Peters, David H.El-Saharty, SamehSiadat, BanafshehJanovsky, KatjaVujicic, Marko2013-02-132013-02-132009978-0-8213-7888-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12335Decision makers and the public are in need of information to guide their decisions about how to strengthen health services. This book pulls together available evidence concerning strategies to improve health services delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using current methods to assemble a knowledge base and analyze the findings. It describes the results of reviews of such strategies, and how such strategies can produce gains for the poor. This type of information is intended to help decision makers in LMICs learn from others and from their own experiences, so that they may develop and implement strategies that will improve health services in their own setting. The book provides some suggestions for what works and how to improve implementation, as the evidence does not hold up for 'blueprint' planning. It finds that there are many ways that can succeed in improving health services. But not nearly enough attention has been paid to demonstrating how to improve services for the poor. Approaches that ask difficult questions, use information intelligently, and involve key stakeholders and institutions are critical to 'learning and doing' practices that underlie successful implementation of health services.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOaccess to health servicesagingbasic healthbirth attendantscancersChild Healthchildhood illnesschronic diseasescommunitiesCommunity Healthcommunity participationcondomscontraceptivesCost Effectivenesscost-effectivenessdecision makingDelivery of Health Caredelivery of health servicesdescriptionDeterminants of Healthdiphtheriadisadvantaged populationsdiseaseDisease ControlDisease surveillancediseasesdistrictseconomic developmentEconomic Perspectivesepidemiologic conditionsepidemiologyfinancial barriersFinancial Managementfinancial protectionfinancial resourcesHealth CareHealth Care Providerhealth care providershealth care resourceshealth care sectorhealth conditionshealth facilitieshealth financeHealth FinancingHealth for Allhealth indicatorsHealth Insurance Schemehealth interventionshealth managementhealth needsHealth OrganizationHealth OrganizationsHealth OutcomesHealth Planninghealth policyhealth professionalsHealth ProfessionsHealth ProgramsHealth ProjectsHealth ResultsHealth Sectorhealth sector reformHealth ServiceHealth Service DeliveryHealth servicesHealth StatusHealth StrategiesHealth Strategyhealth systemHealth System StrengtheningHealth SystemsHealth Systems Researchhealth workershealth workforceHealthy DevelopmentHIVHIV PreventionHIV/AIDSHospitalshouseholdsHuman DevelopmentHuman resourcesillnessImmunizationImprovements in Healthincomeincome countriesInformation systemsinformed decisionsinstitutionalizationInterventionlabor marketLow Incomelow-income countriesmacroeconomic stabilitymalariaMedical caremedical doctormedical suppliesMedical technologymedicineMedicinesmigrationnational healthNational Health Insurancenongovernmental organizationsNutritionpertussisPharmaceuticalspharmacyphysicianPolioPolio EradicationPolio Eradication InitiativeprevalencePrimary CareprobabilityProvider paymentpublic administrationPublic healthpublic health policypublic sectorquality of healthquantitative researchrandomized controlled trialsreproductive healthresearch methodssafe sexSafetyscreeningsexual practicessexually transmitted infectionsexually transmitted infectionssmokingsmoking cessationsocial marketingsocial policyTBtetanustraditional birth attendantstraumatreatmenttuberculosisvaccineworkersyouthWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7888-5