From: What can global health institutions do to help strengthen health systems in low income countries?
Global/regional level | ||
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Signed Agreements | Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) | Harmonization of donors and alignment with national priorities Indicators for Monitoring & Evaluation |
 | International Health Partnership Global Compact (2007) | Improving coordination on national health plans |
 | The 'Three Ones' | Harmonization and alignment in HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS, the Global Fund, and other agencies. • one agreed HIV/AIDS action framework which provides the basis for coordinating the work of all partners; • one national HIV/AIDS coordinating authority with a broad-based multi-sectoral mandate; • one agreed country-level system for monitoring and evaluation. |
 | Global Task Team on Improving AIDS Coordination among Multilateral Institutions and International Donors (2005) |  |
 | Global Implementation Support Team (2007) |  |
Processes | Health 8 agencies (H8) | Gates Foundation, GFATM, GAVI Alliance, WB, WHO, UNAIDS, UN Population Fund, UNICEF have 6 monthly informal meetings to discuss coordination and aid effectiveness issues. Agreed in July 2007 to a coordinated health systems strengthening effort, playing a central role in co-ordination of IHP+. |
 | Global Campaign for the Health MDGs (26 September 2007) | ■The International Health Partnership ■The Catalytic Initiative (November 2007), by Canada and UNICEF ■Results-Based Financing Initiative (November 2007), by Norway and the World Bank. ■Providing for Health Initiative on social health protection, 2008, by Germany and France ■Global Leaders Network ■Deliver Now for Women and Children |
 | International Health Partnership and Related Initiatives (IHP+) (2007) | Interagency Core Team (based in WHO & WB: and the Harmonisation for Health in Africa, based in WHO's Africa Regional Office) Scaling-up Reference Group - SURG (representatives of the H-8 agencies, civil society and development partners) |
 | Global Health Workforce Alliance |  |
 | Health Metrics Network |  |
 | Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health |  |
 | Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) |  |
 | Disease specific coordination mechanisms | e.g. Stop TB Alliance, and Roll Back Malaria |
National level | SWAps | Â |
 | PRSps | (health system interventions integrated in a poverty reduction strategies) |
 | IHP+ country compacts |  |
 | Country Coordinating Mechanisms for GF |  |
 | One-UN, 2007 | (all UN agencies under one roof, a lead agency, one budgetary framework) |
 | UN 'cluster approach' | In emergency settings/chronic conflict whereby one UN agency is responsible for taking the lead in coordination with the government. |