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

Background This paper argues that the global health agenda tends to privilege short-term
global interests at the expense of long-term capacity building within national and community …

Despite a renewed focus in the field of global health on strengthening health systems,
inadequate attention has been directed to a key ingredient of high-performing health …

After a period of proliferation of disease-specific initiatives, over the past decade and
especially since 2005 many organizations involved in global health have come to direct …

The Global Health System: Strengthening National Health Systems as the Next Step for
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Background Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health
systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low-and middle-income …

Abstract Background In March 2009, the Task Force for Innovative International Financing
for Health Systems recommended" a health systems funding platform for the Global Fund …

The term 'scaling up'is now widely used in the international health literature, though it lacks
an agreed definition. We review what is meant by scaling up in the context of changes in …

In this book, we invited 146 authors with expertise in health policy, systems design,
management, research, or practice, from each of the countries included, to consider health …

It is increasingly recognized that stronger health systems are needed to deliver health care
interventions at the scale necessary to achieve and sustain healthrelated Millennium …