Objectives Governments in middle and low income countries have sought ways for the past
decades to make their public hospitals more performing. The objectives of this assessment …

Decentralization is an important element in the policy formulationand implementation of
Primary Health Care (PHC) in developing countries. While this may well be the case, certain …

Decentralisation, which sends power and resources from the Central to local governments,
comes with several theoretical promises. One such promise is the improvement in local …

Background: Decentralisation in the health sector has been promoted in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs) for many years. Inherently, decentralisation grants decision …

In an attempt to improve health sector performance, many countries across the developing
world such as Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, the Philippines, Tanzania …

Various attempts have been made in India with respect to decentralization, most significantly
the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India (1993) which provided the necessary legal …

Background The term “judicialization of health care” describes the use of rights-based
litigation to demand access to pharmaceuticals and medical treatments. The judicialization …

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

Governance is increasingly recognized as an important factor in health system performance,
yet conceptually and practically it remains poorly understood and subject to often vague and …

Résumé La décentralisation renvoie à la question de la répartition souhaitable des
responsabilités entre différents niveaux d'intervention, qui se pose dans de nombreux …