How Can Disease Control Program Contribute to Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Concept Note for Engaging in the Global Debates on Health Systems Strengthening

Recently, there has been broad consensus in the global health community on the need for health systems strengthening (HSS) to make further progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is still divergence on how HSS should be framed, what HSS practically entails, and how it should be done. We set out to clarify HSS for managers of disease control programs (DCPs). In September 2000, the United Nations created a new movement in the fight against poverty: 189 countries in the General Assembly expressed their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Millennium Declaration (World Health Organization 2004). The recognition of health as one of the key determinants of human development is translated in three health-related MDGs. MDG 4 and 5 focus respectively on children and women as priority target groups, and MDG 6 focuses on priority diseases (HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other major diseases), representing the bulk of the disease burden in low-income countries. In section two, the author first focuses on how national health systems can be understood, with their strengthening in mind, with a special focus on service delivery and on its pluralistic nature. In section three, the author uses the Anna Karenina principle to explain an approach to health systems assessment at the national level. Finally, in section four, the author develops an approach on how Disease Control Program (DCP) can contribute to Health systems Strengthening (HSS) at country level.

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Main Authors:	Damme, Wim Van, Pirard, Marjan, Assefa, Yibeltal, Van Olmen, Josefien
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:	ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ANTENATAL CARE, APPENDICITIS, BIG CITIES, BLUEPRINT, BREASTFEEDING, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, CHILD BIRTH, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILDHOOD ILLNESS, CHILDHOOD VACCINATION, CITIES, CITIZENS, CLINICAL SERVICES, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY CLINICS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, COUNSELING, DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIABETES, DIAGNOSES, DIAGNOSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, DIARRHEA, DISEASE CONTROL, DISEASE PATTERNS, DISEASE PREVENTION, DRUGS, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, ESSENTIAL MEDICINES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCIAL PROTECTION, GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM, GLOBAL HEALTH, GOOD GOVERNANCE, HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HEALTH BUDGETS, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE FINANCING, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE WORKERS, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH CENTRE, HEALTH DELIVERY, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM, HEALTH INITIATIVES, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH POSTS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING, HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTH WORKFORCE, HEALTH ­ EDUCATION, HEPATITIS, HEPATITIS B, HIGH DISEASE BURDEN, HIV, HIV PREVENTION, HIV/AIDS, HOME CARE, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL BEDS, HOSPITAL SERVICES, HOSPITALIZATION, HOSPITALIZATIONS, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ILLNESS, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATIONS, IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH, INCOME, INDIVIDUAL HEALTH, INEQUITIES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMED CHOICE, INSURANCE, INSURANCE SYSTEMS, INTEGRATION, INTERVENTION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABORATORY SERVICES, LAWS, LEPROSY, LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MALARIA CASES, MALARIA CONTROL, MANAGED CARE, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, MEASLES, MEDICAL ATTENTION, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MEDICINES, MIDWIFES, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MOTHER, MOTHER TO CHILD, MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION, NATIONAL HEALTH, NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATURE OF HEALTH, NEGATIVE EFFECTS, NEWBORN, NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES, NURSES, NUTRITION, OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, PARTICULAR COUNTRY, PATIENT, PATIENT INFORMATION, PATIENTS, PERSONAL CHOICE, PERSONAL HEALTH, PHARMACEUTICALS, PHARMACIES, PHARMACY, PNEUMONIA, POCKET PAYMENTS, POLICY GUIDANCE, POLICY MAKERS, POLIO, POLIO ERADICATION, POSITIVE SPILLOVERS, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREPAYMENT SCHEMES, PRIMARY CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY CARE, QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY OF CARE, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, ROTAVIRUS, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SANITATION, SCHISTOSOMIASIS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SKILLED ATTENDANT, SKILLED ATTENDANTS, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL SECTORS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WORKERS, SPILLOVER, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, SURGERY, SYMPTOM, TB, TB CONTROL, TETANUS, THERAPY, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TREATMENT, TROPICAL DISEASES, TROPICAL MEDICINE, TRYPANOSOMIASIS, TUBERCULOSIS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, URBAN AREAS, VACCINATION, VACCINATIONS, VACCINE, VACCINES, VISION, WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16565484/can-disease-control-program-contribute-health-system-strengthening-sub-saharan-africa-concept-note-engaging-global-debates-health-systems-strengthening https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13611
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