The Process of Health Reform in Sierra Leone
After years of neglect of its health system, Sierra Leone has had, starting in 1993, remarkable successes in health reform. As there have been few cases of health reform in Africa, a study was undertaken to examine the experience. Through interview...
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Format: | Brief |
Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/05/13808136/process-health-reform-sierra-leone http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9934 |
Summary: | After years of neglect of its health
system, Sierra Leone has had, starting in 1993, remarkable
successes in health reform. As there have been few cases of
health reform in Africa, a study was undertaken to examine
the experience. Through interviews, surveys, focus groups,
mass meetings, task forces, workshops and other methods,
thousands of Sierra Leoneans have been involved in setting
the reform agenda. The health reform effort has been
remarkably transparent. By creating their own national
health action plan, the Sierra Leoneans were able to
establish their own agenda with donors, on their own terms.
The department won the Heroes Day Award in 1994 in
recognition of improved performance in the Sierra Leonean
civil service. This type of public accolade helps to build a
positive environment for reform. |
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