Acknowledgments
Discussions at a workshop sponsored by the Disease Control Priorities Project in South Africa during June 30-July 3, 2004, contributed considerably to the development of ideas for this chapter.
3. Strengthening Health Systems
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Editors/Authors: Anne Mills, Fawzia Rasheed, and Stephen Tollman
Pages: 16
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Chapter Sections
- Intro
- History and Current Themes
- Health System Constraints on the Delivery of Public and Personal Health Services
- Assessment of Approaches to Strengthen Health System Capacity
- Targeting Resources
- Solutions in Low-Capacity Environments
- Research Priorities
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
Boxes
- 3.1 Bringing de Jure and de Facto Regulations in Line
- 3.2 Improving the Quality of Drug Dispensing by Private Sector Shops
- 3.3 The Importance of Government Capacity: Contracting Out Health Services in South Africa
- 3.4 Incentive Payments in China
- 3.5 The Role of Financial and Nonfinancial Incentives in Thailand
- 3.6 Improving Staff Performance in Cambodia
- 3.7 Removal of Fees at the Primary Care Level in Uganda
- 3.8 Gaps in the Evidence on Equity of Health Financing and Utilization in Low-Income Settings
