Do we have the right models for scaling up health services to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
Date
2011-12-14Author
Peters, David H
Matsubayashi, Toru
Naimoli, Joseph
Subramanian, Savitha
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There is widespread agreement on the need for scaling up in the health sector to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But many countries are not on track to reach the MDG targets. The dominant approach used by global health initiatives promotes uniform interventions and targets, assuming that specific technical interventions tested in one country can be replicated across countries to rapidly expand coverage. Yet countries scale up health services and progress against the MDGs at very different rates. Global health initiatives need to take advantage of what has been learned about scaling up.