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Table 2 Proportion of funding per WHO building block

From: Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening: a content analysis of global fund investments

Health system building block interventions

% of spending within building block

Disease-specific

System-wide

Total

Governance

   

Sector integration

67

40

55

Decentralisation

5

21

12

Capacity building

1

25

11

National health strategy development

14

5

10

Coordination

9

3

6

Harmonisation

5

3

4

Financing

   

Patient and/or provider incentives

99

86

93

Improve resource effectiveness

0

13

6

Financial management transparency

1

0

1

Maximise social protection

0

1

0

Information

   

Health information systems strengthening

39

74

55

Strategies to increase evidence-based planning

54

18

37

Increase accessibility of information

7

3

5

Human Resources

   

Support for in-service health workforce

99

93

97

Support for pre-service health workforce

1

7

3

Medicines and Technology

   

Health service supplies (non-consumables)

25

90

54

Improve mgmt of essential medicines

55

9

34

Support for rational use of essential medicines

19

1

11

Affordable, quality EDP

1

1

1

Service Delivery

   

Infrastructure

38

74

49

Measures to increase coverage - demand

55

19

44

Measures to increase coverage - supply

7

6

7

  1. EDP: Essential drugs programme.