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Health Reform Cycles in Tanzania: 1924–1994

Tanzania Journal of Development Studies

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Title Health Reform Cycles in Tanzania: 1924–1994
 
Creator Semali, IAJ
Tanner, M
de Savigny, D
 
Description This paper analyses health reforms in Tanzania since 1924 to 1993 to determine how each paradigm influenced the next by using the recent World Health Organization (WHO) framework of health system. Published and gray documents were reviewed
and analyzed for the four discrete attempts at reforming the health sector, focusing on the district health system decentralization. The findings revealed that for each wave, there was a review of the health system, making information from preceding efforts to be available to the subsequent reforms. After independence the political party in power played a major role in ensuring availability of information and its utilization. Predominant information in each wave showed that the health system was underfinanced, there was poor performance of PHC strategies, non-integration of DMO and poor health workers income. Health reforms should focus on health system finance, integrated district health system,
health workers welfare and community participation.
 
Publisher Educational Publishers and Distributors
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2009-11-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/47892
10.4314/tjds.v7i2.47892
 
Source Tanzania Journal of Development Studies; Vol 7, No 2 (2007); 89-102
2591-6831
0856-9622
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjds/article/view/47892/34262
 
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