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Capacity Building

Challenge

The increased funding available to the health sector has highlighted the lack of country capacity to address health system constraints. Key institutional actors such as ministries of health, national AIDS commissions, umbrella NGOs, civil society organizations, and service providers do not have the capacity to fulfill their functions and responsibilities. In addition, many developing countries often lack local sources of technical assistance – consulting firms, NGOs, and universities – to address these health systems constraints and are dependent on international sources of technical assistance.

Approach

Health Systems 20/20 actively works to develop the capacity of the health sector to address health systems constraints. Broadly speaking, capacity-building activities take two forms. The first is to integrate capacity-building into activities where it is only a component of a larger activity. The second is to work intensively with local and regional organizations to strengthen their capacity to support health systems strengthening. The project takes a comprehensive view of capacity-building that includes developing competency in the core areas of organizational development, resource mobilization, technical assistance and training, organizational governance, management systems, and technical expertise. Health Systems 20/20 uses an assessment-based approach to identify the priority needs, design a capacity-building plan based on those needs, and monitor the implementation of the plan continuously.

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Health Systems 20/20 and Organizational Capacity Building Brief

Country Ownership and Strengthening Health Information Systems

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Building Vietnam’s Capacity to Assess Its Health Systems

Amy Taye, Fred Rosensweig, and Megan Meline
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Eight Strategies that Strengthen Health Systems Worldwide

Nov 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Better Health Systems Briefs, Brief 

Health Systems 20/20 Project Brief

Oct 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Brief 

Health Systems 20/20 and Capacity Building

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Building Vietnam’s Capacity to Assess Its Health Systems

Jan 30 2012

In the latest brief in the Better Health Systems - Strategies that Work series, we look at Vietnam's progress in building capacity to assess its health systems.

 

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Country Ownership and Strengthening Health Information Systems

Jan 25 2012

Fostering country ownership as a way to strengthen health information systems is explored in this new Better Health Systems - Strategies that Work brief.

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Introducing the Better Health Systems: Strategies that Work Briefs

Dec 9 2011
How can a Ministry of Health determine if its HIV/AIDS programs are sustainable? Should a government subsidize community-based health insurance to reduce out-of-pocket spending? What are the best ways to strengthen the health systems of a low- or middle-income country? More...

Project Kicks Off Health System Strengthening Training in South Africa

Aug 30 2011
U.S. government officials joined country counterparts from Barbados, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam, and the Caribbean region in July 2011 in Cape Town to learn how to design and implement health system strengthening activities. More...

A Systems Approach to Accessing Global Fund Grants in Mozambique

Aug 19 2011
Because Mozambique could not meet the Global Fund’s stringent reporting requirements, the donor organization blocked disbursements to the Ministry of Health (MOH). That’s when the MOH enlisted Health Systems 20/20 to help clear roadblocks to Global Fund disbursements and prevent future funding delays. More...

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