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ISBN-13: | 9781464811098 |
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Publisher: | World Bank Publications |
Publication date: | 09/05/2017 |
Pages: | 175 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Abbreviations xv
1 Introduction and Context 1
Goal and Scope of the Post-Ebola Study 2
Structure of This Synthesis Report 3
Notes 5
References 5
2 National Investment Plans and Fiscal Space Analysis 7
Introduction 7
Process of Developing the Health Systems Strengthening Investment Plans 7
Assessment of National Investment Plans vis-à-vis Health Systems Strengthening and Universal Health Coverage 8
Plan Costs and Estimated Resources 22
Fiscal Space 27
Macroeconomic Conditions 28
Reprioritization of the Health Sector in the Budget 29
Earmarking Resources 30
Mobilizing Additional Resources 31
Improving Efficiency 33
Conclusions 35
Notes 37
References 38
3 Plans to Scale Up and Improve the Distribution of the Health Workforce 41
Introduction 41
Data 42
Health Workforce Stock and Distribution: The Current Public Sector Situation 43
Health Worker Scaling-Up Ambitions and Implications by Investment Plans 46
Scaling Up Needed to Meet Global Density Thresholds 51
How Do Scaling-Up Plans Fit into the Projected Picture on Fiscal Space in the Three Countries? 56
Health Workforce Distribution: Investment Plan Strategies 59
Discussion and Conclusions 64
Notes 69
4 Scaling Up the Disease Surveillance System 71
Introduction 71
An Integrated Surveillance and Response Network: The Investment Case 73
Counry Disease Surveillance and Response Systems: Key Findings 73
Overview of the Methodology 74
Case Studies of Successful Surveillance and Response Networks 75
Critical Elements of an Effective and Efficient Surveillance and Response Network 76
Operational and Fixed Costs for a Surveillance and Response Network 78
Factors to Ensure the Sustainability of Financing a Surveillance and Response Network 82
Conclusions 85
Notes 87
Refereces 87
5 Overall Conclusions and Recommendations 89
Introduction 89
Health System Strengthening Plans and Fiscal Space 89
Human Resources for Health 92
Disease Surveillanec 95
The Way Forward 99
Note 101
Reference 101
Appendixes
A National Investment Plans and Costing 103
Guinea Executive Summary 103
Liberia Executive Summary 111
Sierra Leone Executive Summary 117
References 119
B.1 Components of Investment Plans and Fiscal Space Projections for the Health Workforce 121
B.2 Analysis of Health Workforce Targets Derived from the Costing of Those Targets 127
Introduction 127
Implications of Scaling-Up Plans for Health Worker Density 129
Implications of Scaling-Up Plans for Actual Graduate Production Cost 132
Notes 135
B.3 Related Health Workforce Tables 137
C National Disease Sureillance 141
Boxes
2.1 Rwanda: Combining Financial Protection and Results-Based Financing 19
2.2 Ghana: Health Insurance in Tandem with Decentralization 20
3.1 Global Examples of Training and Incentive Programs for a Rural Health Workforce 66
3.2 Strengthening the Health Workforce for Disease Surveillance and Response 68
Figures
2.1 Health System Functions and Goals 9
2.2 The Dimensions of Universal Health Coverage: The UHC Cube 9
2.3 Resources and Gaps for the Moderate Scenarios, 2015-18 24
2.4 The Relative Importance of Health Financing Sources, 2012 and 2013, Selected Countries 32
3.1 Number of Public Sector Health Workers, 2015 44
3.2 Health Worker Density, 2015 44
3.3 Distribution of Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives across Rural and Urban Areas, 2015 46
3.4 Concentration Curve Depicting Uneven Distribution of Health Workers, by Country 47