Background The implementation of evidence-based healthcare interventions is challenging,
with a 17-year gap identified between the generation of evidence and its implementation in …

The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday
practice of governance in low-and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather …

Background: In this study, we use the case of medical doctors in the public health system in
rural India to illustrate the nuances of how and why gaps in policy implementation occur at …

Background Regulation can improve professional practice and patient care, but is often
weakly implemented and enforced in health systems in low-and middle-income countries …

In the mid-1990s Michael Reich and Gill Walt, drawing on independent lines of work, called
for an injection of political economy thinking into health policy analysis in low-and middle …

Background Client service charter (CSC) provides information about what people can
expect in a facility's services; what is expected of clients and service providers. Tanzania …

Introduction Effective public financial management (PFM) ensures public health funds are
used to deliver services in the best way possible. Given the global call for universal health …

Exploring the implementation blackbox from a perspective that considers embedded
practices of power is critical to understand the policy process. However, the literature is …

Health equity is a rather complex issue. Social context and economical disparities, are
known to be determining factors. Cultural and educational constrains however, are also …

Background In 2009, the Benin government introduced a user fee exemption policy for
caesarean sections. We analyse this policy with regard to how the existing ideas and …