Improving Governance and Management of Health Systems : Partnerships and Observatories in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cortez, Rafael ; Ferl, Katharina

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO SERVICES;    ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS;    CHILD HEALTH;    COMMUNITY HEALTH;    DENTISTRY;   

RP-ID  :  74921

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Public health observatories proactivelyinvestigate health issues to provide robust analyticalevidence to policy makers. This type of organization hasdifferent characteristics from other public healthinstitutions, such as information-gathering bodies, academicpublic health departments, or state employed public healthpractitioners. Governments in Latin America have also begunestablishing regional, national, and provincialobservatories. Some of the regional observatories providecomparisons of countries in the region in areas such aspublic health, human resources, food security, andnutrition. Regional and national health observatories havebecome important tools for governments and health ministriesto support national strategic partnerships and to empowercivil society, health sector stakeholders, and health sectorauthorities seeking to develop more effective and efficienthealth systems. Health observatories are therefore a keyinstrument for health systems to generate information, data,and intelligence on people's health status and the typeand quality of health care delivery. By making all thisinformation available to health providers and policy makersin a timely manner, the health observatories will ensurethat their national health systems are results-oriented andengaged in a continuous process of improving quality and access.