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Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries : From Evidence to Action

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  • David H. Peters
  • Sameh El-Saharty
  • Banafsheh Siadat
  • Katja Janovsky
  • Marko Vujicic

Abstract

Decision makers and the public are in need of information to guide their decisions about how to strengthen health services. This book pulls together available evidence concerning strategies to improve health services delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using current methods to assemble a knowledge base and analyze the findings. It describes the results of reviews of such strategies, and how such strategies can produce gains for the poor. This type of information is intended to help decision makers in LMICs learn from others and from their own experiences, so that they may develop and implement strategies that will improve health services in their own setting. The book provides some suggestions for what works and how to improve implementation, as the evidence does not hold up for 'blueprint' planning. It finds that there are many ways that can succeed in improving health services. But not nearly enough attention has been paid to demonstrating how to improve services for the poor. Approaches that ask difficult questions, use information intelligently, and involve key stakeholders and institutions are critical to 'learning and doing' practices that underlie successful implementation of health services.

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  • David H. Peters & Sameh El-Saharty & Banafsheh Siadat & Katja Janovsky & Marko Vujicic, 2009. "Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries : From Evidence to Action," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 12335.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:12335
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    1. Mark Turner, 2012. "Decentralization, Politics and Service Delivery," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 197-215, February.
    2. Xiaoyun Liang & Hong Guo & Chenggang Jin & Xiaoxia Peng & Xiulan Zhang, 2012. "The Effect of New Cooperative Medical Scheme on Health Outcomes and Alleviating Catastrophic Health Expenditure in China: A Systematic Review," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(8), pages 1-11, August.
    3. Lewis Husain & Gerald Bloom & Yue Xiao, 2023. "Building policy capacity for managing rapid, complex change in China’s health system," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(1), pages 28-48.
    4. Angela Dawson & Nguyen-Toan Tran & Elizabeth Westley & Viviana Mangiaterra & Mario Festin, 2014. "Improving Access to Emergency Contraception Pills through Strengthening Service Delivery and Demand Generation: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence in Low and Middle-Income Countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(10), pages 1-11, October.
    5. Bijoya Roy & Fabiana da Cunha Saddi & Stephen Peckham & Maria Pereira Barretos, 2023. "Critical policy capacity factors in the implementation of the community health worker program in India," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(1), pages 90-103.
    6. Margaret M Demment & Karen Peters & J Andrew Dykens & Ann Dozier & Haq Nawaz & Scott McIntosh & Jennifer S Smith & Angela Sy & Tracy Irwin & Thomas T Fogg & Mahmooda Khaliq & Rachel Blumenfeld & Mehra, 2015. "Developing the Evidence Base to Inform Best Practice: A Scoping Study of Breast and Cervical Cancer Reviews in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-17, September.
    7. Sameh El-Saharty & Karar Zunaid Ahsan & Tracey L.P. Koehlmoos & Michael M. Engelgau, 2013. "Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Bangladesh : Now is the Time," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 15784.
    8. Stéphanie Siron & Christian Dagenais & Valéry Ridde, 2015. "What research tells us about knowledge transfer strategies to improve public health in low-income countries: a scoping review," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(7), pages 849-863, November.

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