HRH Global Resource Center - Evaluations & Reviews

Health Sector Planning and Budgeting in Kenya: Recommendations to Improve Alignment

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:43:52 +0000

Kenya, like many developing countries, suffers from a persistent misalignment between policy, planning and budgeting; resulting in a failure of the government to achieve public sector targets and respond to changing population needs. Research conducted by KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme has found that several years after the adoption of these planning and budgeting tools, the desired linkage between policy, planning and resource allocation in the health sector is far from being realised.

Strengthening the Pharmaceutical Sector in Afghanistan: A Study Tour of the Afghan National Medicines Services Organization to Turkey

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:01:33 +0000

Staff from the Afghan government’s General Director of Pharmaceutical Affairs undertook a five-day study tour to engage with peers in Turkey. They they learned how to design and create relevant strategies, services and partnerships, with a focus on the private sector. Many ways forward emerged that can realistically support a financially sustainable national supply of key pharmaceuticals—many manufactured in Afghanistan. [adapted from resource]

Health Financing in the Republic of Gabon

Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:42:47 +0000

This is a review of the health financing situation in the Republic of Gabon. The book reviews the situation in the country under the lens of the principles of health financing: revenue mobilization for health, risk pooling, and purchasing services. [from abstract]

Balancing Authority, Deference and Trust Across the Public–Private Divide in Health Care: Tuberculosis Health Visitors in Western Maharashtra, India

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:04:49 +0000

While concepts such as ‘partnership’ are central to the terminology of private–public mix (PPM), little attention has been paid to how social relations are negotiated among the diverse actors responsible for implementing these inter-sectoral arrangements. India’s Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has used intermediary agents to facilitate the involvement of private providers in the expansion of Directly Observed Therapy, Short-Course (DOTS).

'I Am Who I Serve'—Community Health Workers In Family Planning Programs

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:01:04 +0000

For decades, family planning programs and other public health programs have utilized community health workers (CHWs) as a way to reach and serve disadvantaged populations, often immigrants leery of government sponsored programs.Despite decades of experience, however, and a substantial body of evidence documenting their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, these efforts continue to be hampered by the lack of a dedicated funding stream—a problem now being addressed by individual states and potentially by a little-noticed provision in the federal health care reform legislation that could provi

From Evidence to Policy: Expanding Access to Family Planning

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:06:22 +0000

WHO policy brief that includes recommended policy and program actions for expanding access to Family Planning.

Successfully Providing Essential Newborn Care for Term and Premature Babies: A Midwife’s Perspective

Thu, 15 May 2014 18:32:33 +0000

During the three-and-a-half years of implementation, Ethiopia’s [Federal Ministry of Health] developed a new community health strategy for the Health Extension Program consisting of Primary Health Care Units (health centers and health posts) and the Health Development army. [adapted from abstract]

Interprofessional Teamwork in the Trauma Setting: A Scoping Review

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:06:54 +0000

Despite the emphasis on inter-professional collaborative practice and patient safety, inter-professional team working in the trauma setting has received little attention. This paper presents the findings of a scoping review designed to identify the extent and nature of this literature in this setting. [from abstract]

Immediate Versus Sustained Effects: Interrupted Time Series Analysis of a Tailored Intervention

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:04:24 +0000

This paper describes the development, delivery, and evaluation of a tailored intervention designed to increase primary health care professionals’ adoption of a national recommendation that women with mild to moderate postnatal depression are referred for psychological therapy as a first stage treatment. [from abstract]

Analysis of Human Resources for Health Strategies and Policies in 5 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to GFATM and PEPFAR-Funded HIV Activities

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:38:06 +0000

Since the need for additional human resources for health (HRH) was not initially considered by Global Health Initiatives, countries implemented short-term HRH strategies to allow antiretroviral scale-up. Such strategies differed from one country to another and slowly evolved to long-term HRH policies. This study examines the processes and content of the resulting HRH policy shifts in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. [adapted from abstract]