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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791138603321

Titolo

Systems thinking for health systems strengthening [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Don de Savigny and Taghreed Adam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2009

ISBN

1-282-45624-5

9786612456244

92-4-068422-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Alliance Flagship report series

Classificazione

30.10

44.32

Altri autori (Persone)

De SavignyDon

AdamTaghreed

Disciplina

362.1068

Soggetti

World health

Public health - Research

Health planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Third report of Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Executive Summary; Acronyms; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Reference List; Alliance Board members; Alliance Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee members

Sommario/riassunto

Many developing countries are looking to scale-up what works through major systems strengthening investments. With leadership, conviction and commitment, systems thinking can facilitate and accelerate the strengthening of systems to more effectively deliver interventions to those in need and be better able to improve health in an equitable way. Systems thinking is not a panacea. Its application does not mean that resolving problems and weaknesses will come easily or naturally or without overcoming the inertia of the established way of doing things. But it will identify, with more precision, wh