Topics

We are in the process of updating and prioritising the topics featured in our Topics zone on our current website, according to their timely relevance and member needs.

Following the recent CHGN member survey, we can see which topics were rated most favourably:

Topic	% of respondents requesting this topic
Community Participation & Empowerment	59.6%
Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) & their Role/Impact	57.7%
Global Health Trends	46.2%
HIV & AIDS	46.2%
Raising Awareness of Health Issues	44.2%
Links to other Agencies & Resources	44.2%
Maternal & Child Health	42.3%
Advocacy & Health Campaigns	40.4%
Stories of Transformation & Success & case studies	38.5%
Poverty & Social Justice	36.5%
Health Policy & Good Practice	36.5%
Diarrhea, Malaria & Pneumonia	34.6%
Reproductive & Sexual Health	32.7%
Immunisations	30.8%
Tuberculosis & Leprosy	30.8%
Urban Health	28.8%
Nutrition	26.9%
Mental Health	26.9%
Environmental Impact on Health	25.0%
Non-communicable Diseases	25.0%
Disability	23.1%
Oral Health	19.2%

A-Z Topic Zone

Other suggestions included:

Learning from local action and experience, going to scale
Trainings programs for Rural/Urban health
Health in disaster and conflict zones
Alternative/ complementary medicine
Funding access / health insurance / economics
Church-based healthcare
Health management issues
Non communicable diseases, such as diabetes, stroke, hypertension, cancer
Dealing with addictions, such as tobacco, drugs
Disability, including hearing impairment and blindness
Writing health-related episodes TV and radio soaps
Pioneering community surgery
Programmes for commercial sex workers
Family planning and reproductive health
Care of the elderly
Use of medical anthropology
Health care of nomads, islanders, remote mountain communities
HIV/TB prevention- care- treatment- community response
Community based therapeutic care
Jobs, careers and training for health workers

If you would like to share any comments about topic selection, or if you have papers, case studies or other resources on one or more of the topics listed above, please email team@chgn.org. We recognise that you have valuable contributions to make, and would like to either post them directly or add a link on the site for the benefit of other CHGN members.