health systems strengthening
HELTH SIS-temz STRENG-thun-ing
hɛlθ ˈsɪstəmz ˈstrɛŋθənɪŋListen
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a sustained approach to improving the performance, efficiency, and resilience of health systems across all six WHO building blocks: service delivery, health workforce, information systems, essential medicines and technologies, financing, and leadership and governance; contrasted with vertical disease-specific programmes by emphasising horizontal capacity that benefits health outcomes broadly; increasingly recognised as foundational to pandemic preparedness, universal health coverage, and achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals
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