Primary health care systems (PRIMASYS): comprehensive case study from United Republic of Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Stephen Maluka; Dereck Chitama | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-20T04:38:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-20T04:38:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Health systems around the globe still fall short of providing accessible, good-quality, comprehensive and integrated care. As the global health community is setting ambitious goals of universal health coverage and health equity in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there is increasing interest in access to and utilization of primary health care in low- and middle-income countries. A wide array of stakeholders, including development agencies, global health funders, policy planners and health system decision-makers, require a better understanding of primary health care systems in order to plan and support complex health system interventions. There is thus a need to fill the knowledge gaps concerning strategic information on front-line primary health care systems at national and subnational levels in low- and middle-income settings. The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is developing a set of 20 case studies of primary health care systems in selected low- and middle-income countries as part of an initiative entitled Primary Care Systems Profiles and Performance (PRIMASYS). PRIMASYS aims to advance the science of primary health care in lowand middle-income countries in order to support efforts to strengthen primary health care systems and improve the implementation, effectiveness and efficiency of primary health care interventions worldwide. The PRIMASYS case studies cover key aspects of primary health care systems, including policy development and implementation, financing, integration of primary health care into comprehensive health systems, scope, quality and coverage of care, governance and organization, and monitoring and evaluation of system performance. The Alliance has developed full and abridged versions of the 20 PRIMASYS case studies. The abridged version provides an overview of the primary health care system, tailored to a primary audience of policymakers and global health stakeholders interested in understanding the key entry points to strengthen primary health care systems. The comprehensive case study provides an in-depth assessment of the system for an audience of researchers and stakeholders who wish to gain deeper insight into the determinants and performance of primary health care systems in selected low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore, the case studies will serve as the basis for a multicountry analysis of primary health care systems, focusing on the implementation of policies and programmes, and the barriers to and facilitators of primary health care system reform. Evidence from the case studies and the multi-country analysis will in turn provide strategic evidence to enhance the performance and responsiveness of primary health care systems in low- and middle-income countries. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Maluka S & Chitama D. Primary health care systems (PRIMASYS): comprehensive case study from United Republic of Tanzania. Geneva: World Health Organization; Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4738 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | World Health Organisation | en_US |
| dc.title | Primary health care systems (PRIMASYS): comprehensive case study from United Republic of Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |