background systems thinking (st) has recently been promoted as an important approach to health systems strengthening. however, st is not common practice, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (lmics). this paper seeks to explore the barriers that may hinder its application in the eastern mediterranean region (emr) and possible strategies to mitigate them.   methods a survey consistin...

conclusions: the results of the present research indicates that the emphasis of the his evaluation moves from technical subjects to human and organizational subjects, and from objective to subjective issues. therefore, this issue entails more familiarity with more qualitative evaluation methods. in most of the reviewed studies, the main focus has been laid on the necessity of using multi-method...

The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. In 1977, the World Health Assembly adopted the goal of “Health for All” and that one of the major social goals of governments should be the attainment by all people of the world a level of health that would permit them to lead a sociall...

introduction: health care classifications are essential tools for collecting and processing health-related information. they also provide a unified language for interdisciplinary communications. nursing data is important for extension of knowledge, evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing care, and supporting human resource planning. therefore, an integrated system for collecting, st...

introduction: the aim of the present study is to show regional disparities in iran through measurement of the level of development of different provinces with respect to their accessibility to the health and medicare facilities. methods: to accomplish the above mentioned purpose, data regarding 18 health and medicare indexes for the years 2006-2008, have been collected. the quantified methods s...

this paper comments on the principles that informed rwanda’s successful efforts to adapt its health system to population needs, and more specifically to reduce health inequities. the point is made that these may be universally applicable for countries as they deal with the challenges of post-2015 health agenda.

health systems, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries (lmics), need stronger management and leadership capacities. management and leadership are not synonymous, yet should be considered together as there can be too much of one and not enough of the other. in complex adaptive health systems, the multiple interactions and relationships between people and elements of the system me...

the instrumental use of social networks has become a central tenet of international health policy and advocacy since the millennium project. in asking, ‘how to facilitate social contagion?’, karl blanchet of the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine therefore reflects not only on the recent success, but also hints to growing challenges; the tactics of partnerships, alliances and platfo...