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Health systems resilience and private-for-profit sector engagement: lessons from the second COVID-19 wave in Uttar Pradesh, India Open
India's second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April-June 2021 involved an explosion of case numbers, with devastating consequences for the country’s already strained health systems. This case study examines the private health market resp…
Political economy of primary health care resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean: insights from the WB/PAHO Commission recommendations Open
The World Bank-PAHO Lancet Regional Health Americas Commission, launched in January 2024, aims to transform primary health care (PHC) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to enhance resilience against public health emergencies. The Com…
No time to wait: resilience as a cornerstone for primary health care across Latin America and the Caribbean, a World Bank-PAHO Lancet Regional Health Americas Commission Open
Community engagement in Primary Health Care (PHC) enhances system resilience. This scoping review and expert consultation aimed to document the range of community-driven interventions and strategies implemented in Latin America and the Car…
Optimizing Georgia’s Public Health Workforce: A Study on Demographics, Engagement, and Capacity Building Open
Background: A well-functioning public health system relies on a robust public health workforce. Comprehensive data on the workforce, such as number, distribution, and key characteristics, is crucial for evidence-based workforce planning an…
Implications of the fair processes for financing UHC report for development assistance: reflections and an application of the decision-making principles to PEPFAR Open
The framework presented in the World Bank report Open and Inclusive: Fair processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage effectively connects proposed decision-making principles with practical examples that country governments can use t…
Holy grail or convenient excuse? Stakeholder perspectives on the role of health system strengthening evaluation in global health resource allocation Open
Background The role of evaluation evidence in guiding health systems strengthening (HSS) investments at the global-level remains contested. A lack of rigorous impact evaluations is viewed by some as an obstacle to scaling resources. Howeve…
The state of primary health care in south Asia Open
The south Asian region (SAR) is home to 1·74 billion people, corresponding to 22% of the global population. The region faces several challenges pertaining to changing epidemiology, rapid urbanisation, and social and economic concerns, whic…
How integration of refugees into national health systems became a global priority: a qualitative policy analysis Open
Background Despite a long history of political discourse around refugee integration, it wasn’t until 2016 that this issue emerged as a global political priority. Limited research has examined the evolution of policies of global actors arou…
View article: HIV programme sustainability in Southern and Eastern Africa and the changing role of external assistance for health
HIV programme sustainability in Southern and Eastern Africa and the changing role of external assistance for health Open
High human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–prevalence countries in Southern and Eastern Africa continue to receive substantial external assistance (EA) for HIV programming, yet countries are at risk of transitioning out of HIV aid without ach…
View article: Maintaining essential health services during COVID-19: cross-country lessons of health system resilience from Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
Maintaining essential health services during COVID-19: cross-country lessons of health system resilience from Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America Open
The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted the delivery of essential health services (EHS) worldwide, contributing to excess morbidity and mortality from preventable conditions. Some countries employed innovative strategies that may have ena…
‘All my co-workers are good people, but…’: collaboration dynamics between frontline workers in rural Uttar Pradesh, India Open
Multisectoral collaboration has been identified as a critical component in a wide variety of health and development initiatives. For India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, which serves >100 million people annually acr…
Geographic prioritisation in Kenya and Uganda: a power analysis of donor transition Open
Introduction Donor transition for HIV/AIDS programmes remains sensitive, marking a significant shift away from the traditional investment model of large-scale, vertical investments to control the epidemic and achieve rapid scaling-up of se…
Understanding reasons for and strategic responses to administrative health data misreporting in an Indian state Open
The misreporting of administrative health data creates an inequitable distribution of scarce health resources and weakens transparency and accountability within health systems. In the mid-2010s, an Indian state introduced a district rankin…
Public sector engagement of private healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh, India Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained public health resources and overwhelmed health systems capacity of countries worldwide. In India, the private sector is a significant source of healthcare particularly in large states like Uttar Pradesh (…
Stakeholder perspectives on proposed policies to improve distribution and retention of doctors in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, India Open
Background In India, the distribution and retention of biomedical doctors in public sector facilities in rural areas is an obstacle to improving access to health services. The Government of Uttar Pradesh is developing a comprehensive, ten-…
The impact of loss of PEPFAR support on HIV services at health facilities in low-burden districts in Uganda Open
Background Although donor transitions from HIV programs are more frequent, little research exists seeking to understand the perceptions of patients and providers on this process. Between 2015 and 2017, PEPFAR implemented the ´geographic pr…
Development and psychometric testing of the FLW-MSC scale for measuring frontline worker multisectoral collaboration in rural India Open
Objectives Multisectoral collaboration (MSC) is widely recognised as a critical aspect of policies, programmes and interventions addressing complex public health issues, yet it is undertheorised and difficult to measure. Limited understand…
Visualizing the drivers of an effective health workforce: A detailed, interactive logic model Open
Background A strong health workforce is a key building block of a well-functioning health system. To achieve health systems goals, policymakers need information on what works to improve and sustain health workforce performance. Most framew…