Sub-national and district management: Planning and budgeting of services
For frontline managers
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The Priority Setting Process, Practical Steps
Council on Health Research for Development
Seven step process in setting research priorities, planning, situation analysis, selecting criteria, working with stakeholders, allocating resources, implementing and review
(15 pages, pdf 46kb) -
Using Economics to Set Pragmatic and Ethical Priorities
Stuart Peacock, Danny Ruta, Craig Mitton, Cam Donaldson, Angela Bate and Madeleine Murtagh, 2006, British Medical Journal, BMJ 2006;332;482-485
Stages in priority setting using programme budgeting and marginal analysis; checklist for pragmatic considerations in priority setting; checklist for ethical considerations in priority setting
(5 pages, pdf 132kb) -
Building a Results Framework
pdf, 197kb
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS #13, 2000, USAID
What, function, design, steps, criteria for objectives and results
(6 pages, pdf 192kb) -
Can Managing District Services Be Separated From Managing its Finances?
Kwick-Skwiz #21, 1999, Health System Trust
Rationale and processes for integrating the service and financial management cycles
(4 pages, pdf 626kb) -
Planning Together: How (and How Not) to Engage Stakeholders in Charting a Course
Xavier de Souza Briggs, 2003, Community Problem Solving Network
Why engage stakeholders in planning; who to involve with what roles; informed views; improving what experts know; building a knowledge base and analyzing problems well; feedback; consensus decision-making
(27 pages, pdf 889kb) -
Strengthening Health Management in Districts and Provinces
A. Cassels and K. Janovski, 1995, WHO
Handbook, health management teams, process, problem identification, developing solutions, planning action, implementing and evaluating achievements
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Planning and Implementation of District Health Services (Module 4)
pdf, 1.59Mb
Rufaro Chatora and Prosper Tumusiime, 2004, WHO Regional Office for Africa, AFR/DHS/03.04
10 steps in planning, essential health package, health systems research, disaster preparedness
(75 pages, pdf 1.6MB)