Facilitators of co-leadership for quality care

Leadership is key to delivering health system change, including to improve quality of care.1 National health leadership is responsible for setting a country’s vision and strategy for health and to bring stakeholders together to implement that strategy.2 Ministries of health face multiple challenges to effective leadership, including political pressures, frequent personnel changes, budget limitations or cuts, and the personal efficacy of the leaders involved. Strategic approaches, implementation paths, and resource allocation also vary, giving rise to different strengths or stresses across health systems.The World Health Organization describes national leadership as underpinning all efforts to improve quality of care.2 Leadership is essential for developing policies and strategies on quality or care and deploying the necessary resources (human, technical, and financial) to implement those strategies. Despite the importance of national leadership, most attempts to improve quality of care in low and middle income countries over the past two decades have been externally…
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