World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 350: National Health Planning in Developing Countries

By B. Abel-Smith

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Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 350: National Health Planning in Developing Countries
Author:	B. Abel-Smith
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

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NATIONAL HEALTH PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Report of a WHO Expert Committee A WHO Expert Committee on National Health Planning in Developing Countries met in Geneva from 27 September to 3 October 1966. Dr P. Dorolle, Deputy Director-General, opened the meeting on behalf of the Director-General and explained that the Committee's task was to attempt to answer four fundamental questions : when is a country ready to plan ?, wlzat machinery does it need for planning ?, how is planning carried out ? and who are to be involved in it and what training do they require ? Dr N. Jungalwalla was elected Chairman, Dr T. Bana Vice-Chairman and Dr H. E. Hilleboe Rapporteur.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS 1 . General background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Previous reports on planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 Technical discussions at the ~ i ~ h t e e iWt ho rld Health Assembly 8 1.3 Regional seminars and meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4 Assistance to countries : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 . Characteristics of developing countries relevant to planning of socio-economic development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 . The organization of national health planning . . . . . . . . . 3.1 The preparation of planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.1 Indirect preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.2 Direct preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Elaboration of the plan : planning methods . . . . . . . . 3.2.1 The place of health in total development . . . . . 3.2.2 The total planning process . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2.3 Application of the planning process to health . . . 3.2.4 Choice of priorities in the health sector . . . . . . 3.2.5 The evolution of the health plan and medical manpower 3.2.6 Evaluation in national health planning . . . . . . 3.2.7 Revision of the plan and the process of continuous planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Training for planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.1 The need for training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.2 Personnel to be trained . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.3 Preparation of teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.4 Training courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3.5 The training institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . Future studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Annex . Short bibliography of national health planning nlethods . . 39