Course: Health Systems Strengthening

In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities and we encourage you to read the executive summary. WHO …

Considering your own work context, do you see any of these frameworks in use? Do you lean towards favouring one over another and if so, which one? Share your thoughts …

Let’s apply some of these ideas to a particular setting. We’d like to take you through a case study that will highlight some of the particular characteristics of supply chain …

Musonda Kasonde describes a number of ways in which those working in supply chain management can work to making those actions support the wider health system development. We like the …

There is a big difference between knowing what a resilient system is (able to be flexible and adapt to external shocks) and actually making changes that build resilience. We call …

There are multiple frameworks and approaches to health systems strengthening (HSS) that constantly change the way these models are defined conceptually, organised, used and funded. Regardless of the framework, all …

When watching this video you may be struck by the fact that the government of Uganda and each of the different donors were all working to achieve a similar goal. …

Health product supply chains are essential for the health system. It is through them that medicines, vaccines and a whole array of health products are made available to the population. …

We wonder if you noticed the links to the previous week (human resources for health) in Arletty’s comments in this video. We were struck by her comments about the challenge …

Watching this video, we counted over 16 distinct challenges that were mentioned including (but not limited to): fragmentation of the supply chain system with different donors and poor coordination between …

Managing human resources for health (HRH) involves understanding many factors including workforce densities and distribution; recruitment and retention, motivation and incentives. Good policy depends on good evidence about these factors, …

Discussions on human resources for health are often focused on health care providers, but what do we know about the people who regulate the providers? Sheikh and colleagues (2015) looked …

Think about the state of dual practice in your country (if you don’t know who does it and how/whether it is regulated, do a little reading to find out). Are …

We’ve seen that health workers have complex motivations, incentives and disincentives which shape their behaviour; this complexity is very obvious among health workers who engage in dual practice. Dual practice …