Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

BRAC strives to bring about positive changes in the quality of life of the poor people of Bangladesh by working with people whose lives are dominated by extreme poverty, illiteracy, disease and other handicaps. It offers various programs focused on economic development, education, health, and human rights. BRAC offers comprehensive health care to 31 million people, and reaches 82 million people with its tuberculosis (TB) control program.

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ExpandNet

ExpandNet is a global network of public health professionals and scientists seeking to advance the practice and science of scaling up successful health service innovations tested in experimental, pilot, and demonstration projects. The website contains an extensive bibliography of literature on scaling up, as well as numerous tools such as "Practical Guidance for Scaling Up."

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Health Disparities Collaboratives

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has embarked on a nationwide initiative to improve care for people with chronic conditions. The Health Disparities Collaboratives strive to achieve excellence through goals such as building strategic partnerships, transforming clinical practice through models of care, improvement, and learning, developing infrastructure, and generating/documenting improved health outcomes. The website includes training manuals, tools and resources, and upcoming opportunities to get involved.

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NHS Modernisation Agency

The National Health Service (NHS) Modernisation Agency was established in 2001 to assist with modernizing services and outcomes for patients in the UK. The Agency's primary focus is on improving access, increasing local support, raising standards of care, and capturing and sharing knowledge widely.

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National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

NICE was established as a Special Health Authority for England and Wales in 1999 as part of the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Its role is "to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust, and reliable guidance on current best practice."

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National Primary Care Research and Development Centre

The National Primary Care Research and Development Centre is a multidisciplinary and academically independent collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and York in the UK. The Centre, established by the Department of Health in 1995, conducts policy-related research in primary care. The site contains information about their research programs, publications on research findings, and a link to the UK National Database for Primary Care Trusts.

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Directed Creativity

This website, developed by Paul E. Plsek & Associates, Inc., explains the basic concepts of complexity science and its relevance to health care. Directed creativity is defined as "the purposeful production of creative ideas in a topic area, followed up by deliberate effort to implement some of those ideas."

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Common Knowledge

This website was developed by a consulting and research firm, headed by Nancy Dixon, that works with organizations to increase their effectiveness with knowledge sharing.

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US Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

The mission of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, an agency within the US Department of Agriculture, is to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities by supporting research, education, and extension programs in the Land-Grant University System and other partner organizations.

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