Abstract
The implementation of policies remains a huge challenge in many low-income countries. Several factors play a role in this, but improper management of existing knowledge is no doubt a major issue. In this article, we argue that new platforms should be created that gather all stakeholders who hold pieces of relevant knowledge for successful policies. To build our case, we capitalize on our experience in our domain of practice, health care financing in sub-Saharan Africa. We recently adopted a community of practice strategy in the region. More in general, we consider these platforms as the way forward for knowledge management of implementation issues.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Tropical Medicine and International Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 1007-1014 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1360-2276 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- B780-tropical-medicine
- Health policy
- National policies
- Knowledge
- Information transfer
- Information management
- Modeling
- Health care financing
- Platform
- Implementation
- Practices
- User fees
- Collaboration
- Developing countries