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Sub-national and district management

This section covers management topics and issues relevant to health authorities responsible for a collection of services and facilities, such as a region, province or district.

:: The district health system

:: Needs assessment and situation analysis

:: Planning and budgeting of services

:: Organization and implementation of health services

:: Scaling up

:: Assessment of management performance

:: Monitoring and evaluation of service delivery


See also

:: Primary Health Care

Related topics

Other topics related to district management include basic values important to health (eg: human rights, equity, gender), health sector reform, decentralisation, and other aspects of the management context such as the Milennium development goals (MDGs), Poverty reduction strategies (PRSPs) and Sector wide approaches (SWAPs).

See General management for the following topics:
  • Leadership
  • Self management
  • Ethics
  • Communication
  • Problem solving
  • Decision making
  • Team building
  • Supervision
  • Change management
  • Risk management
  • Research into action

The materials provided on these topics are background reading for managers if it is relevant to their particular country context.

:: Human rights, gender, equity

:: Health Sector Reform

:: MDGs, PRSPs, SWAPs


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