Ravi Ram |

Ravi Ram

Ravi M. Ram is a health systems evaluator and specialist, with interests in community health; equity, gender and social accountability; and PHC/UHC. Based in Nairobi, he focuses on South-South collaborations and activism with PHM, COPASAH and the Kampala Initiative.

The Future of Health: Public or Profit? It can’t be both

Over the past four decades the world has seen the privatisation of health and other social services. Stemming from the ‘Structural Adjustment Programmes’ that the IMF, World Bank and other international financial institutions imposed on countries of the Global South, as well as the attacks on unions and other democratic avenues for social a...

Decolonizing HPSR – the Africa Convening

If anyone ever doubts the value of the Emerging Voices for Global Health (EV4GH) programme, they only need to watch the just concluded Africa Convening to be convinced. Two EVs and young rising public health stars, Shehnaz Munshi (EV 2018) and Lance Louskieter (EV 2020), collaborated with Health Systems Global (HSG), the Atlantic Institute, Tek...

Accelerating Social Accountability for Health: short takes from the COPASAH Global Symposium in New Delhi, 15-18 October 2019

This past week, over 500 academics, activists, practitioners and community members gathered in New Delhi for the Community of Practice on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH) 2019 Global Symposium on Citizenship, Governance and Accountability in Health. Despite its jargon-laden title, the Symposium itself offered stimulating and ...

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ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit: a missed opportunity

On 12-14 November, public health professionals, activists, academics and community members, along with government officials and donor representatives, converged in Nairobi for the ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit. UNFPA and its two co-sponsoring governments – Denmark and host country Kenya – had billed the event to be a landmark for sexual and reprod...