Background A common challenge for health sector planning and budgeting has been the
misalignment between policies, technical planning and budgetary allocation; and …

Background Decentralisation is argued to promote community participation, accountability,
technical efficiency, and equity in the management of resources, and has been a recurring …

Objectives The aim of the present study was to systematically review the progress and
challenges on the devolved healthcare system in Kenya. Study design A systematic review …

Introduction Devolution reforms in Indonesia and Kenya have brought extensive changes to
governance structures and mechanisms for financing and delivering healthcare. Community …

Devolution changes the locus of power within a country from central to sub-national levels.
In 2013, Kenya devolved health and other services from central government to 47 new sub …

Background Several studies on decentralisation have used the 'decision space'approach to
assess the breadth of space made available to decision-makers at lower levels of the health …

Purpose–Despite enormous progress in health globally, primary healthcare services in
many developing countries are facing different challenges. Many studies have documented …

Background: The implications of decentralisation on human resource for health
management has not received adequate research attention despite the presupposition that …

Background During the 1990s, the government of Tanzania introduced the decentralization
by devolution (D by D) approach involving the transfer of functions, power and authority from …

Background In 2013, Kenya transitioned into a devolved system of government with a
central government and 47 semi-autonomous county governments. In this paper, we report …