Guest blog written by Malak Abedalthagafi “One size fits all” interventions have limited impacts in modern medicine. Rapid advances in genomic technologies are making genome sequencing more affordable and readily available. We now find ourselves at a tipping point. The cost of sequencing is falling, and it is now quick and efficient enough to inform clinical…Continue Reading Genome sequencing in Saudi Arabia
Guest blog by Aisha Allamin Daggash My expectations for the IPP Online Program when I signed up was to gain insight into strategies and frameworks that will support my work in getting government to be more effective and efficient in implementing innovative, integrated and sustainable solutions for health systems strengthening in Nigeria. However, this course has…Continue Reading Using PDIA approach for sustainable and integrated health system strengthening in Nigeria
Guest blog by Laura Draski When I first applied to be part of the Implementing Public Policy cohort, I expected to learn much about various techniques, tools and theories used in implementing policy. About the nuts and bolts of how to design and create policy that can be implemented. About how to manage a process of…Continue Reading Examining options for food and drug supply safety in the U.S. in response to pandemic restrictions
Guest blog by Robert Moldach I am fortunate to live in times when Europe and Poland in particular have undergone an incredible transformation. As a child, I remember the street protests my parents took part in, their talks about the Warsaw Pact troops invading Czechoslovakia, and the anti-Semitic campaign of the late 1960s. My student years…Continue Reading Health system transformation in Poland
Guest blog by Debra Porchia-Usher Initial Expectations I entered IPP Online Course with excitement and with the expectation that guidance would be provided to simplify the proposed ‘public policy challenge’ facing myself and my colleagues. The timing was great, as my colleagues and I had recently committed to the design and execution of a coordinated service…Continue Reading Building a coordinated service delivery model in the U.S. using PDIA
Guest blog by Adaeze Oreh When I signed up for the Harvard Kennedy School Implementing Public Policy programme, I thought I knew quite a bit about my policy challenge! I was applying to the programme basically to figure out new concepts and get new tools that would help me as Director of Planning for Nigeria’s Blood…Continue Reading Infusing fresh blood using PDIA in Nigeria’s Blood Services
Guest blog by Vijay Yeldandi Why IPP? Honestly because I needed a navigator! After 25 years of doing public health work in India focusing on HIV Infection Prevention, I realized that not everything I did was a resounding success. While some projects were gratifying, in retrospect there were many hard lessons to learn and much heartburn…Continue Reading HIV: Patient Safety and Infection Prevention in India
Guest blog by Anjan Chimaladinne On August 13, 2016, my 16-year-old son passed away unexpectedly and suddenly. My wife and I have established scholarships in his name at his high school and the college he was planning on attending. For the 4 past years we rendered help to several other social causes. In the United…Continue Reading Honoring the memory of a lost child: A father’s inspirational pursuit of policy change
Guest blog by Ken Bailey I have been privy to the legislative and public policy process for well over 10 years, mostly with an amateurish understanding and certainly lacking the tools to be consistently effective. Having muddled in this space for a number of years, I have been successful on many fronts, again more through tenacity…Continue Reading Navigating innovations in U.S. emergency services with PDIA
Guest blog by Alexandra Bhatti What an exciting, challenging, eye-opening learning and growing experience this has been for me. When I first explored the course, I was skeptical about the ratio of theoretical learning versus practice-based learning I would experience as I have spent many years studying “policy” and related fields. Listening to alumni feedback encouraged…Continue Reading ‘Don’t be so invested in the solution that you’re unwilling to change course’
