High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution
Margaret E. Kruk(Harvard University), Anna Gage(Harvard University), Catherine Arsenault(Harvard University), Keely Jordan(New York University), Hannah H. Leslie(Harvard University), Sanam Roder‐DeWan(Harvard University), Olusoji Adeyi(World Bank), Pierre Barker(Institute for Healthcare Improvement), Bernadette Daelmans(World Health Organization), Svetlana V. Doubova(Mexican Social Security Institute), Mike English(Kenya Medical Research Institute), Ezequiel García‐Elorrio(Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria), Frederico Guanais(Inter-American Development Bank), Oye Gureje(University of Ibadan), Lisa R. Hirschhorn(Northwestern University), Lixin Jiang(Deleted Institution), Edward Kelley(World Health Organization), Ephrem Tekle Lemango(Government of Ethiopia), Jerker Liljestrand(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Address Malata(Malawi University of Science and Technology), Tanya Marchant(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Malebona Precious Matsoso(Department of Health), John G. Meara(Harvard Global Health Institute), Manoj Mohanan(Duke University), Youssoupha Ndiaye, Ole Frithjof Norheim(University of Bergen), K. Srinath Reddy(Public Health Foundation of India), Alexander K. Rowe(Center for Global Health), Joshua A. Salomon(Stanford Medicine), Gagan Thapa, Nana Twum-Danso, Muhammad Ali Pate
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Abstract
and respecting all workers to deliver the best care possible. Fourth, governments and civil society should ignite demand for quality in the population to empower people to hold systems accountable and actively seek high-quality care. Additional targeted actions in areas such as health financing, management, district-level learning, and others can complement these efforts. What works in one setting might not work elsewhere, and improvement efforts should be adapted for local context and monitored. Funders should align their support with system-wide strategies rather than contribute to the proliferation of micro-level efforts.
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