Jane Doherty

Biographic Data

ID6334217
NAMEJane Doherty
GIVEN NAMESJane
FAMILY NAMEDoherty
SIGNATUREDOHERTY J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-8321-9371
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX2

  • Does expanding fiscal space lead to improved funding of the health sector in developing countries

    Open AccessJane Doherty, Doris Kirigia et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: The global focus on promoting Universal Health Coverage has drawn attention to the need to increase public domestic funding for health care in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES: This article examines whether increased tax revenue in the three territories of Kenya, Lagos State (Nigeria) and South Africa was accompanied by improved resource allocation to their public health sectors, and explores the reasons underlying the obs…

  • Achievements and challenges in developing health leadership in South Africa

    Open AccessJane Doherty, Lucy Gilson et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2018Cited by: 2References: 18

    The Oliver Tambo Fellowship Programme is convened by the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa. It is a health leadership training programme with a post-graduate Diploma at its core, supplemented by management seminars, mentorship and alumni networking. An external evaluation was conducted in 2015 for the period since 2008. This rapid, descriptive study made use of mixed methods-including a document re…

  • Strengthening expertise for health technology assessment and priority-setting in Africa

    Open AccessJane Doherty, Jane E Doherty et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2017

    BACKGROUND: Achieving sustainable universal health coverage depends partly on fair priority-setting processes that ensure countries spend scarce resources wisely. While general health economics capacity-strengthening initiatives exist in Africa, less attention has been paid to developing the capacity of individuals, institutions and networks to apply economic evaluation in support of health technology assessment and effective priority-setting. OB…

  • Regulating the for-profit private health sector

    Open AccessJ E Doherty, Jane DohertyARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2015Cited by: 5References: 7

    International evidence shows that, if poorly regulated, the private health sector may lead to distortions in the type, quantity, distribution, quality and price of health services, as well as anti-competitive behaviour. This article provides an overview of legislation governing the for-profit private health sector in East and Southern Africa. It identifies major implementation problems and suggests strategies Ministries of Health could adopt to r…

  • Developing a new mid-level health worker

    Open AccessJane Doherty, Daphney Conco et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2013

    BACKGROUND: Mid-level medical workers play an important role in health systems and hold great potential for addressing the human resource shortage, especially in low- and middle-income countries. South Africa began the production of its first mid-level medical workers - known as clinical associates - in small numbers in 2008. OBJECTIVE: We describe the way in which scopes of practice and course design were negotiated and assess progress during th…

  • Influencing policy change

    Open AccessSara Bennett, Adrijana Corluka et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2012Cited by: 4References: 5

    In recent years there has been a growth in the number of independent health policy analysis institutes in low- and middle-income countries which has occurred in response to the limitation of government analytical capacity and pressures associated with democratization. This study aimed to: (i) investigate the contribution made by health policy analysis institutes in low- and middle-income countries to health policy agenda setting, formulation, imp…

  • Developing a plan for primary health care facilities in Soweto, South Africa. Part I

    Open AccessLaetitia C Rispel, L RISPEL et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning1996Cited by: 1

    The new political era in South Africa offers unique opportunities for the development of more equitable health care policies. However, resource constraints are likely to remain in the foreseeable future, and efficiency therefore remains an important concern. This article describes the guiding principles and methods used to develop a coherent and objective plan for comprehensive primary health care facilities in Soweto. The article begins with an …

  • Developing a plan for primary health care facilities in Soweto, South Africa. Part II

    Open AccessJane Doherty, Laetitia C Rispel et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning1996

    This article is the second of a two-part series describing the development of a ten-year plan for primary health care facility development in Soweto. The first article concentrated on the political problems and general methodological approach of the project. This second article describes how the technical problem of planning in the context of scanty information was overcome. The reasoning behind the various assumptions and criteria which were use…