Countdown to 2015 country case studies: systematic tools to address the "black box" of health systems and policy assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating health systems and policy (HSP) change and implementation is critical in understanding reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) progress within and across countries. Whilst data for health outcomes, coverage and equity have advanced in the last decade, comparable analyses of HSP changes are lacking. We present a set of novel tools developed by Countdown to 2015 (Countdown) to systematically analyse and describe HSP change for RMNCH indicators, enabling multi-country comparisons.

Methods

International experts worked with eight country teams to develop HSP tools via mixed methods. These tools assess RMNCH change over time (e.g. 1990-2015) and include: (i) Policy and Programme Timeline Tool (depicting change according to level of policy); (

SUBMITTER: Singh NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5025822 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature