examining current practice in relation to…
Reproductive and child health in India
Sectoral investment in health
Health
This chapter discusses how the landscape for global health governance has evolved. It finds that the political importance of health as an international and global issue has changed radically. International health organizations started with a mandate to control the spread of infectious diseases between countries as a by-product of trade. Today, their work is central to economic development, poverty reduction, human rights, sustainable development,…
From knowledge accumulation to transformative action
Despite three decades of expanding scholarship on social determinants of health (SDH), progress in reducing health inequities has remained limited. While the SDH framework has reshaped global health discourse and informed policy rhetoric, the translation of knowledge into transformative action has been insufficient. The gap between evidence and impact is not explained by political constraints alone but is also contributed to by the orientation, m…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (4 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)