Table 7 Links between the typology suggested in this paper and effectiveness within health partnerships
From: Towards a simple typology of international health partnerships
Theme | Description | Links to what is known about effective partnerships |
|---|---|---|
Impact | Developing individual/organisation capacity | Movement of staff is a significant challenge to the sustainability of partnerships so organisational level input is associated with sustainability [6]. |
Absolute scope of influence of the LMIC partners. (local/regional/national/ international) | Involvement of partners at many levels of the health care infrastructure is important for effective health systems strengthening and involvement of higher level organisations such as the Ministry of Health is important for sustainability [6]. | |
Approach | Training/infrastructure | Training can be considered to be ‘gap filling’ rather than enhancing institutional capacity if the training infrastructure is not also developed [2]. |
Generic/specialist | Improving one element of a health system may require multiple different interventions by building human resource capacity as well as infrastructure capacity. Focus on generic capacities may be required before a focus on specialist capacities [6]. | |
Relationships between partners | Equality of influence | Communication between partners as equals is associated with improved sustainability [6]. |
Direct delivery or via third organisation | Involvement of a third party might complicate or enhance effective communication. |