Title Accelerating health reforms through collective action : experiences from East Africa / Yvonne Nkrumah and Julia Mensah, editors

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank Publications, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 119 pages) : illustrations Series A World Bank study World Bank study Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Background / Julia Mensah -- Introduction -- Governance in PSM: A Crucial Role -- Case for Collective Action -- Improving PSM Governance: The Initiative -- Why This Book? -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- ch. 2 Putting Down Roots / Eva Ombaka -- Introduction -- Tanzania Country Context -- Key Health Issues and the Reform Agenda -- Key Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Sector -- Rationale for Setting up a Multistakeholder Coalition -- Multistakeholder Groups and Other Forms of Collaboration in Tanzania before 2010 -- Collaborations in the Health and Pharmaceutical Sectors -- Learning from Other Countries -- Need for a Different Multistakeholder Approach in Tanzania -- From Dispersed Groups to Coalition -- Mapping the Stakeholders -- Identifying a Convener -- Clarifying Responsibilities -- Making the Coalition Work -- Lessons Learned -- Notes -- ch. 3 Growing a Strong Trunk / Abel Nyakiongora -- Introduction -- Kenya Country Context -- Rationale for Setting Up a Multistakeholder Coalition -- Moving the Reform Agenda Forward -- Nourishing and Sustaining the Coalition -- Mobilizing Resources -- Leadership -- Creating a Sense of Ownership -- Providing the Right Incentives -- Celebration and Acknowledgment of Shared Achievements -- Challenges and Lessons Learned -- Notes -- ch. 4 Branching Out and Bearing Fruits / Robinah Kaitiritimba -- Introduction -- Ugandan Context -- Health Sector Hurdles and Opportunities -- Pharmaceutical Subsector -- Opportunity for Collaboration: The Existing Multistakeholder Landscape -- Working Together: Setting Priorities for Initial Steps -- Generating Evidence to Inform Policy -- Lessons Learned -- Notes -- ch. 5 Epilogue -- Kenya: The Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Pharmaceutical Procurement -- Tanzania: The Tanzania Multistakeholder Group on Pharmaceutical Procurement -- Uganda: The Medicines Transparency Alliance -- Looking Ahead -- Notes Summary This publication briefly describes the processes and methodologies for building and sustaining multistakeholder coalition to drive reforms in the health sector. It is based on the experiences of three East African countries -- Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. It outlines, by chapter, each country's experience in identifying, mobilizing, and coalescing key stakeholders to address governance bottlenecks in pharmaceutical procurement and supply chain management. It highlights challenges, successes as well as lessons learned to guide other countries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 20, 2014) Subject Medical policy -- Africa, East Health care reform -- Africa, East Health Care Reform -- organization & administration Organizational Case Studies Public-Private Sector Partnerships HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. Health care reform Medical policy SUBJECT Africa, Eastern. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001596 Africa, Eastern https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000351 Subject Eastern Africa Africa, East Form Electronic book Author Nkrumah, Yvonne K. (Yvonne Korkoi), editor. Mensah, Julia, editor LC no. 2015304781 ISBN 9781464802881 1464802882 1464802874 9781464802874

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