Research Questions How were gender considerations integrated within the efforts to rebuild health systems in the post-conflict contexts of Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Northern Uganda? What impact did post-conflict interventions within the health sector have on gender equity with the health system? | |
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Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
• Health interventions after peace agreement or cessation of hostilities (Mozambique after 1992, Timor Leste after 1999, Sierra Leone after 2002, Northern Uganda after 2006) | • Health interventions during active conflict |
• Interventions that addressed one or all WHO Health System Building Blocks • Health interventions that addressed gender and access to health care (maternal services) | • Disease Specific Interventions, including HIV/AIDS |
• Geographic scope: Research on Mozambique, Timor Leste, Sierra Leone, Northern Uganda | • Research from outside these four geographic areas |
• English peer reviewed articles • English reports from UN Women • English reports from international non-governmental organizations • English reports from national governments |
• Non-English peer reviewed articles • Non-English reports from governments |
• Health system data from multilateral organizations • Health system data from national governments • Health systems data from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | |
Evaluation of Available Evidence • Examined available evidence to assess if and how health systems functioned as measured against the ‘benchmarks’ of gender equity; • Grouped evidence into themes under the benchmarks as common patterns appeared in the evidence. |