Dr. Amina Aitsi-Selmi MD PhD

How can policy better support people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC)? A set of four policy briefs outlining how we can begin to reduce inequalities in MBC care has been recently published. The first of the policy briefs – ‘Reducing inequalities in metastatic breast cancer care: an overview’ – provides a summary of the impact of MBC and the current landscape of care. It sets out three areas of focus for policymakers, which will be explored in more detail in the subsequent three policy briefs. Though MBC is largely incurable, new and ever-emerging treatments can allow people with MBC to live longer, fulfilling lives. Yet many MBC patients experience barriers in access to best-practice care, with people from underserved communities facing exacerbated disparities. Please read the brief and share it with your network: https://lnkd.in/eMjfaui8 #bcsm #breastcancerawareness #metastaticbreastcancer

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Al-Jawaldeh A, Taktouk M, Al Dhaheri A, Alkazemi D, Ibrahim E, Hamad H, Elati J, Peña-Rosas JP, Cheikh Ismail L, Benajiba N. Advocacy Brief: understanding the role of nutrition for individuals living with genetic disorders. Preprints 2024; Nov 27. https://lnkd.in/eZ3FHsJv Thanks to the team for the opportunity to contribute in this important topic

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I am delighted to announce one of the highlights of our Imperial College "Leading Systemic Innovation in Healthcare" executive education programme: a Public Health Panel featuring three distinguished experts—Angela Donkin, Carol Propper, and Dr Shireen Kassam 🌱. This panel session is set to be a dynamic and insightful discussion on public health, bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise to address pressing health challenges. There are complex reasons as to why public health is deteriorating and why both life and health life expectancy rates are widening across different sectors of society. This is one of the most issues of our time. Angela Donkin is a leading figure in public health, known for her extensive work in health equity and social determinants of health. As a prominent researcher and advocate, Angela has dedicated her career to understanding and addressing the root causes of health disparities. Carol Propper is an acclaimed economist specialising in the economics of health and healthcare. Her research has significantly influenced health policy, particularly in understanding the impact of economic factors and inequalities on health outcomes and healthcare systems. Dr. Shireen Kassam is a renowned expert in lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition as well as the wider food system. Her work focuses on the role of diet and lifestyle in preventing and managing chronic diseases, promoting a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. The panel will cover a broad range of public health issues, from health equity and social determinants to economic influences and lifestyle factors. This comprehensive approach ensures a well-rounded discussion that addresses the multifaceted nature of public health. Each panelist brings a wealth of knowledge and research to the table and attendees will gain valuable insights from the latest findings and evidence-based strategies in public health. The panel will discuss the implications of research on public health policy and practice, providing actionable recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders involved in health promotion and disease prevention. This session is designed to be highly engaging and interactive. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in meaningful dialogue with the panelists to create a collaborative learning environment. Their combined expertise will provide a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in public health, offering practical solutions to improve health outcomes and equity. #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #HealthEconomics #LifestyleMedicine #NHS #WEF #WHO #OECD #wellbeing #humanflourishing #health

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Have you read our series published last month in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe? This Series addresses the urgent need to tackle the pressing health challenges faced by migrants, refugees and other displaced populations in Europe. It takes a comprehensive approach, incorporating various perspectives such as social, political, economic, medical anthropological, public health, medical education, and humanitarian medicine. You can access the full set of papers here 👇 https://lnkd.in/efwjnSE6

