Healthcare governance during humanitarian responses: a survey of current practice among international humanitarian actors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large international humanitarian actors support and directly deliver health services for millions of people in crises annually, and wield considerable power to decide which health services to provide, how and to whom, across a vast spectrum of health areas. Despite decades of reform aiming to improve accountability in the sector, public health practice among humanitarian actors is not heavily scrutinized in either the countries where they are headquartered or those where they provide healthcare. We surveyed current healthcare governance practice among large international humanitarian actors to better understand what organisations are doing to ensure oversight and accountability for health services in humanitarian responses.

Methods

The term 'healthcare governance'

SUBMITTER: Jarrett P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8035763 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature