Key websites
- Absorptive capacity of health systems in fragile states
- L. Tayler / HLSP Institute, UK, 2005
- What can donors do for the health sector in fragile states? This paper from the HLSP Institute outlines some principles and approaches that can help to address absorptive capacity constraints, and ...
- Health system reconstruction: can it contribute to state-building?
- J. Eldon;C. Waddington;Y. Hadi / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- There is a growing knowledge base demonstrating the importance of good governance in the health sector for effective health systems and improved service delivery. This study commissioned by the Hea...
- Civil society at the centre of HIV responses: lessons from the DFID Programme Management Office, India
- B. James;G. Mortimore / HLSP Institute, UK, 2009
- In recent years the number of people with HIV in India has grown to the third largest in the world. From 2005 to 2007, HLSP managed the DFID-funded programme of support to India’s National AIDS ...
- Understanding the politics of HIV policies
- C. Dickinson;K. Buse / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- HIV has always been highly politicised, and in many contexts politics, ideology and ignorance have proven more influential on policy than epidemiology or technical best practice. Despite this, ther...
- Health and development: global update
- HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- This report from HLSP details key events and activities from the first half of 2008 in the international health and development arena. Topic areas include: aid effectiveness, aid architecture for glob...
- Making the most of the money? Strengthening health systems through AIDS responses
- N Druce;C Dickinson / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- This paper from the HLSP Institute discusses how AIDS funding can be used to leverage broader health systems improvements as well as better HIV/AIDS and health outcomes. The UN General Assembly and ot...
- Global health initiatives and health systems strengthening:the challenge of providing technical support
- C Dickinson / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- This paper, published by HLSP, discusses some of the approaches to technical support for health systems strengthening taken to date, and looks at problems and possible solutions. The report finds that...
- Sector wide approaches at critical times: the case of Bangladesh
- J. Martinez / HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
- Sector wide approaches (SWAps) have helped countries like Bangladesh to shape government health policy, strengthen its implementation and make health financing more predictable and flexible. However, ...
- The Uganda health SWAp: new approaches for a more balanced aid architecture?
- C. Ortendahl / HLSP Institute, UK, 2007
- The early years of the Uganda health Sector Wide Approaches (SWAp) are generally considered a success story. However, its performance has subsequently declined. This HLSP paper examines the factors th...
- Funding flows for health: what might the future hold?
- M. Pearson / HLSP Institute, UK, 2007
- This HLSP paper maps out how overall funding flows for health in developing countries might evolve over the coming years. It considers the key factors that affect levels of spending including governme...