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Public-Private Partnership: Key to Universal Health Coverage in MENA From #TheHieroglyphsOfHealth The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) faces challenges achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Limited financial protection, rising NCDs, and FCV situations strain healthcare systems. The Private Sector: A Sleeping Giant The private sector can be a powerful tool for UHC in MENA. It can: Improve efficiency and reduce costs. Increase equity in service provision. Enhance financial protection for citizens. Why Focus on Private Sector Engagement Now? Regional trends: Demographic shifts and rising NCDs create new healthcare demands. FCV situations: Public health systems struggle in conflict zones. Private sector growth: MENA sees a rise in private hospitals, insurance schemes, and pharmacies. Unlocking the Potential: Public Sector's Role Legislative change: Create clear policies, regulations, and governance structures. Institutional change: Build trust and cooperation with the private sector. Data and accountability: Develop strong information systems to monitor performance. The Private Sector Steps Up Job creation and innovation: Contribute to economic growth and service delivery. Alignment with public goals: Invest in areas aligned with national health priorities. The Road to UHC A successful public-private partnership requires: Clear roles and incentives: Both sectors need to understand their responsibilities and benefits. Enabling environment: Streamline regulations and facilitate access to finance for private investors. By working together, the public and private sectors in MENA can harness private sector growth to achieve UHC and improve healthcare for all citizens. #UHC #MENA #healthcare #publicprivatepartnership

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#HealthInequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. Evidence shows that a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to tackling them can make a difference. Our explainer provides an overview of how health inequalities are experienced in England’s population 👇

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Read the open letter to Ministers of Health ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in May 2024 #WHA77 - https://lnkd.in/e-zdbVzj This resolution is critical to implement, strengthen and sustain regular and meaningful #SocialParticipation in health-related decisions at all levels, taking into consideration national contexts and priorities.

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This presentation was provided in February 2024 during a health economics course organized by the #EgyptHealthAuthority (#EHA). The presentation is divided into three parts. ** The first part focuses on #Alignment of the #PrivateSectorEngagement with the goals of #UniversalHealthCoverage. ** The second focuses on presenting what #StrategicPurchasing means and its difference from #PassivePurchasing and how #Contracting is one of the strategic purchasing functions. ** The third focuses on contracting the #PrivateSector for universal health coverage providing a definition for contracting and presenting the key types of contracting: #EntryContracts, #ServicesContracts and #Concessions. From #TheHieroglyphsOfHealth

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The Digital Transformation Handbook for Primary Health Care is published! Tremendous achievement, and long in the making! This handbook breaks down the difference between digitization, digitalization and digital transformation, providing a person centric framework from moving from analog to digital. Excited to start using this in the field!

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Understanding the Private #Healthcare Landscape in #Egypt: Key #MetricsForPolicymakers The #PrivateSector plays a major role in healthcare delivery for many #Egyptians, but its full impact is unclear. A 2016 #Lancet report proposes key metrics to help policymakers understand this complex landscape. These metrics will: ** Analyze public vs. private funding for healthcare ** Track where Egyptians receive #primary and #secondarycare (hospitals vs. clinics) ** Assess how #PublicHospitals rely on #UserFees By using these metrics, Egypt can: ** Improve #ResourcesAllocation and #ServicesProvision ** Ensure #EquitableAccess to healthcare ** Build a more robust and inclusive #HealthSystem This data-driven approach is crucial for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for all Egyptians. #Egypt #Healthcare #UniversalHealthCoverage #LMICs To learn more, read the article from #TheHieroglyphsOfHealth

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I was delighted to be invited by #UCL once again to deliver a course module on the Future of Health as part of UCL's Masters in Public Health course. We covered many of the mega trends that are likely to shape the health and care landscape over the coming decade. A number of vectors of change become both possible and necessary through a combination of new thinking and the embracing of new tech/medical capabilities that will be pouring into the healthcare space. Harnessing these vectors into a new systemic health paradigm will be essential in order to transition our highly siloed "sick care" systems to broader health and care #ecosystems oriented towards a new goal.... the collective generation of holistic #health and human #flourishing. These vectors include: 1. Seeing people as whole persons embedded in a life story and not through the lens of individual diseases, behaviours and service users. 2. Holistic health approaches that shift their focus to embrace #prevention, early detection as well as more holistic care when needed. 3. The shift from paternalistic biomedical support to co-creating holistic life and health support that empowers people (+ carers, families and communities) to take as much ownership for their health and care as they are able to (from "what's the matter with you?" to "what matters to you?"). 3. An anticipatory and relationship based life course approach and not just a series of episodic, reactive encounters. 4. The widening of a health ecosystem beyond direct health and care delivery to include the collaborative orchestration of a broader range of actors that shape and influence the contexts that make healthy living possible. 5. The migration of non urgent/specialist care support to transition out of hospitals towards community settings and ultimately towards people themselves (taking 24/7 care to people rather than people coming to the care). 6. A more holistic approach to exponential levels of health related data that can harness ML/AI to move from static electronic health records to digital twins. A dynamic simulation that will provide more holistic insight to help coordinate joined up care, drive continuous learning and make personalised digital health coaches possible. We explored the many privacy, security and agency issues this future poses and how this approach could enable developing world nations to leapfrog Western expensive legacy health system design in the transition to next generation distributed public health delivery. #nhs #who #publichealth #healthsystems #healthfutures

