Improving Governance and Management of Health Systems : Partnerships and Observatories in Latin America and the Caribbean

Public health observatories proactively investigate health issues to provide robust analytical evidence to policy makers. This type of organization has different characteristics from other public health institutions, such as information-gathering bodies, academic public health departments, or state employed public health practitioners. Governments in Latin America have also begun establishing regional, national, and provincial observatories. Some of the regional observatories provide comparisons of countries in the region in areas such as public health, human resources, food security, and nutrition. Regional and national health observatories have become important tools for governments and health ministries to support national strategic partnerships and to empower civil society, health sector stakeholders, and health sector authorities seeking to develop more effective and efficient health systems. Health observatories are therefore a key instrument for health systems to generate information, data, and intelligence on people's health status and the type and quality of health care delivery. By making all this information available to health providers and policy makers in a timely manner, the health observatories will ensure that their national health systems are results-oriented and engaged in a continuous process of improving quality and access.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cortez, Rafael, Ferl, Katharina
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-12
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, CHILD HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, DENTISTRY, DISEASE, EMERGENCY ROOM, EPIDEMIOLOGY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH DATA, HEALTH INEQUALITIES, HEALTH INEQUITIES, HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM, HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MINISTRIES, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PLAN, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH RESULTS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH STRATEGIES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HIV, HOSPITAL PHARMACIES, HOSPITAL SYSTEM, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RIGHTS, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, MEDICATION, MEDICINES, MENTAL HEALTH, MORTALITY, NATIONAL HEALTH, NUTRITION, ORAL HEALTH, PATIENT, PREGNANCIES, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, QUALITY OF HEALTH, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17197291/improving-governance-management-health-systems-partnerships-observatories-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17060
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