With the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) showing uneven progress, this review
identifies possible limitations arising from the MDG framework itself rather than extrinsic …

Highlights•There has been a shift in focus from individual skills training to team training.•A
refinement of Kirkpatrick's model for evaluating training evidence is proposed.•Emergency …

Background Despite the mounting attention for health systems and health systems theories,
there is a persisting lack of consensus on their conceptualisation and strengthening. This …

Frameworks can clarify concepts and improve understanding of underlying mechanisms in
the domain of health systems research and strengthening. Many existing frameworks have a …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have now been in place for 4 years,
as the center-piece of the sustainable development program of the United Nations. This …

Background Since the advent of health user fees in low-and middle-income countries in the
1980s, the discourse of global health actors (GHAs) has changed to the disadvantage of this …

With wide access to antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV are living longer. The
reduction in the mother‐to‐child transmission of HIV has encouraged some people living …

Résumé Face aux problèmes d'accès aux soins liés au recouvrement des coûts, de
nombreux pays africains organisent aujourd'hui des politiques d'exemption du paiement …

Several authors have stressed the fact that many policy reforms fail because of poor
formulation or implementation. On the other hand, the health financing literature provides …

Background There is increasing interest by surgeons in high‐income countries to support
colleagues in low‐income countries to improve the provision of surgical care, particularly in …