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Helpdesk Report: Evidence base for local block grants in Health
Department for International Development, UK, 2012It was difficult to find examples that met the criteria of sub-national flexible block grants in health. Sections 2 and 3 cover the main two that were identified. These are the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP) and Generasi, Indonesia.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Costings for community accountability interventions
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2013There are a number of community accountability mechanisms in health interventions. These range from community health committees which aim to represent the community in planning, monitoring and evaluating health services to those in which community members are actively involved in the delivery of health services as volunteers or community health workers.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Primary health care v. specialist services
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2013Health workforce skills mix data were only available on a small selection of countries. Analysing skills mix and health outcome data does not show a clear relationship. There are many other factors contributing to health outcomes. The data presented in the report are more usefully considered on a country by country basis.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Health and nutrition for displaced populations
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014This helpdesk report focuses on evidence of the most appropriate ways to support health and nutrition outcomes for management of protracted population displacement. It highlights information on psycho-social social impacts of protracted displacement (including gender). Findings on health and nutrition management of protracted population displacement include:DocumentHelpdesk Report: Prioritising health activities in humanitarian crises
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014The Sphere Humanitarian Charter states that: All people should have access to health services that are prioritised to address the main causes of excess mortality and morbidity. There are a number of handbooks to aid prioritisation in crisis situations (highlighted in section 2 of this report):DocumentHelpdesk Report: Different funding modalities for health
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014This is an update of a 2011 report, which looked at evidence for the benefits of providing health funding support through sector budget support as opposed to disease specific funds or programmes. It also investigates whether specific outcomes can be attributed to different funding modalities. Key findings include:DocumentHelpdesk Report: Different funding modalities for health 2011
Department for International Development, UK, 2011This report examines the evidence on the success of health funding through unearmarked sector budget support and disease specific and programme funding. It considers the following areas:DocumentHelpdesk Report: Health in Tanzania
Department for International Development, UK, 2011This report gives an overview of the health situation in Tanzania and their progress towards the goals set in the health Millennium Development Goals.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Health sector staff salaries
Department for International Development, UK, 2011This report gives the background and context of the situation regarding financing of human resources in developing countries. It then goes on to present papers on the different options.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Contracting out government health services
Department for International Development, UK, 2011This helpdesk response concludes that there are a large number of consulting firms that could provide long term technical assistance to countries considering contracting out government health services. A list of organisations providing this form of technical assistance is provided in Section 3.Pages