Holistic and multi-disciplinary responses should be prioritized given the depth and breadth through which corruption in the healthcare sector can cover. Here, taking the Peruvian context as an example, we will reflect on the issue of corruption in health systems, including corruption with roots within and outside the health sector, and ongoing efforts to combat it. Our ...

Materials and methods Between July and August 2013, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 92 health workers, and in 20 health facilities: one hospital and 19 primary health care centres in areas where some health facility strengthening for newborn care had occurred. The indicators measured included; services offered, equipment, drugs and supplies, documentation, trained staff and supervis...

BACKGROUND Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low- and middle-income countries through disease-oriented programmes while maintaining that the interventions simultaneously strengthen systems. However, it is as yet unclear which, and to what extent, system-level interventions are bein...