Prioritising Health Systems to Achieve SDGs in Africa: A Review of Scientific Evidence

Wesonga, Colette Adhiambo; Kulohoma, Benard W.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14857-7_11

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“…Health information systems (HIS) are important data sources for evidence-based health policymaking, research and evaluation, training and service delivery. However, inadequate provision of reliable, valid and comparable data in resource-poor settings threatens meaningful progress in realising SDG 3 targets (Wesonga, & Kulohoma, 2020) [21] . Achieving the SDG for health requires designing the health systems capable of properly identifying, training, allocating and retaining health workers (Freer, 2016) [6] .…”

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Leveraging on technology to achieve improved organizational performance: A focus on faith-based health organizations in western Kenya

Hildah,

Mise,

Aila

2024

Int. J. Res. Hum. Resour. Manage.

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Innovation has yielded technologies that have positioned organizations to improve production and become competitive in the 21 st century locally and globally. Despite various studies suggesting that human resource information systems (HRIS) have been adopted by many companies globally, there is no evidence of extent and role of such in faith-based health organizations (FBHO) in western Kenya. This paper explores influence of HRISs in faith-based health organizations in western Kenya. The study was conducted between January 2022 and August 2022 and was guided by information system theory in a multiple-case study research design. The study population constituted 54 respondents consisting of human resource officers, finance officers, and middle-level managers in FBHO was targeted and a response of 96% was achieved. Personalized services showed statistically significant effect on organizational performance (R 2 =0.68, p=0.00). This means that the more an HR system is personalized the more an organization performs, with 95% confidence level in faith-based health organizations in western Kenya. Therefore, the study argues for need to invest in and adapt HRIS among FBHOs as this promises plugging the health gap at subnational levels as well aiding achievement of SDG 3 on universal good health and well-being.

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Leveraging on technology to achieve improved organizational performance: A focus on faith-based health organizations in western Kenya

Hildah,

Mise,

Aila

2024

Int. J. Res. Hum. Resour. Manage.

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“…Although Africa still bears a small proportion (4%) of the global pandemic morbidity burden, the WHO forewarns that if left unchecked, COVID-19 could result in nearly a quarter of a billion morbidities, and 150,000 fatalities within a year 5 . Scientists still remain puzzled by why the pandemic seems to have "spared" Africa, which has fragile healthcare systems [6][7][8] . Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain this occurrence, that include: warmer climate that does not favour the viral pathogen viability, fewer COVID-19 associated deaths because of a comparatively younger population, lower case numbers due to inadequate testing, population-wide immune priming due to previous exposure to other infectious diseases, and genetic factors that protect Africans from severe disease 6,7,9 .…”

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Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a balance between minimising morbidity and adverse economic impact

Wangari¹,

Gichuki²,

Abuor³

et al. 2021

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has ravaged the world’s socioeconomic systems forcing many governments across the globe to implement unprecedented stringent mitigation measures to restrain its rapid spread and adverse effects. A disproportionate number of COVID-19 related morbidities and mortalities were predicted to occur in Africa. However, Africa still has a lower than predicted number of cases, 4% of the global pandemic burden. In this open letter, we highlight some of the early stringent countermeasures implemented in Kenya, a sub-Saharan African country, to avert the severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These mitigation measures strike a balance between minimising COVID-19 associated morbidity and fatalities and its adverse economic impact, and taken together have significantly dampened the pandemic’s impact on Kenya’s populace.

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“…Although Africa still bears a small proportion (4%) of the global pandemic morbidity burden, the WHO forewarns that if left unchecked, COVID-19 could result in nearly a quarter of a billion morbidities, and 150,000 fatalities within a year 5 . Scientists still remain puzzled by why the pandemic seems to have “spared” Africa, which has fragile healthcare systems 6 – 8 . Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain this occurrence, that include: warmer climate that does not favour the viral pathogen viability, fewer COVID-19 associated deaths because of a comparatively younger population, lower case numbers due to inadequate testing, population-wide immune priming due to previous exposure to other infectious diseases, and genetic factors that protect Africans from severe disease 6 , 7 , 9 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a balance between minimising morbidity and adverse economic impact

Wangari¹,

Gichuki²,

Abuor³

et al. 2021

AAS Open Res

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Prioritising Health Systems to Achieve SDGs in Africa: A Review of Scientific Evidence

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

Leveraging on technology to achieve improved organizational performance: A focus on faith-based health organizations in western Kenya

Leveraging on technology to achieve improved organizational performance: A focus on faith-based health organizations in western Kenya

Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a balance between minimising morbidity and adverse economic impact

Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a balance between minimising morbidity and adverse economic impact

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