World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.8: Capacity Building for Health Sector Reform

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.8: Capacity Building for Health Sector Reform
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health Organization, B. W. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.8. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The Forum on Health Sector Reform is a group of experienced senior technical people with a common interest in health policy and health sector reform who meet regularly. Members are currently drawn from bilateral and international agencies, regional development banks, ministries of health and selected resource institutions.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents I . BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. THE CONCEPT OF CAPACITY BUILDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 2 Human and Institutional Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Planning and Implementation Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Micro and Macro Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cognitive vs . Practice Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Health Sector Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ill. STRATEGIC ISSUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 . What are the barriers to the building and utilisation of capacity? . . . . . . . 8 2 . How should capacity building needs be assessed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 . When should the demand side of capacity be given special attention! . . . 10 4 . Should capacity building for policy reform be confined to government and its agencies? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 . How can strategies for capacity building be tailored to meet country needs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 IV. LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DONORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 V . IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY GOVERNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19