Fixing Health Systems
The daunting health challenges now confronting Africa, and the rest of the developing world, have been well publicized. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition, anemia: all devastating epidemics whose effects are multiplied by conditions of poverty. In Tanzania, however, recent experience and...
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
c2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Idea; A history of hope and struggle; Bold new initiatives; TEHIP's piece of the puzzle; Testing a potent idea; Complexity anchored by fundamental questions; The need for an integrated approach; Efficiency leads to equity; Chapter 2. The Approach; Integrating research and development; The consortium approach; The research begins; The Demographic Surveillance System; The evolution of the tools; Chapter 3. The Results; Supplementary funding; Capacity building in management and administration; The Integrated Management Cascade. Rehabilitation of health facilitiesWhat the districts did with budget planning tools; A new assault on disease; Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Extending TEHIP's Innovation and Impact; Chapter 5. Lessons Learned; General principles; People; Infrastructure; Governance; Information; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Acknowledgments; Appendix 2. Glossary of Terms and List of Acronyms; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Appendix 3. Sources and Resources; The Publisher