How can intersectoral collaboration and action help improve the education, recruitment, and retention of the health and care workforce? A scoping review

T Tancred, M Falkenbach, J Raven… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inadequate numbers, maldistribution, attrition, and inadequate skill‐mix are widespread
health and care workforce (HCWF) challenges. Intersectoral—inclusive of different …

[HTML][HTML] Dispensing antiretrovirals during Covid-19 lockdown: re-discovering community-based ART delivery models in Uganda

H Zakumumpa, C Tumwine, K Milliam… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background The notion of health-system resilience has received little empirical attention in
the current literature on the Covid-19 response. We set out to explore health-system …

[HTML][HTML] What conditions enable decentralization to improve the health system? Qualitative analysis of perspectives on decision space after 25 years of devolution in …

HJ Liwanag, K Wyss - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Decentralization is promoted as a strategy to improve health system
performance by bringing decision-making closer to service delivery. Some studies have …

Health system resilience in the face of crisis: analysing the challenges, strategies and capacities for UNRWA in Syria

Z Jamal, M Alameddine, K Diaconu… - Health Policy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Health system resilience reflects the ability to continue service delivery in the face of
extraordinary shocks. We examined the case of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency …

How district health decision-making is shaped within decentralised contexts: a qualitative research in Malawi, Uganda and Ghana

SE Bulthuis, MC Kok, S Amon, SA Agyemang… - Global public …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT District Health Management Teams (DHMTs) are often entry points for the
implementation of health interventions. Insight into decision-making and power relationships …

[HTML][HTML] Optimising decentralisation for the health sector by exploring the synergy of decision space, capacity and accountability: insights from the Philippines

HJ Liwanag, K Wyss - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019 - Springer
Background Several studies on decentralisation have used the 'decision space'approach to
assess the breadth of space made available to decision-makers at lower levels of the health …

Performance management in complex adaptive systems: a conceptual framework for health systems

T Newton-Lewis, W Munar, T Chanturidze - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Existing performance management approaches in health systems in low-income and middle-
income countries are generally ineffective at driving organisational-level and population …

Management of human resources for health in health districts in Uganda: A decision space analysis

W Mansour, A Aryaija‐Karemani… - … Journal of Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Decentralisation has been adopted by many governments to strengthen
national systems, including the health system. Decision space is used to describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Human resources for health in conflict affected settings: a scoping review of primary peer reviewed publications 2016–2022

O Onvlee, M Kok, J Buchan, M Dieleman… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Conflict has devastating effects on health systems, especially on healthcare
workers (HCWs) working in under-resourced and hostile environments. However, little …

Who is in and who is out? A qualitative analysis of stakeholder participation in priority setting for health in three districts in Uganda

SD Razavi, L Kapiriri, J Abelson… - Health Policy and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Stakeholder participation is relevant in strengthening priority setting processes for health
worldwide, since it allows for inclusion of alternative perspectives and values that can …