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Chapter 4 - Managing a Health Service with Management and Financing of Drug Supply

from Section 1 - Health and Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2025

By
Benson Droti ,
Heiner Grosskurth ,
Juliet Nabyonga-Orem ,
Jean Baptiste Nikiema  and
Ruairi Brugha
Edited by
David Mabey ,
Martin W. Weber ,
Moffat Nyirenda ,
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu ,
Jackson Orem ,
Laura Benjamin ,
Michael Marks  and
Nicholas A. Feasey
David Mabey
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Martin W. Weber
Affiliation:
World Health Organization
Moffat Nyirenda
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Affiliation:
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana
Jackson Orem
Affiliation:
Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala
Laura Benjamin
Affiliation:
University College London
Michael Marks
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Nicholas A. Feasey
Affiliation:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Summary

A health system consists of the organizations, institutions, resources and people whose primary purpose is to improve health. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework views the health system as comprising six building blocks: service delivery, health workforce, access to essential medicines, health financing, leadership and governance and health information systems (WHO 2010).

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Principles of Medicine in Africa , pp. 57 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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