Fostering policy dialogue on strategic planning and health system governance
Strengthening health system governance has been at the core of the UHC Partnership’s mission from its inception in 2011.
Through technical assistance, the UHC Partnership’s objective is to promote universal health coverage (UHC) by fostering policy dialogue on strategic planning and health system governance, developing and supporting the implementation of health financing strategies, and enabling effective development cooperation in countries. But what does it mean at country level?
In order to translate this concept into practical actions to strengthen the governance of health systems, WHO has recently defined formal and informal governance roles. This conceptual framework expresses the idea that governance includes a legal framework, supported by a strong stakeholders’ coalition that is ensured by policy dialogue processes, to give a strategic direction to the health system with the necessary means to implement these policies and capacities to keep governments accountable. Accountability is supposed to be ensured through monitoring and evaluation policies, transparency mechanisms and citizens’ participation in the policy-making process.
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UHC Partnership – Country examples, 2020
WHO resources and tools
Health system performance assessment: new framework for policy analysis
WHO strategy for the governance of mixed health systems
Country Connector on the Private Sector