University of Melbourne - Health Systems Strengthening
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Health Systems Strengthening at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 8 weeks |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website |
Credential | Certificate |
Health Systems Strengthening at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 8 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
- 100% online Learn at your own pace
Health Systems Strengthening at FutureLearn Course details
- In this course, you'll explore the complexity of health systems and apply systems thinking to health systems strengthening (HSS).
- You'll critique major health system frameworks, analyze health system inequities, and interrogate the evidence for HSS approaches.
- You'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop HSS interventions across areas such as health policy, health financing, human resources, supply chain management, quality of care and private sector engagement.
- This course was developed by the Nossal Institute and UNICEF to equip UNICEF staff to work in HSS; now it's open to you.
Health Systems Strengthening at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction to Health Systems Strengthening
Course introduction
The history of Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)
Current frameworks for health systems strengthening
Players and power in health systems
Putting it all together - week 1 summary
Equity in health system strengthening
Defining equity
Addressing inequities in health systems
Tools to guide an equity focused approach
Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Actions at Different Levels of the Health System
National health systems and health system planning
District health systems
Community health systems
Intervening across the system
Health Financing
Principles of health financing and the Universal Health Coverage agenda
Funding health care: where does the money come from?
Follow the money: undertaking a fiscal space analysis
Human resources for health
The health workforce: who are they and where are they?
The health workforce: roles, motivations and incentives.
The health workforce: management and regulation
Supply chain management
The role of supply chain management in health systems strengthening
Strengthening health systems to strengthen supply chains
Resilience in health systems
Quality of care
Quality of care: definitions and frameworks
The link between quality of care and health systems strengthening
How do we measure the quality of care?
System strategies for improving quality of care
Managing a mixed health system
Examining mixed health systems
The private sector: characteristics and roles
Getting the public-private mix right
Bringing it all together
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