OBJECTIVE To explore the feasibility of health systems strengthening from the perspective of international healthcare implementers and donors in South Sudan. DESIGN A qualitative interview study, with thematic analysis using the WHO health system building blocks framework. SETTING South Sudan. PARTICIPANTS 17 health system practitioners, working for international agencies in South Sudan, ...

a recent international journal of health policy and management (ijhpm) article by fadi el-jardali and colleagues makes an important contribution to the literature on health system strengthening by reporting on a survey of healthcare stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries (lmics) about systems thinking (st). the study’s main contributions are its confirmation that healthcare stakeholde...

We would like to thank Lapão1 and Schwarcz et al2 for their thoughtful additions related to our article “Implementation of a health management mentoring program: Year-1 evaluation of its impact on health system strengthening in Zambézia Province, Mozambique,”3 and for sharing their practical lessons and insights into the state of health system strengthening activities. In our article, we descri...

INTRODUCTION A health systems approach to understanding efforts for improving health care services is gaining traction globally. A component of this approach focuses on health system governance (HSG), which can make or mar the successful implementation of health care interventions. Very few studies have explored HSG in low- and middle-income countries, including Nigeria. Studies focusing on men...

Properly functioning health systems are vital for prevention and control of NCDs (7, 8, 17), and for improving health outcomes in general. In developed countries, launching NCDspecific responses within health systems have contributed considerably to declining NCD trends (17). Such a response is also urgently needed in LMIC to curb the steadily rising NCD epidemic. It is also part of the solutio...

HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria are 3 major global public health threats and cause substantial morbidity, mortality, negative socioeconomic impact, and human suffering. Despite the significant increase in financial support and recent progress in addressing these 3 diseases, important obstacles and unmet priorities remain. Disease-specific interventions have had a considerable impact on impr...