The course analyses the relationships between global health strategies and national and local health policies and systems development. It focuses then on health systems frameworks, the role and behaviour of institutions and stakeholders, the major innovations in financing and delivering health services, and on how health systems are responding to global changes.
The course also focuses on applying systems science and systems thinking approaches to health systems. Participants will be able to critically review and apply the systems thinking framework to current health systems and policy issues and will be able to review, analyse and compare experiences in health system strengthening and health system interventions in countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. The course assesses the critical elements for measuring and monitoring health systems performance.
Course Content:
- Global strategies and health systems
- Disease & risk factor patterns, transmissions, prevention strategies and treatment concepts of priority health problems and alignment with policies and systems
- System thinking for health systems strengthening
- Health systems framework and institutions
- Health Policy analysis
- Health systems financing and governance
- Measuring and evaluating health systems performance