Use of the Staged Development Tool for Assessing, Planning, and Measuring Progress in the Development of National Public Health Institutes

Barzilay, Ezra J.; Vandi, Henry; Binder, Sue; Udo, Ifeyinwa E.; Ospina, Martha; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Bratton, Shelly

doi:10.1089/hs.2018.0044

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“…Governance challenges (31,32), leadership (33), legal frameworks (34), and organizational structure (35) were discussed in several papers. Finally, technical tools to assist in NPHI development were also presented (34,36).…”

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“…Table 3 presents a summary of the public health building capacity domains, description, and examples from the NPHI literature. (36) Contextual lessons (26,27) Organizational structure…”

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“…Each country's unique approach to the institutional structure, leadership, and legal footing re ect political, legal, and cultural mores. NPHI development tools also emphasize the importance of incorporating country context by encouraging country-owned and led assessments (36).…”

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National Public Health Institutes: A Scoping Review

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2020

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Background. During the last century, national public health institutes (NPHIs) emerged to address enduring and emergency public health challenges. Outbreaks have often compelled countries to establish NPHIs. Likewise, the Covid-19 pandemic may inspire countries to create or strengthen NPHIs. Despite their historic legacies and contributions to public health, no review of NPHI literature has been published to date. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of the NPHI literature published since 2000 and map characteristics of articles including format, authorship, geographic focus, methods, language, and focal topic. We also investigate whether the NPHI literature addresses public health capacity building domains. Finally, the study identifies gaps and areas for future research. Methods. The scoping review was guided the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework and utilized the PRISMA-ScR checklist. The search was conducted in Medline OVID and Scopus databases. Data extraction involved mapping article characteristics and reviewing public health capacity building framework domains. Results. The search yielded 5731 records. A total of 43 articles met the study eligibility criteria. Articles were published in English, Spanish, French and Russian including diverse perspectives and experiences emanating from more than 20 countries in Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Most articles were formatted as commentaries. Only three reported methods or collected primary data. Articles topics included organizational structure, networks, research, funding, and governance. Conclusion. Findings reveal a longstanding international interest in leveraging NPHIs to address complex public health challenges. Lack of studies reporting methods reveals the need for future research to utilize quantitative and qualitative methods. The NPHI literature addresses topics concerning public health capacity building which underscores NPHIs’ ability to tackle global and national public health threats. Many articles in this review recommend investment in NPHIs as a strategy to respond to crises and strengthen countries’ public health systems.

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“…Table 3 presents a summary of the public health building capacity domains, description, and examples from the NPHI literature. (36) Contextual lessons (26,27) Organizational structure…”

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National Public Health Institutes: A Scoping Review

Myhre

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Bergh

2020

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“…National public health institutes have emerged as playing a critical role in coordinating, developing, and strengthening public health capacities; helping countries achieve IHR implementation; and improving population health. 6,7 As science-based government organizations, 8 NPHIs often serve as the focal points for efforts to protect, strengthen, and improve health, catalyzing responses to key public health challenges. 9,10 Typical NPHI functions with direct implications for health security include public health laboratory and surveillance systems, emergency preparedness and response, public health workforce development, and research in public health.…”

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National Public Health Institute Legal Framework: A Tool to Build Public Health Capacity

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As countries face public health emergencies, building public health capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to threats is a priority. In recent years, national public health institutes (NPHIs) have emerged to play a critical role in strengthening public health systems and to accelerate and achieve implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). NPHIs are science-based government institutions that provide national leadership and expertise for the country's efforts to protect and improve health. Providing a Legal Framework for a National Public Health Institute is a recently released Africa CDC publication intended to support NPHI development throughout Africa. Here we present a legal mapping analysis of sampled legal domains for 5 countries, using the ''Menu of Considerations for an NPHI Legal Framework.'' The analysis delineates the types of legal authorities countries may use to establish or enhance NPHIs and demonstrates how legal mapping can be used to review legal instruments for NPHIs. It also demonstrates variability among legal approaches countries take to establish and enable public health functions for NPHIs. This article examines how the legal framework and menu of considerations can help countries understand the nuances around creating and implementing the laws that will govern their organizations and how countries can better engage stakeholders to identify or address potential areas for opportunity where law may be used as a tool to strengthen public health infrastructure.

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“…This section also includes an article that describes Pakistan's use of the Joint External Evaluation continuum to develop a costed national action plan for health security (NAPHS). 19,20 The article describes the lessons learned during the process, which may help countries using the process to develop their own NAPHS. Another article in this section describes how the Staged Development Tool (SDT) and process can be used to help national public health institutes (NPHIs) assess their current capacity and develop plans for addressing identified gaps and moving the country closer to achieving their global health security goals.…”

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