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Chapter 37 - Better Health Systems for Better Outcomes

How to Make It Happen!

from Section 2 - Transforming Health Systems: Confronting Challenges, Seizing Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2022

By
Sameen Siddiqi ,
Awad Mataria ,
Katherine Rouleau  and
Meesha Iqbal
Edited by
Sameen Siddiqi ,
Awad Mataria ,
Katherine D. Rouleau  and
Meesha Iqbal
Sameen Siddiqi
Affiliation:
Aga Khan University
Awad Mataria
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Egypt
Katherine D. Rouleau
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Meesha Iqbal
Affiliation:
UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston
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Summary

This Chapter distils and brings together key lessons presented throughout the book, complements these with additional experiences needed for health systems to make a difference to the lives of the people they serve. It highlights the importance of health systems and systems thinking beyond traditional models and frameworks; critical role of leadership in health; the changing role of ministries of health in the 21st century and in the ‘post’ COVID-19 period; complexities of health system reforms and the importance of their political disposition; integrating security as an additional goal of the health system and making them resilient; significance of measuring, monitoring and managing health systems for achieving the desired results; and empowering communities and hearing their voices as essential to making it happen! Each section concludes with key messages for policymakers, managers, health care providers and professionals striving to strengthening of health systems in their countries.

Keywords

Health system boundariesLeadership for healthChanging role of ministries of healthHealth system reformsHealth system resilienceHealth securityMonitoring health systemsEngaging communitiesL&MIC
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Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries
Textbook for Public Health Practitioners
 , pp. 578 - 593
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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