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Recovery toolkit: Supporting countries to achieve health service resilience

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

A key purpose of the Recovery Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of health services which may have suffered as a result of the emergency. These services include ongoing programmes such as immunization and vaccinations, maternal and child health services, and noncommunicable diseases ... more

South Africa: Integrated assessment and management of health care infrastructure and technology

Erasmus, L., Poluta, M. & Weeks, R. University of Pretoria (2012) C2

Innovate, Issue: 7

National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: a qualitative study

Assegaai, T. and H. Schneider Human Resources for Health (2019) C1

Supportive supervision is considered critical to community health worker programme performance, but there is relatively little understanding of how it can be sustainably done at scale. Supportive supervision is a holistic concept that encompasses three key functions: management (ensuring performance ... more

Lao People’s Democratic Republic-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2024–2028

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

This country cooperation strategy (CCS) outlines how the World Health Organization (WHO) will work with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic over the next five years (2024–2028), supporting the implementation of the five-year health sector development plans and the Health Sector Reform Strategy ... 2021–2030 to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic experienced substantial economic growth in the 30 years prior to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, contributing to reduced poverty and significant progress toward the SDGs. However, the COVID-19 pandemic brought this development to a halt. It was anticipated that the COVID-19 recovery and the tremendous population growth in recent years would provide opportunities for a shift toward more sustainable and inclusive development in the years ahead. In 2023, however, the contrary was the case. Rural residents, including many ethnic minorities, continued to face marginalization because of limited access to education, health care and economic opportunities. Despite the challenges of COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks, the country has made significant improvements in health. Nonetheless, progress has been uneven and not everyone has benefited from these achievements. In the mountainous region, many people lack access to quality health care because of the unequal distribution of well-trained health-care workers. Preventable deaths due to poor-quality health care for children and newborns, infants and mothers remain a concern, as do communicable diseases such as sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis. The increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases and the health impact of worsening climate change further heighten the need for strengthened and resilient health systems, which are at risk due to an underfunded health sector and weak economy. This CCS aims to address remaining and future challenges as well as health needs while creating an impact that is sustainable. It identifies three strategic priorities and nine deliverables (Table 1) to support the attainment of the national vision of Health for all by all, as articulated in the 9th Health Sector Development Plan 2021–2025. It contributes to the country’s goals to achieve universal health coverage, graduate from least developed country status by 2026 and attain SDGs by 2030. more

National Village Health Teams (VHT) Assessment in Uganda

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2015) C1

Primary Health Care Sysems (PRIMASYS). Case study from Ethiopia

Alliance for Health Policy and System Research; World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Annual Report of the WHO Country Office in Zimbabwe, 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This report highlights the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Zimbabwe towards contributing to the triple billion targets in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs

Comprehensive Literature Review on Village Based Health Workers in Myanmar: Extending Services to Communities

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports (2017) C1

The main goal of the National Health Plan (NHP) 2017-2021 is to extend access to a basic Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) to the entire population while increasing financial protection. In order to extend service delivery to all communities, the NHP calls for all health workers (whether c ... more

Primary Health Care Network Guidelines

Kenya Ministry of Health (2021) C1

Tracking Universal Health Coverage in the WHO African Region, 2022

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO

n 2015, Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the third goal of the agenda focusing on health – good health and well-being. This has the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC) a ... more

Core Competencies in Adolescent Health and Development for Primary Care Providers

Pierre André Michaud, Valentina Baltag, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015)

Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers

The Sierra Leone Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI): Process and Effectiveness Review

Sophie Witter, Nouria Brikci, Tim Harris, et al. (2016) C1

State of Health in the WHO African Region
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office African Region (2018) C_WHO

This report is not a country scorecard. Rather, its purpose is to act as a compass to guide progress towards health in the SDGs. There has been a significant improvement in the state of health in the region with healthy life expectancy - time spent in full health - in the region increasing from 50 ... more

WHO Eritrea 2022 Annual Report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

During the year 2022, COVID-19 continued to be a significant challenge in Eritrea as in many other countries across the world. As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, WHO worked with the MoH to strengthen the National and Sub-National health systems in order to meet community needs and ... more

The Health System Assessment Approach: A How-To Manual

USAID, Health Systems 2020 (2012) CC

Version 2.0

Global Health Education Competencies Tool-Kit

Astle. B.; C.A.Faerron-Guzman; A. Landry, et al. Consortium for Universities for Global Health (2018) CC

2nd edition. The tool kit provides learning objects and curricular content to support the competencies for those proficiency/trainee levels

South Africa: Status of NHI Pilot districts 12-month progress report

National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa (2015) C2

Liberia Multi-sector Assessement

ACAPS; ENAP Ebola Needs Analaysis Project (2015)

Analysis of the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health Workforce in East & Southern Africa

UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) (2017) C1

The State of the World's Midwifery

Standards for Maternal and Neonatal Care

WHO (2007)

Integrated Management of pregnancy and childbirth