Seriously Implementing Health Capacity Strengthening Programs in Africa; Comment on 'Implementation of a Health Management Mentoring Program: Year-1 Evaluation of Its Impact on Health System Strengthening in Zambézia Province, Mozambique'
| Autor: | IJHPM IJHPM, Luís Miguel Velez Lapão |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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sub-Saharan Africa
Economic growth Health (social science) Leadership and Management media_common.quotation_subject Capacity Strengthening Economic shortage Health Promotion Rural Health Management Monitoring Policy and Law Mentorship Health Information Management Health care Correspondence Medicine Humans Mozambique media_common Health management system business.industry Health Policy lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Mentors lcsh:RA1-1270 Management Capacity strengthening Health promotion Commentary Human Resources (HR) for Health Psychological resilience InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol 4, Iss 10, Pp 691-693 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2322-5939 |
| Popis: | Avante Zambézia is an initiative of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Friends in Global Health, LLC (FGH) and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) to provide technical assistance to the Mozambican Ministry of Health (MoH) in rural Zambézia Province. Avante Zambézia developed a district level Health Management Mentorship (HMM) program to strengthen health systems in ten of Zambézia's 17 districts. Our objective was to preliminarily analyze changes in four domains of health system capacity after the HMM's first year: accounting, Human Resources (HRs), Monitoring and Evaluation (ME), and transportation management.Quantitative metrics were developed in each domain. During district visits for weeklong, on-site mentoring, the health management mentoring teams documented each indicator as a success ratio percentage. We analyzed data using linear regressions of each indicator's mean success ratio across all districts submitting a report over time.Of the four domains, district performance in the accounting domain was the strongest and most sustained. Linear regressions of mean monthly compliance for HR objectives indicated improvement in three of six mean success ratios. The ME capacity domain showed the least overall improvement. The one indicator analyzed for transportation management suggested progress.Our outcome evaluation demonstrates improvement in health system performance during a HMM initiative. Evaluating which elements of our mentoring program are succeeding in strengthening district level health systems is vital in preparing to transition fiscal and managerial responsibility to local authorities. |
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