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On October 23-24, 2023, Professor Winnie Yip joined the fourth meeting of the Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Health and Poverty Alleviation in China in Beijing. The Commission’s goal is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of China’s progress, challenges, and achievements in its health-related poverty alleviation efforts. The theme of the session was “健康扶贫的可持续发展战略 [Sustainable Development Strategy for Healthy Poverty Alleviation].” Representatives from a wide variety of governmental agencies, health research institutions,…

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Abstract This research investigates how the public university engages in China’s speculative urbanism by establishing and operationalizing the university-healthcare nexus through both real estate and healthcare businesses. Drawing on open company data and expert interviews, the organizational structure of public and private actors in the university-healthcare nexus of the Peking University Healthcare City was unfold as a case study. Findings reveal that the university-healthcare nexus was established by Peking University…

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The Tsinghua–Lancet Commission on health and poverty alleviation in China published a comment in The Lancet on September 25, 2023. The Commission was formed as a collaboration between the Tsinghua Vanke School of Public Health and The Lancet journal to comprehensively evaluate health-related poverty alleviation efforts in China. Dr. Winnie Yip, Faculty Director of the Harvard China Health Partnership, serves as one of the 30 independent commissioners. They are expected to…

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Summary Background In the digital age, a rising number of public sector doctors are providing private telemedicine and telehealth services on online health care platforms. This novel practice pattern – termed online dual practice – may profoundly impact health system performance in both developed and developing countries. This study aims to understand the factors influencing doctors’ engagement in online dual practice. Methods Using a mixed-methods design, this study concurrently collects…

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Professor Winnie Yip and NMU Dean Hui Qiao discuss primary care with local doctors   The Harvard China Health Partnership (HCHP) has a longstanding relationship with the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, working together to implement local healthcare programs since 2008. On July 19, 2023, Professor Winnie Yip, Faculty Director of HCHP, and Professor Hongqiao Fu from Peking University’s School of Public Health revisited the Health Commission of Ningxia Hui Autonomous…

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