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Lenses and levels: the why, what and how of measuring health system drivers of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health with a governance focus
(BMJ, 2019)
Health systems are critical for health outcomes as they
underpin intervention coverage and quality, promote users’
rights and intervene on the social determinants of health.
Governance is essential for health system ...
Integrating community health assistant- driven sexual and reproductive health services in the community health system in Nyimba district in Zambia: Mapping key actors, points of integration, and conditions shaping the process
(Reproductive Health, 2019)
Introduction: Although large scale public sector community health worker programs have been key in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in low- and middle-income countries, their integration process into ...
National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: A qualitative study
(Human Resources for Health, 2019)
Background: 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 ...
The supervisory relationships of community health workers in primary health care: Social network analysis of ward-based outreach teams in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)
Introduction Supportive supervision remains a key challenge to the sustainability of community health worker (CHW) programmes globally. The aim of the study was to identify critical actors and patterns of relationships in ...
A health system framework for perinatal care in South African district hospitals: A Delphi technique
(BMC Health Services Research, 2019)
The majority of perinatal deaths occurring in low- and middle- income countries are preventable. South Africa is a middle-income country with consistently high perinatal mortality rates and most factors contributing to ...
The governance of local health systems in the era of Sustainable Development Goals: reflections on collaborative action to address complex health needs in four country contexts
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)
This analysis reflects on experiences and lessons from four country settings - Zambia, India, Sweden and South Africa - on building collaborations in local health systems in order to respond to complex health needs. These ...
Trends and inequities in amenable mortality between 1997 and 2012 in South Africa
(South African Medical Journal, 2019)
Background. Amenable mortality comprises causes of death that should not occur with timely and effective healthcare. It is commonly used to assess healthcare performance. It could also be used to assess the effectiveness ...
The whole is more than the sum of the parts: establishing an enabling health system environment for reducing acute child malnutrition in a rural South African district
(Health Policy and Planning, 2019)
There is a gap in understanding of how national commitments to child nutrition are translated into sub-national implementation. This article is a mixed methods case study of a rural South African health district which ...
The supervisory relationships of community health workers in primary health care: social network analysis of ward-based outreach teams in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)
Introduction Supportive supervision remains a key challenge to the sustainability of community health worker (CHW) programmes globally. The aim of the study was to identify critical actors and patterns of relationships in ...
Integrating community health assistant-driven sexual and reproductive health services in the community health system in Nyimba district in Zambia: Mapping key actors, points of integration, and conditions shaping the process
(Reproductive Health, 2019)
Introduction: Although large scale public sector community health worker programs have been key in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in low- A nd middle-income countries, their integration process ...