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Health Topics

Topics refer to a broad or specific health system challenge or objective. This section seeks to empower you to better understand the options and implications of various regulatory approaches commonly used for each Topic. It does this by identifying key principles, common approaches and providing resources and additional considerations for your awareness.

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Workforce Regulation: Ensuring Quality Health Services

Establishing and ensuring healthcare quality.

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International Health Regulations: Surveillance

Building the capacity to detect, assess, notify, and report public health events

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Human Rights in Public Health Emergencies

Human rights in public health emergencies

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The Law Making Process

All legislation and regulation exists in a political and policy context and part of a law making process. Understanding and navigating this well is crucial for achieving impact. This section seeks to help you identify where you’re at and how to navigate this part of the process well.

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Starting Out

Analysing the problem and identifying viable options.

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Getting to a Decision

Gathering evidence and data should to explore and resolve health challenges.

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Drafting + Passage

Matching underlying policy and expectations with drafting instructions for laws.

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Implementation

Introducing a new law and the ongoing administration of the law.

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Monitoring + Evaluation

M&E is important so that policies can adapt and respond to changes and issues with the law.

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Stakeholders

Policymakers, Regulators, Parliamentarians, Health providers and communities.

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Country Examples

A consolidated list of all country examples cited in the Health Law Tool.

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About the tool

The Health Law Tool is an interactive e-based information platform intended to support a better understanding of the law-making process and the role law can and does play in responding to health-related challenges.

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How to use this tool

The Tool provides information in a modular format to facilitate a non-linear experience for users, allowing them to consider discrete questions and consider related aspects of law and policy.

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