Design and implementation of a Primary Health Care (PHC) Toolbox for improving the impact of support from Global Development Partners
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Primary Health Care (PHC) is the most equitable and cost-effective way to enhance the health of populations and improve health security and is a requirement for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Vital to advancing the PHC agenda is effective global health partnerships, particularly with Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide financial support for improving population health. Despite progress, GHI support at times remained parallel to rather than embedded in national health strategies. To improve the impact of GHI support, World Health Organization (WHO) member states requested specific guidance to better align GHI support to national health strategies and PHC principles. We present the PHC-GHI Toolbox as a comprehensive set of resources for use by countries to apply the PHC approach to development of plans for securing and optimally utilizing funding received from GHIs, such as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM); and the Global Financing Facility (GFF) as well as other donors. The PHC-GHI Toolbox includes a PHC resource database, GHI-specific overviews, a database of health system strengthening (HSS) investments, COVID-19 funding rapid assessment tool, and a focal point database for identifying expert technical assistance. This paper describes the process undertaken for Toolbox development and outlines its potential applications.
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Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Suraya Dalil, Gerard Schmets, Awad Mataria, and Shams Syed for their leadership during the development of the Toolbox. In addition, we would like to thank Richard Gregory, as well as the Global Health Initiatives Task Team at WHO HQ and WHO EMRO and partner organizations for their feedback and contribution in the development of the Toolbox. All authors fully contributed to writing, reviewing and revising the manuscript. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.
