6. Providing Interventions

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Editors/Authors: Dean T. Jamison, Joel G. Breman, Anthony R. Measham, George Alleyne, Mariam Claeson, David B. Evans, Prabhat Jha, Anne Mills, Philip Musgrove
Pages: 26

Abstract

Alan Gignoux/The World Bank

No matter how thoroughly they are researched and how carefully they are designed, interventions are useless without mechanisms for delivering them. Delivery mechanisms are critical to both the effectiveness and the cost of any intervention. They vary considerably from one country to the next depending on broad factors like a country's economy, politics, and culture, but also on the presence of a well–functioning health system.