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A Message from #TheHieroglyphsOfHealth #Egypt's journey towards achieving #UniversalHealthCoverage (#UHC) has reached a critical juncture with the #PhasedGeographicRollOut of its #UniversalHealthInsurance scheme slated until 2032. This approach, while aiming to provide a generous #HealthBenefitPackage, has sparked debates surrounding #Equity, #Affordability, and the nation's ability to achieve universal insurance by the stipulated timeline. Is it time to rethink this strategy? To learn more, read the full article https://lnkd.in/dPsKncpV

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Epidemiological modelling is a very useful tool to guide policy decisions in many areas that affect human life and health. Models can be used, for example, to predict the trends in the prevalence/ incidence of a health-related condition under alternative health policy scenarios or to compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different treatments. I would love to share with you one of my last studies that attempted to predict the future trends in diabetes-related amputations in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. I believe this is the first study of its kind in the Kingdom, and hope to contribute positively in understanding the likely future picture of the problem. https://lnkd.in/dj_SmjGR

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Is your Choice Modelling course supported by state of the art software to enhance learning outcomes? Dr. Jacob Kazungu at KEMRI - Wellcome Trust is kicking off his Introduction to DCE with focus on Experimental Design workshop today, where a number of health economists get hands-on experience with DCEs and Experimental Designs using SurveyEngine. This time, we are collaborating with the Africa Health Economics Study Group (AfHESG) of KEMRI - Wellcome Trust in delivering the workshop “Introduction to Discrete Choice Experiment – a focus on Experimental Design”. The aim is to provide a platform for peer learning among health economists in Africa. SurveyEngine is providing complimentary software licenses to the participants to conduct online choice experiments and experimental designs in this workshop coordinated by Dr. Jacob Kazungu, with sessions facilitated by Ludwig von Butler, Melvin Obadha, and moderated by Beryl C. Maritim, PhD and Moriasi N. With the help of the SurveyEngine software, the participants will be able to build a survey, create a choice experiment and hone in on the experimental design. The SurveyEngine platform is engineered for ChoiceModelling and Conjoint studies and is regarded by academics and researchers in the commercial sector as a great way to run complex choice experiments and grasp fundamental concepts such as attributes, levels, alternatives and dependent variables in a single platform. If you are planning an academic course to teach choice methods and want to incorporate SurveyEngine into your course, feel free to apply for our complimentary teaching licenses via this link: https://lnkd.in/dY6paUxT Subscribe to the SurveyEngine page to follow our latest development and news! #HealthEconomics #DataAnalysis #ChoiceModelling #PreferenceElicitation

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😅Made it in time to Global Health Exhibition - ملتقى الصحة العالمي for the session on Digital Health in mental health care with my colleagues Asif Bachlani & Omer Moghraby Fantastic to hear the as is state & direction of travel in Saudi Arabia & Europe from Omer Moghraby #yasminaltwaijri #medmaulviyya #enasmohammed #latifaabdalwahab Couldn’t agree more on themes around digital literacy, digital inclusion & the importance of a user centred approach. Design-led not tech led is the way forward to truly innovate & transform. So much opportunity to improve care for the vulnerable & highly stigmatised population suffering with mental health conditions.

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Ten powerful stories. Ten first-hand experiences that highlight why governments worldwide must prioritise people in healthcare systems by integrating #HIV & #NCD services. Read them here 👉https://lnkd.in/e22mVV8s

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