Strengthening health systems in low-income countries by enhancing organizational capacities and improving institutions

Globalization and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Swanson, Chad ^a   Atun, Rifat ^b   Best, Allan ^c   Betigeri, Arvind ^d   de Campos, Francisco ^e   Chunharas, Somsak ^f   Collins, Tea ^g   Currie, Graeme ^h   Jan, Stephen ⁱ   McCoy, David ^j   Omaswa, Francis ^k   Sanders, David ^l   Sundararaman, Thiagarajan ^m   Van Damme, Wim ⁿ  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Health Systems Action Network   (India)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^g World Medical Association   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^j QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation   (Uganda)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^m National Health Systems Resource Centre   (India)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Capacity; Complex adaptive systems; Complexity; Health systems; Institutions; Low income countries; Organizational studies; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84924096021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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