Gerald Bloom

Person

Research Fellow

Email

g.bloom@ids.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 (0)1273 915667

Gerald Bloom is a physician and health economist. His special interest is the management of health system transition in the context of rapid social and economic change. Areas of particular focus include the changing roles of government, health system innovations processes of institutional development.

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http://goo.gl/OYg3Sx

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Project

Mutual Learning for Mixed Health Systems

The Mutual Learning for Mixed Health Systems platform supports and encourages experimental learning processes to build consensus on socially desirable, equity-led policies and actions for the management of change in pluralist health systems. The platform is a growing partnership, so far...

Project

Building Back Better from Below(B4): Harnessing Innovations in Community Response and Intersectoral Collaboration for Health and Food Justice Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic

Background The Covid-19 pandemic has deepened existing social, health and nutritional inequities and highlighted common challenges facing marginalised and racialised communities in cities across the Global North and South. It has also driven new social innovations and cross-sector...

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K4D Prosperity Fund COVID-19 Evidence and Learning Initiative

This Evidence and Learning Initiative was a cooperation with the Prosperity Fund (PF). It helped to ensure that in the current context of COVID-19, changes to the existing PF portfolio (and investments in new ones) are informed by and contribute to the evidence base on how the pandemic is...

Project

UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network

IDS, including the IDS Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, is the UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network (CIDRN), funded by the FCDO.

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Opinion

Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases

The 21st century has seen an upsurge in health threats which are complex both in their origins and how they play out in the world. Better understanding of these threats and who they effect, when and why, is essential if people and governments are to be best prepared for them, responses are to be...

Syed Abbas & 3 others

24 October 2024

Opinion

World Health Day: new technologies to accelerate action for global health

This year, World Health Day marks 76 years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) was founded. The theme for 2024 is “my health, my right”. The message comes in light of recent health disasters such as famine, conflict and dangers created by climate change to health. Looking back...

Gerald Bloom

5 April 2024

Opinion

Future health systems: right here, right now

In complex and rapidly changing health systems and societies, there are no realistic transferable blueprints to guide countries’ strategies for accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Instead, governments must work with a range of actors through innovative partnerships...

Gerald Bloom

21 September 2023

Opinion

Where now for the UK’s engagement with China on global health?

The refresh of the UK Integrated Review makes clear the UK is reappraising its relationship with China. The latest iteration gives more emphasis to diplomacy, dialogue and engagement. There is a need to think through how the UK engages China on a range of ‘global challenges’. This blog...

Lewis Husain

Gerald Bloom

23 May 2023

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Report

Towards Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage

The Covid-19 pandemic has re-emphasised the need to ensure equitable access to safe, effective and affordable health services. The very rapid shift to the use of smartphone apps and telephone consultations (telemedicine) has highlighted the potential impact of digital innovations on the...

Gerald Bloom & 6 others

1 June 2023

Journal Article

Introduction: the Accountability Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities. Learning from Brazil and Mozambique

Novos Estudos CEBRAP;vol.38 no.2

Inequality is a key political issue of our times. It has political consequences, fuelling conflict and raising legitimacy challenges for regimes around the world, in democratic and non‑demo‑ cratic settings alike. At the centre of these challenges is the question of accountability: who can...

Laura Trajber Waisbich & 3 others

1 May 2019

Report

Innovations for Universal Health Coverage: A South-South Collaboration to Transform Health Systems in Africa and India

The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Amref Health Africa and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) have agreed to collaborate in an effort to explore ways that technological innovations can contribute to government strategies for making progress towards universal health coverage...

Gerald Bloom & 9 others

14 December 2018

Brief

Integrating actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance into strategies to achieve universal health coverage

It is critical that ensuring people’s access to effective treatment for common infections is aligned with efforts to reduce the risk of emerging antimicrobial resistance. The Institute of Development Studies, a Future Health Systems partner, is influencing policy agendas to give greater focus...

Gerald Bloom

Tom Barker

10 October 2018

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News

Accountability for health equity: Galvanising a movement for universal health coverage

Since the publication of the 2004 World Development Report, a range of different attempts have been made to make the design, prioritisation and delivery of health services more accountable to different stakeholders. However, complex politics and power dynamics can limit or skew people’s...

10 October 2018

Cluster

Health and Nutrition

Our health and nutrition work brings new understanding and action on health tackling epidemics, antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic diseases. We generate new evidence and analysis on nutrition issues including dietary transition, globalisation of food systems, and responding to the ways that...

Latest work

Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases

News

Leveraging the transformational potential of health innovations for UHC

How can we leverage the transformational potential of these innovations and accelerate progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage in low and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa?

17 April 2018

News

Leaders meet in Japan to achieve health for all by 2030

The Universal Health Coverage Forum 2017 (12 – 15 December) in Tokyo sees leaders, donors, civil society, health providers and academics, including researchers from IDS, come together to agree the best way forward to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of health for all by 2030.

11 December 2017

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Person

Gerald Bloom

Research Fellow

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Research

Mutual Learning for Mixed Health Systems

Building Back Better from Below(B4): Harnessing Innovations in Community Response and Intersectoral Collaboration for Health and Food Justice Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic

K4D Prosperity Fund COVID-19 Evidence and Learning Initiative

UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network

Opinions

Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases

World Health Day: new technologies to accelerate action for global health

Future health systems: right here, right now

Where now for the UK’s engagement with China on global health?

Publications

Towards Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage

Introduction: the Accountability Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities. Learning from Brazil and Mozambique

Innovations for Universal Health Coverage: A South-South Collaboration to Transform Health Systems in Africa and India

Integrating actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance into strategies to achieve universal health coverage

Gerald Bloom’s recent work

Accountability for health equity: Galvanising a movement for universal health coverage

Health and Nutrition

Latest work

Leveraging the transformational potential of health innovations for UHC

Leaders meet in Japan to achieve health for all by 2030