Title |
Health service planning contributes to policy dialogue around strengthening district health systems: an example from DR Congo 2008-2013
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/s12913-014-0522-4 |
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Authors |
Dheepa Rajan, Hyppolite Kalambay, Mathias Mossoko, Dieudonné Kwete, Joseph Bulakali, Jean-Pierre Lokonga, Denis Porignon, Gerard Schmets |
Abstract |
This case study from DR Congo demonstrates how rational operational planning based on a health systems strengthening strategy (HSSS) can contribute to policy dialogue over several years. It explores the operationalization of a national strategy at district level by elucidating a normative model district resource plan which details the resources and costs of providing an essential health services package at district level. This paper then points to concrete examples of how the results of this exercise were used for Ministry of Health (MoH) decision-making over a time period of 5 years. |
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