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Rifat atun of the global fund to fight aids tb and malaria on healthcare policy
Rifat Atun is a professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University, where he is the Director of Global Health Systems Cluster at the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2006–13, Atun was Professor of International Health Management and Head of the Health Management Group at Imperial College. He holds a position as an adjunct professor of Global Health Systems and an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is the joint lead for the innovation work streams at the National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management. From 2008–12 he was a member of the Executive Management Team of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as the Director of Strategy, Performance and Evaluation Cluster. He chairs Eastern Healthcare Partners, a start-up focused on combating non-communicable chronic diseases.
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Career
At Imperial, Atun founded and led the Center for Health Management: a multidisciplinary research group undertaking international and UK based research exploring how contextual and health system factors influence the adoption and diffusion of innovations (for example communicable disease control programs, primary health care reforms and new health care technologies). He has published in The Lancet, PLoS Medicine, Lancet Infectious Diseases, BMJ, AIDS and Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Atun has worked extensively with the World Bank, World Health Organization and the UK Department for International Development on design, implementation and evaluation of health system reform programs in more than 20 countries. He has led research and consultancy projects for organizations such as Pfizer Inc., the Vodafone Group, Hofmann La Roche, PA Consulting and Tata Consulting Services. Atun has advised a number of governments in Europe, Latin America, Central Asia and the Middle East.
Atun was the Founding Director of the MSc in International Health Management, BSc in Management and Medical Science, and Founding Co-Director of the Masters in Public Health Program at Imperial College. He served as director of Imperial College spin out companies, operating in areas of health informatics and biotechnology.
Atun was a member of the Strategic Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization for Tuberculosis and chaired the WHO Task Force on Health Systems and Tuberculosis Control. Between 2006–08 he was a Member of the Advisory Committee for WHO Research Centre for Health Development in Japan. In 2009–12 he was the Chair of the STOP TB Partnership Coordinating Board. Atun is a member of the MRC Global Health Group as the MRC Infections and Immunity Board representative. Atun serves as a member of the PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board, a member of the Norwegian Research Council's Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC) Board, a member of the Advisory Board for Merck for Mothers and a member of the Research Advisory Committee for the Public Health Foundation of India. Atun is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians UK.
Journal articles
Atun R, 2014, Decisive action to end apathy and achieve 25×25 NCD targets., Lancet
Rodin D, Jaffray D, Atun R, et al., 2014, The need to expand global access to radiotherapy., Lancet Oncology, Vol:15, ISSN:1470-2045, Pages:378-380
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Cooke MK, et al., 2014, Investments in respiratory infectious disease research 1997-2010: a systematic analysis of UK funding, BMJ OPEN, Vol:4, ISSN:2044-6055, Pages:-
Atun R, Aydin S, Aran M, et al., 2014, Health-care reform in Turkey: far from perfect - Authors' reply., The Lancet, Vol:383, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:e1-
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Atun R, 2014, Investing in antimicrobial resistance research., British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol:75, ISSN:1750-8460, Pages:6-7
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Atun R, et al., 2014, Systematic analysis of funding awarded for mycology research to institutions in the UK, 1997-2010, BMJ OPEN, Vol:4, ISSN:2044-6055, Pages:-
Fitchett JR, Head MG, Atun R, 2014, Infectious disease research investments follow colonial ties: questionable ethics, INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, Vol:6, ISSN:1876-3413, Pages:74-76
Vassall A, Remme M, Watts C, et al., 2013, Financing Essential HIV Services: A New Economic Agenda, PLOS MEDICINE, Vol:10, ISSN:1549-1676, Pages:-
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Cooke MK, et al., 2013, Differences in research funding for women scientists: a systematic comparison of UK investments in global infectious disease research during 1997-2010, BMJ OPEN, Vol:3, ISSN:2044-6055, Pages:-
Gurol-Urganci I, de Jongh T, Vodopivec-Jamsek V, et al., 2013, Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol:12, ISSN:1469-493X
Bowser D, Sparkes SP, Mitchell A, et al., 2013, Global Fund investments in human resources for health: innovation and missed opportunities for health systems strengthening., Health Policy and Planning, ISSN:0268-1080
Denburg AE, Knaul FM, Atun R, et al., 2014, Beyond the Bench and the Bedside: Economic and Health Systems Dimensions of Global Childhood Cancer Outcomes, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Vol:61, ISSN:1545-5009, Pages:572-576
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Atun R, 2014, Systematic analysis of funding awarded for norovirus research to institutions in the United Kingdom, 1997-2010, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol:107, ISSN:0141-0768, Pages:110-115
Fitchett JR, Head MG, Atun R, 2013, Infectious disease research investments: Systematic analysis of immunology and vaccine research funding in the UK, Vaccine, Vol:31, ISSN:0264-410X, Pages:5930-5933
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Cooke MK, et al., 2014, Systematic analysis of funding awarded for antimicrobial resistance research to institutions in the UK, 19972010, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol:69, ISSN:0305-7453, Pages:548-554
de Jongh TE, Harnmeijer JH, Atun R, et al., 2013, Health impact of external funding for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria: systematic review., Health Policy and Planning, ISSN:0268-1080
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Atun R, 2013, Global health priorities and research funding Reply, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:13, ISSN:1473-3099, Pages:653-653
Warren AE, Wyss K, Shakarishvili G, et al., 2013, Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening: a content analysis of global fund investments, Globalization and Health, Vol:9, ISSN:1744-8603, Pages:-
Atun R, Aydin S, Chakraborty S, et al., 2013, Universal health coverage in Turkey: enhancement of equity, The Lancet, Vol:382, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:65-99
Gomez EJ, Atun R, 2013, Emergence of multilateral proto-institutions in global health and new approaches to governance: analysis using path dependency and institutional theory, Globalization and Health, Vol:9, ISSN:1744-8603, Pages:-
Car LT, Brusamento S, Elmoniry H, et al., 2013, The Uptake of Integrated Perinatal Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, PLOS One, Vol:8, ISSN:1932-6203, Pages:-
Knaul FM, Atun R, Farmer P, et al., 2013, Seizing the opportunity to close the cancer divide, The Lancet, Vol:381, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:2238-2239
Atun R, Jaffar S, Nishtar S, et al., 2013, Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases, The Lancet, Vol:381, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:690-697
Atun R, Marie Knaul F, Akachi Y, et al., 2012, Innovative financing for health: what is truly innovative?, The Lancet, Vol:380, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:2044-2049
Car J, Paljarvi T, Car M, et al., 2012, Negative health system effects of Global Fund's investments in AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from 2002 to 2009: systematic review., JRSM Short Rep, Vol:3, ISSN:2042-5333, Pages:70-
Cobelens F, Van Kampen S, Ochodo E, et al., 2012, Research on Implementation of Interventions in Tuberculosis Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, PLOS MEDICINE, Vol:9, ISSN:1549-1676, Pages:-
Legido-Quigley H, Montgomery CM, Khan P, et al., 2013, Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review, Tropical Medicine & International Health, Vol:18, ISSN:1360-2276, Pages:199-211
Vodopivec-Jamsek V, de Jongh T, Gurol-Urganci I, et al., 2012, Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol:12, ISSN:1469-493X
de Jongh T, Gurol-Urganci I, Vodopivec-Jamsek V, et al., 2012, Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol:12, ISSN:1469-493X
Head MG, Fitchett JR, Cooke MK, et al., 2013, UK investments in global infectious disease research 1997-2010: a case study, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:13, ISSN:1473-3099, Pages:55-64