Capacity building - which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results - is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries. Organisations are important structural building blocks of health systems because they provide platforms for delivery of curative and preventive health services, and facilitate health workforce financing and functions. Organisational capacity building involves more than training and equipment and this book discusses management capacity to restructure systems, structures and roles strategically to optimise organisational performance in healthcare. Examining the topic in a practical and comprehensive way, Organisational Capacity Building in Health Systemsis divided into five parts, looking at:What health organisations are and doManagement and leadership in health organisationsHow to build capacity in health systemsBuilding capacity in a range of health system contextsDealing with challenges in building capacity and evaluating workLooking at how to effectively design, implement and evaluate organisational capacity building initiatives, this book is ideal for public health, health promotion and health management researchers, students and practitioners. | Organisational Capacity Building In Health Systems by Niyi Awofeso, Paperback | Indigo Chapters