... for eye care services and the integration of tasks into the healthcare system changed the SECUs from performing almost no cataract surgeries to referral centers for eye services. This is supported by evidence from a health system-strengthening approach study that examined the integration of eye health...

... approach to digital health investments in partner countries. These include USAID’s Vision for Action in Digital Health 2020–2024, Digital Strategy 2020–2024 and Vision for Health System Strengthening 2030 [ 8–10 ]. To better understand how these policies may have influenced...

... (HPSR): it explores relationships between the policy capacity framework (PCF) and health system strengthening (HSS) in high-income countries (HICs) and low–middle-income countries (LMICs). The HSS framework has focused on specific building blocks or functions within health systems to achieve system’s...

... high-level political commitment for the transformation of the Bayelsa health system. health law health planning health summit health system strengthening Nigeria universal health coverage BYS Ministry of Health Health is on the concurrent legislative list in the Nigerian constitution...

... in Table 2 and the “Impact of policy capacity on HSS” section. Table 2. Health system strengthening and policy capacity. Health system strengthening Analytical capacity At the national level, Commissions and health forums influenced policy shift and ideas for reform, notably...

... this analysis may provide input for policy discussion at national, regional and community levels and have applicability beyond breast cancer services alone and beyond Thailand. Health system strengthening universal healthcare breast cancer equity challenges Thailand recently embedded the Sustainable...

... of the building-blocks framework to structure decision-making as for strengthening of the Moroccan health system. The management of a health system is affected by different temporalities, the recognition of which allows a more realistic analysis of the obstacles and successes of health system strengthening...

... of a rural South African health district which achieved accelerated declines in morbidity and mortality from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in young children, following a district health system strengthening (HSS) initiative centred on real-time death reporting, analysis and response. Drawing on routine...

... of the conference, a public statement was approved claiming for Democracy and Human Rights in all countries around the world as essential conditions for the promotion of health and equity ( IUHPE, 2016 ). health promoting policies science technology and innovation health system strengthening global health...

.../ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com Abstract Health system strengthening (HSS) has often been undertaken by global health actors working...

... health system strengthening maternal and child services systematic review Key Messages Various health system strategies have been taken to address maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries. However, the evidence on cost-effectiveness of the strategies remains limited, and more...

... hospital deliveries in rural Nigeria, by improving access to healthcare for insured and uninsured women in the programme area. Access to care global health health insurance health system strengthening hospital delivery impact evaluation maternal and new-born health and survival Nigeria public...

... Sierra Leone emergency response health system strengthening The epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, responsible for over 28 616 infections and 11 310 deaths through May 2016, has caused great suffering across a region already burdened by extreme poverty, recent histories of civil...

... recipient countries. The need for research that disaggregates PPE models and investigates PPE functioning in context is demonstrated. Donor reliance health system strengthening public – private engagement public – private sector partnership Southern Africa It is not uncommon for PPE initiatives...

... ; Shiffman 2006 ). The clear and explicit shift of PEPFAR reauthorization in 2008 to include health systems strengthening activities acknowledged the broad concern that spill-over effects from a vertical approach might not be sufficient. Figure 1 Conceptual Framework for PEPFAR operations in focus...

... of the health system strengthening agenda. To date, health governance research often focuses at national or global levels, adopting a macro-perspective that deals with governance structures, forms and principles. Little attention has been given to a micro-perspective which recognizes the role of health system...

... and proportionate terms. The main trend over the past five years is multilateral agencies’ shift away from expenditure on communicable diseases towards health system strengthening, family planning and infrastructure projects ( Figure 2 ). This is driven by a few large projects, such as a grant for health system...

...) typology of accountability to better understand how and why health centre micro-systems perform (or under-perform) under certain conditions. Health systems health system strengthening primary health centres service-delivery accountability complexity KEY MESSAGES Despite being central...

... mortality could inform future strategies. This study analyses the cost-effectiveness of a voucher scheme (VS) combined with health system strengthening in rural Uganda against the status quo. The VS, implemented in 2010, provided vouchers for delivery services at public and private health facilities (HF...

.... For the purposes of this study, we developed a broad working definition of health systems strengthening as a basis for discussion: ‘health system strengthening constitutes changes or influences within or on the health system which are likely to contribute towards improved health of a population’. *Corresponding...