WHO: 'Making Health Systems Work' - a post-Montreux working paper series

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From: " Mladovsky, Philipa " <MladovskyP@...>

New Working Paper Series!

In April 2005, WHO hosted a meeting called 'The Montreux Challenge: Making

Health Systems Work'. A set of background documents known as 'core technical

frameworks' were prepared for that meeting. Their purpose was to begin to

develop consensus about the key challenges and effective strategies for

building capacity in some critical areas of health systems in low-income

countries. These papers have been revised based on the comments and

directions for action agreed in Montreux, and they now form part of this

'Making Health System Work' working paper series. As working papers, these

documents will be periodically revised as new knowledge and experience

becomes available.

Two papers have been published to date and can be accessed on the links

below:

Working paper 1: Strengthening management in low-income countries

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2005/WHO_EIP_healthsystems_2005.1_eng.pdf

<http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2005/WHO_EIP_healthsystems_2005.1_eng.pdf>

Working paper 2: Working with the non-state sector to achieve public health

goals http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2005/WHO_EIP_healthsystems_2005.2_eng.pdf

<http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2005/WHO_EIP_healthsystems_2005.2_eng.pdf>

If you would like hard copies please contact Philipa Mladovsky

(MladovskyP@... <mailto:MladovskyP@...> ), or Phyllida

(travisp@...).

Also look out for forthcoming titles in the series:

Working paper 3: Improving health system financing in low-income countries

Working paper 4: Opportunities For Global Health Initiatives in the Health

System Action Agenda Working paper 5: Improving health services and

strengthening health systems:

adopting and implementing innovative strategies. An exploratory review in

twelve countries

Ms Philipa Mladovsky Technical Officer EIP/HDS/OMH Tel. direct: +41 22

791 3252 E-mail: MladovskyP@... World Health Organization 20,

avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva 27 tel: +41 22 791 2111 fax: +41 22 791 3111

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