Putting Management Capacity Building at the Forefront of Health Systems Strengthening; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

Document Type : Commentary

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School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Abstract

The current limited focus on management in global health activities is highly problematic given the amounts of financial and human resources that are pouring into health system strengthening interventions and the complexity of clinical operations across settings. By ensuring that public health and healthcare practitioners in domestic and international settings receive management training in their educational programs and that we build management capacity among individuals already in the health workforce, we can begin to prepare for more effective health systems strengthening efforts. Rigorous evaluation of health systems strengthening and the impact of management capacity building is crucial to building evidence for the field.

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  • Receive Date: 15 August 2015
  • Revise Date: 25 October 2015
  • Accept Date: 25 October 2015
  • First Publish Date: 01 February 2016

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