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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
Crises and resilience at the frontline-public health facility managers under devolution in a sub-county on the Kenyan Coast

Author: Nyikuri, Mary ; Tsofa, Benjamin ; Barasa, Edwine ; Okoth, Philip ; Molyneux, Sassy Date: 2015 BACKGROUND: Public primary health care (PHC) facilities are for many individuals the first point of contact with the formal health care system. These facilities are managed by professional nurses or clinical officers who are recognised to ... 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
Examining priority setting and resource allocation practices in county hospitals in Kenya

Author: Barasa, Edwine W Date: 2014 Hospitals consume a significant proportion of healthcare budgets and are a key avenue for the delivery of key interventions. Understanding how hospitals use resources is therefore an important question. Priority setting research has however ... Read more
Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature

Author: Khan, Gadija ; Kagwanja, Nancy ; Whyle, Eleanor ; Gilson, Lucy ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Schaay, Nikki ; Tsofa, Benjamin ; Barasa, Edwine ; Olivier, Jill Date: 01 May 2021 Abstract Background The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness received significantly ... Read more
How does decentralisation affect health sector planning and financial management? a case study of early effects of devolution in Kilifi County, Kenya

Author: Tsofa, Benjamin ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Gilson, Lucy ; Goodman, Catherine Date: 15 Sep 2017 Background: A common challenge for health sector planning and budgeting has been the misalignment between policies, technical planning and budgetary allocation; and inadequate community involvement in priority setting. Health system ... Read more c b
Importance of strategic management in the implementation of private medicine retailer programmes: case studies from three districts in Kenya

Author: Abuya, Timothy ; Amin, Abdinasir ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Akhwale, Willis ; Marsh, Vicki ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 2010 BACKGROUND: The home-management of malaria strategy seeks to improve prompt and effective anti-malarial drug use through the informal sector, with a potential channel being the Private Medicine Retailers (PMRs). Previous evaluations of PMR ... Read more c b
Leadership experiences and practices of South African health managers: what is the influence of gender? -a qualitative, exploratory study

Author: Shung-King, Maylene ; Gilson, Lucy ; Mbachu, Chinyere ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Muraya, Kelly W ; Uguru, Nkoli ; Govender, Veloshnee Date: 18 Sep 2018 Background The importance of strong and transformative leadership is recognised as essential to the building of resilient and responsive health systems. In this regard, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 5 prioritises a ... Read more
Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County

Author: Waithaka, Dennis ; Kagwanja, Nancy ; Nzinga, Jacinta ; Tsofa, Benjamin ; Leli, Hassan ; Mataza, Christine ; Nyaguara, Amek ; Bejon, Philip ; Gilson, Lucy ; Barasa, Edwine ; Molyneux, Sassy Date: 10 Feb 2020 Abstract Background While health worker strikes are experienced globally, the effects can be worst in countries with infrastructural and resource challenges, weak institutional arrangements, ... Read more
Resources, attitudes and culture: an understanding of the factors that influence the functioning of accountability mechanisms in primary health care settings

Author: Cleary, Susan ; Molyneux, Sassy ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: District level health system governance is recognised as an important but challenging element of health system development in low and middle-income countries. Accountability is a more recent focus in health system debates. ... Read more c b

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