The African Health Initiative (AHI) is the Doris Duke Foundation's (DDCF) response to the
need to improve the knowledge base on how to strengthen health systems. As this Initiative …

The African region is experiencing peculiar demographic, economic, social and
environmental challenges that place pressures on the health systems. While the need to …

The importance of strengthening health systems has gained increased attention in recent
years, and there have been renewed calls for a focus on health systems as part and parcel …

The world's governments failed to achieve the Health for All 2000 goals from the Alma Ata
Declaration of 1978. Although a lot of milestones have been covered since 2000, the world's …

Africa is home to 54 United Nation member states, each possessing a wealth of ethno-
cultural, physiographic, and economic diversity. While Africa is credited as having the …

The five African Health Initiative Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT)
Partnerships represent a rich and important set of health system strengthening initiatives. All …

Background Published practical examples of how to bridge gaps between research, policy
and practice in health systems research in Sub Saharan Africa are scarce. The aim of our …

The responsibility to achieve human right to health is a specific mandate to the organization,
people, and action within the health system, with adequate support from government and …

This supplement introduces the African Health Initiative (AHI), a research program
comprised of five unique district health system-strengthening activities in Ghana …

Abstract Background The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) has
been a model academic partnership in global health for nearly three decades, leveraging …