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 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 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 …

Debates around health systems have dominated the international health agenda for several
decades. A wealth of contributions has been made to define, describe and explain health …

Abstract Background Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in sub-
Saharan Africa will require substantial improvements in the coverage and performance of …

Improving health systems performance in order to achieve good health care outcomes and
meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has received increased global attention …

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

The development and management of health policies, strategies and guidelines
(collectively, policies) in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often ad hoc …

Weaknesses in health systems contribute to a failure to improve health outcomes in
developing countries, despite increased official development assistance. Changes in the …