Abstract:BackgroundIn March 2009, the Task Force for Innovative International Financing for Health Systems recommended "a health systems funding platform for the Global Fund, GAVI Alliance, the World Bank and others to coordinate, mobilize, streamline and channel the flow of existing and new international resources to support national health strategies." Momentum to establish the Health Systems Funding Platform was swift, with the World Bank convening a Technical Workshop on Health Systems Strengthening (HSS), and seri… Show more
“…Results have still to be shown at a time when the Global Fund to Prevent AIDS, TB and Malaria has received lower than expected replenishments and WHO is facing a major institutional challenge. 58 WHO has had to reduce its expenses to cover a deficit of about US$300 million in 2010, which was done through a drastic reduction in staff by one-third. They were also asked by their Executive Board to redefine WHO's role and responsibilities in the context of the increased influence of Global Health Initiatives.…”
Section: Health Systems Strengthening: a Window Of Opportunitymentioning
“…Results have still to be shown at a time when the Global Fund to Prevent AIDS, TB and Malaria has received lower than expected replenishments and WHO is facing a major institutional challenge. 58 WHO has had to reduce its expenses to cover a deficit of about US$300 million in 2010, which was done through a drastic reduction in staff by one-third. They were also asked by their Executive Board to redefine WHO's role and responsibilities in the context of the increased influence of Global Health Initiatives.…”
Section: Health Systems Strengthening: a Window Of Opportunitymentioning
“…Reports of health funding conditionality, issues of coordination within health systems, and country level challenges associated with pendulum swings in global health (Schrecker, 2014;Williamson, 2008;Hill et. al., 2011) suggest it would be easy to dismiss partnership in this way.…”
“…Again, GAVI and the Global Fund have been mentioned as the prominent candidates (Cometto et al 2009). In fact, these two institutions, together with the World Bank, already collaborate on health systems financing through the Health Systems Funding Platform established in 2009 and facilitated by the WHO (HLTF 2009b;Hill et al 2011).…”
Section: Shared Responsibilities For Health Policy Responsesmentioning
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