Global Fund investments in human resources for health: Innovation and missed opportunities for health systems strengthening

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 986-997

  Bowser, Diana ^a   Sparkes, Susan Powers ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a,b   Bossert, Thomas J ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^a   Gedik, Gulin ^c   Atun, Rifat ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global Fund; Health systems; human resources for health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BUDGETS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926318727     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt080     Document Type: Review

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