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Health systems approaches to mental health
HEART talks
February 6, 2020

In this video, Jasmine Kalha, QualityRights Gujarat, discusses the benefits of a rights-based approach to mental health, the QualityRights framework in the context of health systems, the role that peer support should play in QualityRights, and her favourite Article of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In this video, Soumitra Pathare,… Read more

health systems, Mental Health
Health
Health systems strengthening
HEART talks
October 21, 2019

Interview: Evidence review on health systems strengthening Due to the lack of clear definitions and the potentially huge volume of evidence, comprehensive reviews of health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions are relatively uncommon. In this interview lead author Sophie Witter (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) discusses one such rapid evidence review, recently commissioned by the UK Department for… Read more

Health System Strengthening, health systems
Health
Why monitoring and evaluation is crucial for the success of health system reforms
HEART talks
July 25, 2019

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) is used to guide the implementation of a programme, understand the performance of the programme, and assess the best approach to future developments. To ensure the success of healthcare system reforms, and projects being implemented around them, an innovative MEL design is needed. Often, traditional models measuring the outputs of… Read more

evaluation and learning, health systems, monitoring, monitoring and evaluation
Health
Exploring challenges in health transition planning
HEART talks
July 18, 2019

Effective health planning is critical in ensuring affordable, accessible, and high quality health services for all. Many low- and middle-income countries rely on donor funding to establish or maintain the basic healthcare services, and often struggle to ensure sustainability of these when sources of funding in the sector change. Multilateral organisations and government partners have… Read more

health systems, health transition planning, transition planning
Health
Improving health system resilience in fragile and conflict-affected countries
HEART talks
July 18, 2019

According to the World Bank, fragility, conflict, and violence is a critical development challenge that threatens efforts to end extreme poverty, affecting both low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many of the world’s crises are caused by or exacerbated by fragility, from violent conflict to internal and external displacements and climate shocks. Compared to other LMICs, fragile… Read more

conflict-affected states, fragile states, health systems, resilience
Health
Developing local capacity to support health system reforms
HEART talks
July 18, 2019

Capacity building is an important element in health for successfully tackling social health inequalities by improving the capacity of health actors and institutions at national, regional, and local levels. Capacity building looks at “development of sustainable skills, organisational structures, resources, and commitment to health improvement in health and other sectors, to prolong and multiply health gains”…. Read more

capacity building, health system reforms, health systems
Health
Social Protection
Social Health Protection in low- and middle-income countries: the practical challenges, a brief discussion paper
Assignment
January 23, 2018

A seminar organised by Oxford Policy Management in June 2017 brought together practitioners and policy makers to exchange insights on practical challenges for the implementation of social health protection (SHP) programmes, and social health insurance (SHI) in particular. Kicked-off with a presentation of recent experiences from Bangladesh and Pakistan, the discussion touched on a range… Read more

health systems, social health insurance, social health protection, universal health coverage
Health
Transition and Recovery of Nepal’s Health System: Project Completion Review
Assignment
January 12, 2018

This project completion review (PRC) provides details on the outputs, lessons and recommendations from the DFID funded programme ‘Transition and Recovery of Nepal’s Health System’ which came to a close in May 2017. The aim of the programme was to provide technical assistance to support the recovery of Nepal’s damaged health services, across 31 districts… Read more

DFID, disaster support, health systems, MoH, Nepal, Project Completion Review, Technical Assistance
Health
Unpicking Power and Politics for Transformative Change: Towards Accountability for Health Equity. Workshop Report
Document Library
October 10, 2017

While ‘accountability’ has become an increasingly popular buzzword in health systems debates and health service delivery, it has multiple – and contested – meanings. From 19-21 July 2017, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) brought together 80-plus activists, researchers, public health practitioners and policy makers to examine critically the forces that shape accountability in health systems, from… Read more

Accountability, Health, health equity, health systems, Politics and Power
Health
Quality of maternal and newborn services – a learning resource for thinking and action
Announcements
July 11, 2016

This freely accessible online learning resource produced by HEART provides an overview of the key issues in relation to quality of services (QoS) for maternal and newborn health (MNH), and signposts key resources for further reading. Originally designed for the cadre of Health Advisers at DFID, it has been adapted to suit a broad range of… Read more

care, Children, health systems, maternal and newborn health, MNH, quality improvement
Health
How equitable are community health worker programmes and which programme features influence equity of community health worker services? A systematic review
Document Library
May 31, 2016

Community health workers (CHWs) are uniquely placed to link communities with the health system, playing a role in improving the reach of health systems and bringing health services closer to hard-to-reach and marginalised groups. A systematic review was conducted to determine the extent of equity of CHW programmes and to identify intervention design factors which… Read more

community health workers, health equity, health systems, universal health coverage
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