Correcting inefficiency of health programmes

Description

Correcting inefficiency of health programmes involves systematically identifying and addressing gaps in resource allocation, service delivery, and management practices. Essential actions include streamlining administrative processes, improving data collection and monitoring, reallocating resources to high-impact interventions, and enhancing staff training. The strategy aims to maximize health outcomes by reducing waste, eliminating redundancies, and ensuring that programmes are responsive to community needs, thereby increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of health initiatives.

Context

In every developing country there are pervasive inefficiencies in the public health system, for example: clinics and outreach programmes which operate poorly because of shortages of drugs, transport and maintenance; hospitals retaining patients longer than necessary and which are poorly organized and managed; excessive payments for drugs of low efficacy; theft and waste of supplies through inadequate supervision and storage.