Abstract Purpose of the Study: Social and scientific discourses on healthy ageing and on
health equity are increasingly available, yet from a global perspective limited conceptual …

Objectives A substantial number of low and middle income countries (LMICs) have
implemented health sector reforms in the last 40 years, and the majority of them have …

Victor Hugo once wrote “Greater than the march of mighty armies is an idea whose time has
come”. Complexity science is not a new idea, but in 2017 its time has surely come in relation …

Background Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the
health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot …

Background There is an emerging global consensus on the importance of universal health
coverage (UHC), but no unanimity on the conceptual definition and scope of UHC, whether …

Background The WHO health systems Building Blocks framework has become ubiquitous in
health systems research. However, it was not developed as a research instrument, but rather …

Background Using reliable information from routine health information systems over time is
an important aid to improving health outcomes, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency …

This special issue of Global Public Health presents a collection of articles that analyse
power and its mechanisms in health systems and health policy processes. Researchers …

Complexity theory has increasingly been discussed and applied within evaluation literature
over the past decade. This article reviews the discussion and use of complexity theory within …

Objective. This paper seeks to review the available evidence to determine whether a
systems approach is employed in the implementation and evaluation of task shifting for …