Realizing their potential to become learning organizations to foster health system resilience: opportunities and challenges for health ministries in low- and middle-income countries.
The burgeoning literature on resilient health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) provides limited insights into the practice of resilience-building. To address this operational shortcoming, we explore the potential of health ministries to become 'learning organizations' to help fost...
| Publicado en: | Health Policy & Planning Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1083 - 1096 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2018
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