Integrating health services
The experience of NGOs in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11491012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Walley (0000-0001-7290-0989, Save the Children, corresponding author), Bekele Tefera (0000-0002-0967-623X, Save the Children), MARY-ANNE MCDONALD, Maryanne McDonald (Save the Children) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 327-335 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/6.4.327 |
| OpenAlex | W2121276175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the Wollo region of Ethiopia, many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) stayed on after providing relief and emergency medical services during the 1984–5 famine. Initially they adopted different strategies for supporting health development - their approaches, strengths and weaknesses are discussed. Since 1988, the Save the Children Fund UK (SCF) and subsequently other NGOs have further integrated their programmes with the Ministry of Health (MOH), and co-operated with each other. They have adopted a health systems approach, through which the NGOs help to analyse, develop and implement improved systems of district health management and care. In so doing, the NGOs have become effective catalysts of change by helping to identify the strategies and processes necessary to implement MOH policies. In particular, NGOs played a key role in the implementation of the MOH policy of integrated basic (curative and Mother and Child Health) services.
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Famine · Health services · Political science · Population · Strengths and weaknesses · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |