Michelle Amri

Dados Biográficos

ID6652409
NOMEMichelle Amri
PRENOMESMichelle
SOBRENOMEAmri
ASSINATURAAMRI M
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of British Columbia
ORCID0000-0001-6692-3340
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS25
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR25
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2009
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evaluating the Healthy Cities initiative

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Makda Habtegergesa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2026

  • Navigating the path forward

    Open AccessMargaret J Mutumba-Nakalembe, Shawna O’hearn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    The 31st Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) was held from 24 to 28 October 2025 at the Halifax Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, also known as Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. The conference was offered in hybrid format (in-person and online) with bilingual delivery (English and French). The [...]

  • Saturation in Qualitative Health Research

    Open AccessJackson P Loyal, Michelle AmriARTICLEQualitative Health Research2026

    The concept of saturation was originally developed within grounded theory. It has since been extended and widely adopted as a marker of rigor throughout qualitative health research. Although saturation can prove useful, there are growing concerns regarding its uncritical adoption as a universal standard of high-quality analysis. While this critique is not new, we ground our argument within the concept of epistemic injustice, to contend that the i…

  • Conceptually mapping how investing in essential public health functions (EPHFs) and common goods for health (CGH) can improve health system performance

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Dheepa Rajan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Calls for investing in essential public health functions (EPHFs) and common goods for health (CGH) are numerous, but it is often unclear to policymakers how such investments lead to health system improvements. Objectives: To showcase plausible pathways between actions taken to improve specific health system functions-in other words, investments in EPHFs and CGH-and their impact on health system performance, the health systems performa…

  • Poly-crisis and global health

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Margaret J Mutumba-Nakalembe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    The Canadian Association for Global Health convenes the Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) annually to provide a national platform to discuss pertinent global health issues. The 30th Canadian Conference on Global Health, co-chaired by Dr Michelle Amri and Dr Margaret Mutumba, was held in person from 25 to 27 October 2024 in Vancouver and [...]

  • The quest for equity in global health is underpinned by neocolonial discourses

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Jan Filart et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Global health, as noted in the emerging decolonizing global health literature, is built on power asymmetries and inequities, is centred on individuals and organizations in the global north, and involves a north to south diffusion of ideas and resources. Despite increasing attention paid to the decolonization of global health, there is no universal understanding of what this entails, or what associated agenda(s) may be. We argue that decolonizing …

  • How do high-level African directors of policy and planning operationalize health equity? Findings from a regional survey

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Anna Socha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    This study investigates the operationalization of health equity and associated challenges faced by directors of policy and planning and those in related positions in the African Region. The results of this study demonstrate that health equity is generally a priority for policymakers in practice and is operationalized in four ways: (i) targeting priority groups, (ii) focusing on the entire population; (iii) through procedural justice; and (iv) ope…

  • What opportunities exist for the governance of private sector engagement in mixed health systems in the African Region

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Omar Sam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Given the significant role of private actors in health across the African Region, there is a need to interrogate how private sector engagement (PSE) is governed. We identify three key opportunities for strengthening the governance of PSE in mixed health systems in the African Region. This work draws on a programme of activities conducted by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, including a multi-country stakeholder survey, a r…

  • How do World Health Organization technical officers working on noncommunicable diseases approach health equity

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Khadija Rashid et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025

    The findings of this study demonstrate that WHO technical officers working on NCDs often possessed a limited understanding of health equity that resulted in little meaningful action to embed health equity considerations into programmatic and policy work. Evidently, WHO technical officers need to better navigate or contest industry interference and learn more about health equity as a concept and the links to NCDs

  • How have PHEIC determinations changed since the Covid-19 pandemic? A document analysis of 101 WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committees’ statements

    Open AccessKevin Hemmat, Michelle Amri et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Given changes to the PHEIC declaration process following the COVID-19 pandemic, it is evident that reforms are necessary to ensure a more consistent, transparent, and effective global health response moving forward. Our recommendations, if adopted, could significantly enhance the WHO's ability to respond to future global health crises, ensuring more consistent and transparent decision-making in PHEIC declarations, and ultimately strengthening int…

  • Assessing health equity inconsistencies in the World Health Organization’s Urban Heart initiative

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Patricia O’campo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study presents disconnects between WHO's intentions and actions that followed from Urban HEART. Moving forward, it would be important to discuss goals or approaches sought, prior to any global health initiatives, whether explicitly focused on health equity or not

  • ‘From rhetoric to action

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Margaret J Mutumba-Nakalembe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    The Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH) is an annual conference organised by the Canadian Association for Global Health that brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students from various disciplines and sectors to discuss pressing global health issues. The CCGH provides a platform for sharing knowledge, best practices, and innovations in global health research, policy, [...]

