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What Does It Really Mean to Build Health Systems? (Devex)

June 08, 2015

From article: 

...in Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Health is looking to strengthen its medical school to fill the gap in health workers: The country needs about 3,300 doctors, but only has 230.

Amanda Glassman, vice president for programs and director of global health policy at the Center for Global Development, meanwhile argued that health systems strengthening, in practical terms, should have “observable effects on the quality and coverage of key health services.”

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