Design and implementation of a Primary Health Care (PHC) Toolbox for improving the impact of support from Global Development Partners

Spasenoska, Dijana, Grundy, John, Omam, Lundi-Anne, Chaudhri, Irtaza Ahmad, Khalid, Faraz, O'Connell, Thomas S and Tampe, Tova (2024) Design and implementation of a Primary Health Care (PHC) Toolbox for improving the impact of support from Global Development Partners. BMC Global and Public Health, 2. ISSN 2731-913X

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Abstract

Primary Health Care (PHC) is the most equitable and cost-effective way to enhance the health of populations and improve health security and is a requirement for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Vital to advancing the PHC agenda is effective global health partnerships, particularly with Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide financial support for improving population health. Despite progress, GHI support at times remained parallel to rather than embedded in national health strategies. To improve the impact of GHI support, World Health Organization (WHO) member states requested specific guidance to better align GHI support to national health strategies and PHC principles. We present the PHC-GHI Toolbox as a comprehensive set of resources for use by countries to apply the PHC approach to development of plans for securing and optimally utilizing funding received from GHIs, such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM); and the Global Financing Facility (GFF) as well as other donors. The PHC-GHI Toolbox includes a PHC resource database, GHI-specific overviews, a database of health system strengthening (HSS) investments, COVID-19 funding rapid assessment tool, and a focal point database for identifying expert technical assistance. This paper describes the process undertaken for Toolbox development and outlines its potential applications.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 World Health Organization
Divisions:	Social Policy
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2025 11:15
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2025 14:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127113

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