  • Assessing the governance environment for private sector engagement in health in Africa

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Omar Sam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    Background: The role of the private sector in health is clear in many countries but engagement can be improved. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a global strategy in 2020 focused on engaging the private sector in health service delivery through governance in mixed health systems and detailed six governance behaviours to guide its Member States. To operationalise these global ideas into practice, the Regional Office for Africa conduct…

  • Health Equity Cannot Be Sought Without the Consideration of Racism In Equity-Focused Urban Health Initiatives

    Open AccessMariem Naem, Michelle Amri et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2023Referências: 2

  • Prioritizing gender equity and intersectionality in Canadian global health institutions and partnerships

    Open AccessBianca Carducci, Emily C Keats et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Despite governmental efforts to close the gender gap and global calls including Sustainable Development Goal 5 to promote gender equality, the sobering reality is that gender inequities continue to persist in Canadian global health institutions. Moreover, from health to the economy, security to social protection, COVID-19 has exposed and heightened pre-existing inequities, with women, especially marginalized women, being disproportionately impact…

  • Improving Health Equity by Screening for Poverty

    Open AccessCurtis Chin, Curtis D Chin et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2022

    This study yielded numerous insights, such as barriers faced by FPs in undertaking poverty screening that differs from the literature. The findings suggest that (1) barriers faced by FPs in poverty screening can be mitigated, (2) there is a need to integrate screening into routines and normalize the activity, and (3) there is a need for enhanced training to support patients of lower socioeconomic status

  • Probing key informants’ views of health equity within the World Health Organization’s Urban Heart initiative

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Patricia O’campo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    To date, no studies have assessed how those involved in the World Health Organization's (WHO) work understand the concept of health equity. To fill the gap, this research poses the question, "how do Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) key informants understand the concept of health equity?", with Urban HEART being selected given the focus on health equity. To answer this question, this study undertakes synchronous elect…

  • Healthy Governance for Cities

    Open AccessMichelle AmriARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2022

  • An umbrella review of intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to health policy

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Ali Chatur et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022

    Despite the widespread acceptance of the need for intersectoral and multisectoral approaches, knowledge around how to support, achieve, and sustain multisectoral action is limited. While there have been studies that seek to collate evidence on multisectoral action with a specific focus (e.g., Health in All Policies [HiAP]), we postulated that successes of working cross-sectorally to achieve health goals with one approach can glean insights and pe…

  • Global health in Canada

    Open AccessMichelle AmriARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

  • Policy responses to Covid-19 present a window of opportunity for a paradigm shift in global health policy

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Dilani LoganARTICLEGlobal Public Health2021

    Drawing on Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework as a heuristic, this article reviews the three streams - problems, policies, and politics - as applied to the adoption of economic policies in response to the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19. In doing so, we argue that we are currently presented with a window of opportunity to better address the social determinants of health. First, through assessing the problem stream, an understanding of inequit…

  • Scoping review of the World Health Organization’s underlying equity discourses

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Geneviève Jessiman‐Perreault et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021

    Moving forward, the WHO should revaluate its conceptualization of equity and normative position, and align its work with Amartya Sen's Capabilities Approach, as it best encapsulates the broader views of the organization. Further empirical research is needed to assess the WHO interpretations and approaches to equity

  • The utility of a structured mentorship program for enhancing competencies in global health

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Michelle M Amri et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

  • The Pegasus Conferences

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Neil Arya et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

  • Implementing integrated disease surveillance and response

    Open AccessPeter Nsubuga, Wayne Brown et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2009

    The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was developed by the Africa Regional Office (AFRO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and proposed for adoption by member states in 1998. The goal was to build WHO/AFRO countries' capacity to detect, report and effectively respond to priority infectious diseases. This evaluation focuses on the outcomes in four countries that implemented this strategy. Major successes included: i…