Could additional operational fund improve the performance of health centres' underfunded public health programmes? Learning from the Sleman district experience
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Background Preventive and promotive programmes in government health centres are commonly underfunded. Aside from that, the central government allocates money based on vertical programmes category. To put public health programs as a high priority, the government decided to make an additional special allocation so that government health centres may improve their performance in the outcomes of underfunded programmes. This study documented the practice of using the implementing operational funds in all health centres of Sleman district in the 2012. In particular, we wanted to study the administration procedures in spending the funds and how they can achieve better programme coverage and better programme implementation. Understanding the appropriate use of the funds will be an important consideration for continuing the same policy in the future.
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