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Strengthening Health Systems in Poor Countries: A Code of Conduct for Nongovernmental Organizations

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Pfeiffer, James, Johnson, Wendy, Fort, Meredith, Shakow, Aaron, Hagopian, Amy, Gloyd, Steve, Gimbel-Sherr, Kenneth·2008·American Journal of Public Health
DOI 10.2105/ajph.2007.125989PMC PMC2636539
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The challenges facing efforts in Africa to increase access to antiretroviral HIV treatment underscore the urgent need to strengthen national health systems across the continent. However, donor aid to developing countries continues to be disproportionately channeled to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) rather than to ministries of health. The rapid proliferation of NGOs has provoked "brain drain" from the public sector by luring workers away with higher salaries, fragmentation of services, and increased management burdens for local authorities in many countries. Projects by NGOs sometimes can undermine the strengthening of public primary health care systems. We argue for a return to a public focus for donor aid, and for NGOs to adopt a code of conduct that establishes standards and best practices for NGO relationships with public sector health systems.

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Authors
Pfeiffer, J., Johnson, W., Fort, M., Shakow, A., Hagopian, A., Gloyd, S., & Gimbel-Sherr, K.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Public Health
Publisher
American Public Health Association
Published
2008-12
Volume
98
Issue
12
Pages
2134-2140
ISSN
  • 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-0048
DOI
10.2105/ajph.2007.125989
PMC
PMC2636539
OpenAlex
W2127281163
Cited by
163
References
35
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FWCI
28.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P30AI027757)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Development › International Development and Aid
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Public health and occupational medicine
Keywords
non-governmental organizations, codes of conduct, health system strengthening, brain drain, primary care, Africa
MeSH terms
Africa, Delivery of Health Care, Developing Countries, Emigration and Immigration, Humans, International Agencies, International Cooperation, Organizations, Poverty, Global Health, HIV Infections, Public Health Practice, Guidelines as Topic, Anti-HIV Agents, Benchmarking, Codes of Ethics, Public-Private Sector Partnerships

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