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HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH CAPACITY METHODOLOGY Governance DATA ANALYSIS RESEARCH METHODS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Action learning for health system governance : the reward and challenge of co-production

Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is centrally concerned with people,
their relationships and the actions and practices they can implement towards
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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HEALTH SYSTEM SYSTEMS ANALYSIS PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TRUST WORKING CONDITIONS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE OPERATIONS RESEARCH DECISION MAKING HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY HEALTH EQUITY

Crises, routines and innovations : the complexities and possibilities of sub-district management

This case study of one urban sub-district in Cape Town was developed as part of a wider action learning project partnership – the District Innovation and Action Learning for Health System Development (DIALHS) project – which aims to understand and
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Capacity building ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH NETWORKS

Health policy and systems research : needs, challenges and opportunities in South Africa – a university perspective

Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) addresses systemic challenges in order to improve service delivery while supporting implementation of public health priority programmes, and thus contributing to improved population health.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 05:00
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS HEALTH SERVICE GATEKEEPERS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS COMMUNICATION BARRIERS HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH EQUITY

Advancing the application of systems thinking in health : South African examples of a leadership of sensemaking for primary health care

Sub-district managers recognize the challenge of having to address the passivity of primary health care (PHC) managers and their staff, as well as their role in empowering them.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Thirty-five-million dollar boost for 'Barcode of Life'

The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, received a funding boost of $35 million from Canadian agencies for a 26-nation effort to collect specimens, sequence their DNA, and build an informatics platform using digital bar codes to store an
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Friday, April 2, 2010 - 04:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Barcode of Life Project expects $35M in new support

The Canada-led International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project has received new pledges from its major supporters, raising totals from these funders to $80 million.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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Biodiversity DNA BARCODING SPECIES IDENTIFICATION INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

International Barcode of Life Project gets $8.1 million

Researchers are quickly amassing barcodes or identifiers for a database of life forms, and developing new informatics tools and technologies.
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 05:00
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INTEROPERABILITY OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE TRAINING PROGRAMMES ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

Position paper : researching and developing enterprise architectures for health information systems in developing African countries

Development of an open architectural framework is a necessary first step to facilitate the design and rapid implementation of effective National Health Information Systems (NHIS).
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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INTEROPERABILITY OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

Position paper : researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries

Based on field experiences and requirements in South Africa, Mozambique and Rwanda, the Health Enterprise Architecture laboratory (at the School of Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) is evolving a generic Health Enterpris
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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HEALTH SYSTEM PRIMARY HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROGRAMME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

Whole-system change : case study of factors facilitating early implementation of a primary health care reform in a South African province

The case study highlights how collective vision can facilitate commitment to and engagement with new policy in complex organisational environments. All those interviewed recognized value of the new approach.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00