Health Sector Reforms

HSR focus has seen some transition over the decades, with decentralization being the initial high point building on to focus on strengthening primary healthcare subsequently including public private partnerships and even considerations of privatization of the public health systems.

Our approach to health sector reform:

As the first step towards establishing the reform process, DP-360 would undertake a baseline study and needs assessment across the identified priority areas; including the management functions and health disease areas. This would also involve an in-depth stakeholder analysis encompassing all the state and non-state actors, which have any influence, direct or indirect, on the health system.

DP-360 strategy for guiding the reform process in a developing set up would focus on the following key elements and issues, inter alia.

• Policy analysis
• Health financing
• Regulatory mechanisms
• Management capabilities
• Administrative and bureaucratic processes
• Healthcare and allied service provision from the public, private and civil society sectors
• Access and equity of services
• Out of pocket expenditure for health services
• Multi-sectoral partnerships