دورية أكاديمية
Developing the African national health research systems barometer
| العنوان: | Developing the African national health research systems barometer |
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| المؤلفون: | Kirigia, Joses M, Ota, Martin O, Senkubuge, Flavia, Wiysonge, Charles S, Mayosi, Bongani M |
| المصدر: | Health Research Policy and Systems ; http://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.comTest/ |
| بيانات النشر: | BioMed Central University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Medicine |
| سنة النشر: | 2016 |
| المجموعة: | University of Cape Town: OpenUCT |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | National health research systems performance, Research for health governance, Research production and utilization, Research financing, Research coordination |
| الوصف: | Background: A functional national health research system (NHRS) is crucial in strengthening a country’s health system to promote, restore and maintain the health status of its population. Progress towards the goal of universal health coverage in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will be difficult for African countries without strengthening of their NHRS to yield the required evidence for decision-making. This study aims to develop a barometer to facilitate monitoring of the development and performance of NHRSs in the African Region of WHO. Methods: The African national health research systems barometer algorithm was developed in response to a recommendation of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research and Development of WHO. Survey data collected from all the 47 Member States in the WHO African Region using a questionnaire were entered into an Excel spreadsheet and analysed. The barometer scores for each country were calculated and the performance interpreted according to a set of values ranging from 0% to 100%. Results: The overall NHRS barometer score for the African Region was 42%, which is below the average of 50%. Among the 47 countries, the average NHRS performance was less than 20% in 10 countries, 20–40% in 11 countries, 41–60% in 16 countries, 61–80% in nine countries, and over 80% in one country. The performance of NHRSs in 30 (64%) countries was below 50%. Conclusion: An African NHRS barometer with four functions and 17 sub-functions was developed to identify the gaps in and facilitate monitoring of NHRS development and performance. The NHRS scores for the individual sub-functions can guide policymakers to locate sources of poor performance and to design interventions to address them. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4Test; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732Test; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/20732/1/12961_2016_Article_121.pdfTest |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4Test http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20732Test https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/20732/1/12961_2016_Article_121.pdfTest |
| حقوق: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ ; The Author(s). |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.7B29ACFB |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4 |
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