“Scaling up to meet the need is equivalent to when a large group of people must use a bus
to undertake a crucial journey. If the bus is too small, or it goes too slowly, or it takes a wrong …

“Scaling up” effective health services is high on the policy agendas of many countries and
international agencies. The current concern has been driven by growing recognition both of …

Scaling up of health interventions—also referred to as going to scale, replication and
expansion—has become a central theme in international public health agendas, including …

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 …

Background There is widespread agreement on the need for scaling up in the health sector
to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But many countries are not on track …

Program innovations are at the core of health systems development. However, new
experiences resulting from policy experimentation need to be disseminated, and ''scaled …

There is a growing impatience at national and international levels with the persistence of
high burdens of ill health for which effective interventions are available. This has led to big …

This book considers the topic of scaling up from a particular vantage point. The focus is on
ways to increase the impact of health service innovations that have been tested in pilot or …

In 1993, the World Bank published Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
(DCP1), an attempt to systematically assess value for money (cost-effectiveness) of …

Patients and citizens want more and better healthcare, and want to pay less for it. One way
rapidly to respond to these demands is to spread proven or promising improvements in …