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A decade of aid coordination in post-conflict Burundi’s health sector

Author: Cailhol, Johann ; Gilson, Lucy ; Lehmann, Uta Date: 29 Mar 2019 Background The launch of Global Health Initiatives in early 2000′ coincided with the end of the war in Burundi. The first large amount of funding the country received was ear-marked for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ... Read more
A qualitative study of the dissemination and diffusion of innovations: bottom up experiences of senior managers in three health districts in South Africa

Author: Orgill, Marsha ; Gilson, Lucy ; Chitha, Wezile ; Michel, Janet ; Erasmus, Ermin ; Marchal, Bruno ; Harris, Bronwyn Date: 29 Mar 2019 Background In 2012 the South African National Department of Health (SA NDoH) set out, using a top down process, to implement several innovations in eleven health districts in order to test reforms to strengthen the district ... Read more
Accountability mechanisms for implementing a health financing option: the case of the basic health care provision fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria

Author: Uzochukwu, Benjamin ; Onwujekwe, Emmanuel ; Mbachu, Chinyere ; Okeke, Chinyere ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 11 Jul 2018 Background The Nigerian National Health Act proposes a radical shift in health financing in Nigeria through the establishment of a fund – Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, (BHCPF). This Fund is intended to improve the functioning ... Read more
Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: South African examples of a leadership of sensemaking for primary health care

Author: Gilson, Lucy ; Elloker, Soraya ; Olckers, Patti ; Lehmann, Uta Date: 16 Jun 2014 Background: New forms of leadership are required to bring about the fundamental health system changes demanded by primary health care (PHC). Using theory about complex adaptive systems and policy implementation, this paper considers how actors’ ... Read more c b
An evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia: study protocol

Author: Wiseman, Virginia ; Thabrany, Hasbullah ; Asante, Augustine ; Haemmerli, Manon ; Kosen, Soewarta ; Gilson, Lucy ; Mills, Anne ; Hayen, Andrew ; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ; Patcharanarumol, Walaiporn Date: 12 Sep 2018 Background Many low and middle income countries are implementing reforms to support Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Perhaps one of the most ambitious examples of this is Indonesia’s national health scheme known as the JKN ... Read more
Bottom-up innovation for health management capacity development: a qualitative case study in a South African health district

Author: Orgill, Marsha ; Marchal, Bruno ; Shung-King, Maylene ; Sikuza, Lwazikazi ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 24 Mar 2021 Abstract Background As part of health system strengthening in South Africa (2012–2017) a new district health manager, taking a bottom-up approach, developed a suite of innovations to improve ... Read more
Building the field of health policy and systems research: an agenda for action

Author: Bennett, Sara ; Agyepong, Irene Akua ; Sheikh, Kabir ; Hanson, Kara ; Ssengooba, Freddie ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 2011 The lack of clarity and shared understanding regarding the scientific foundations of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) [1] potentially has very negative consequences for the field [2]. Disagreement over the value of different types ... Read more c b
Building the field of health policy and systems research: framing the questions

Author: Sheikh, Kabir ; Gilson, Lucy ; Agyepong, Irene Akua ; Hanson, Kara ; Ssengooba, Freddie ; Bennett, Sara Date: 2011 In the first of a series of articles addressing the current challenges and opportunities for the development of Health Policy & Systems Research (HPSR), Kabir Sheikh and colleagues lay out the main questions vexing the field. Read more c b
Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters

Author: Gilson, Lucy ; Hanson, Kara ; Sheikh, Kabir ; Agyepong, Irene Akua ; Ssengooba, Freddie ; Bennett, Sara Date: 2011 The first paper in this series on building the field of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [1] outlined the scope and questions of the field and highlighted the key challenges and opportunities ... Read more c b
The challenge of bridging the gap between researchers and policy makers: experiences of a Health Policy Research Group in engaging policy makers to support evidence informed policy making in Nigeria

Author: Uzochukwu, Benjamin ; Onwujekwe, Obinna ; Mbachu, Chinyere ; Okwuosa, Chinenye ; Etiaba, Enyi ; Nyström, Monica E ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 04 Nov 2016 Background: Getting research into policy and practice (GRIPP) is a process of going from research evidence to decisions and action. To integrate research findings into the policy making process and to communicate research findings to policymakers ... Read more c b
Civil society's role in health system monitoring and strengthening : evidence from Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Barker, Jessica Date: 2015 Introduction: Historically in South Africa, civil society has played a key role within the health system, including advocating for equitable and quality health care services. The purpose of this research is to explore the implementation of a ... Read more
Closing the gap: a review of factors affecting quality improvement interventions at the primary care level

Author: Zeelie, Andrea Date: 2012 Objective: The aim of this review is to analyse quality improvement interventions at the primary care level. Quality improvement interventions attempt to close the gap between clinical research and practice. The objectives of this review are ... Read more
Communication and collaboration: an exploration of clinical governance Interventions in the Western Cape Department of Health over the past twenty years

Author: Singh, Yesheen Date: 2020 Background: The tension between the increasing cost of healthcare provision and the need to provide a quality level of care to a rising number of people is a global phenomenon. A focus on one over the other could result in a rise in adverse ... Read more
Consortium for Health Policy & Systems Analysis in Africa

Author: Gilson, Lucy Date: 15 Sep 2014 All CHEPSAA’s African members have produced reports that provide an overview of the HPSR+A capacity needs and assets in their organizations and its wider context. They each include recommendations about how to develop capacity. The assessment ... Read more c b n a
Contextual influences on health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya

Author: Mbindyo, Patrick ; Gilson, Lucy ; Blaauw, Duane ; English, Mike Date: 2009 BACKGROUND:Organizational factors are considered to be an important influence on health workers' uptake of interventions that improve their practices. These are additionally influenced by factors operating at individual and broader health ... Read more c b
Devolution and its effects on health workforce and commodities management – early implementation experiences in Kilifi County, Kenya

Author: Tsofa, Benjamin ; Goodman, Catherine ; Gilson, Lucy ; Molyneux, Sassy Date: 15 Sep 2017 Background: Decentralisation is argued to promote community participation, accountability, technical efficiency, and equity in the management of resources, and has been a recurring theme in health system reforms for several decades. In 2010, ... Read more c b
Differences in antiretroviral scale up in three South African provinces: the role of implementation management

Author: Schneider, Helen ; Coetzee, David ; Van Rensburg, Dingie ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 2010 BACKGROUND:South Africa's antiretroviral programme is governed by defined national plans, establishing treatment targets and providing funding through ring-fenced conditional grants. However, in terms of the country's quasi-federal constitution, ... Read more c b
Exploring experiences of HIV counsellors towards the HIV counselling and testing policy in Zambia’s public urban health centers

Author: Shawa, Remmy Malama Date: 2014 Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Exploring how different modes of governance act across health system levels to influence primary healthcare facility managers’ use of information in decision-making: experience from Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Scott, Vera ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 15 Sep 2017 Background: Governance, which includes decision-making at all levels of the health system, and information have been identified as key, interacting levers of health system strengthening. However there is an extensive literature detailing the ... Read more c b
Exploring the influence of intersecting social identities on the leadership experience of female managers in the South African health system

Author: Reddy, Mishka Date: 2020 In the transition from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals, the importance of an integrated health system in which all health activities interact - including the multiple actors within the system - has gained ... Read more

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