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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
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: Linking guidance development to policy development

Author: Lavis, John N ; Røttingen, John-Arne ; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier ; Atun, Rifat ; El-Jardali, Fadi ; Gilson, Lucy ; Lewin, Simon ; Oliver, Sandy ; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre ; Haines, Andy Date: 2012 In the second paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, John Lavis and colleagues explore the challenge of linking guidance development and policy development at global and national levels. Read more c b
Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?

Author: Gilson, Lucy Date: 2013 The five African Health Initiative Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnerships represent a rich and important set of health system strengthening initiatives. All can be called whole system strengthening initiatives in ... Read more c b
Organisational culture and trust as influences over the implementation of equity-oriented policy in two South African case study hospitals

Author: Erasmus, Ermin ; Gilson, Lucy ; Govender, Veloshnee ; Nkosi, Moremi Date: 15 Sep 2017 Background: This paper uses the concepts of organisational culture and organisational trust to explore the implementation of equity-oriented policies – the Uniform Patient Fee Schedule (UPFS) and Patients’ Rights Charter (PRC) - in two South ... Read more c b
Protocol for a Multi-Level Policy Analysis of Non-Communicable Disease Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity: Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Africa and the Caribbean

Author: Shung-King, Maylene ; Weimann, Amy ; McCreedy, Nicole ; Tatah, Lambed ; Mapa-Tassou, Clarisse ; Muzenda, Trish ; Govia, Ishtar ; Were, Vincent ; Oni, Tolu Date: 10 Dec 2021 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally. Despite significant global policy development for addressing NCDs, the extent to which global policies find expression in low-and-middle income countries’ (LMIC) ... Read more c b
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
Social values and health systems in health policy and systems research: a mixed-method systematic review and evidence map

Author: Whyle, Eleanor ; Olivier, Jill Date: 2020 Because health systems are conceptualized as social systems, embedded in social contexts and shaped by human agency, values are a key factor in health system change. As such, health systems software—including values, norms, ideas and ... Read more
Strengthening post-graduate educational capacity for health policy and systems research and analysis: the strategy of the Consortium for Health Policy and Systems Analysis in Africa

Author: Erasmus, Ermin ; Lehmann, Uta ; Agyepong, Irene A ; Alwar, John ; de Savigny, Don ; Kamuzora, Peter ; Mirzoev, Tolib ; Nxumalo, Nonhlanhla ; Tomson, Göran ; Uzochukwu, Benjamin ; Gilson, Lucy Date: 2016 Background: The last 5–10 years have seen significant international momentum build around the field of health policy and systems research and analysis (HPSR + A). Strengthening post-graduate teaching is seen as central to the further development ... Read more c b

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