Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 4 10 2015 10 01 Policy Capacity Meets Politics; Comment on “Health Reform Requires Policy Capacity” 707 708 3063 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.134 EN Patrick Fafard Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Journal Article 2015 07 07 It is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. However, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. More important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership and compromise. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3063_1bd4b29a8e0afccd9923fe29cecb4b29.pdf