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Participatory Health Systems Strengthening: Reflections from Malawi and Kenya

Systems thinking is a phrase development practitioners and funders hear often, but isn’t always aligned with the day to day experiences of local actors. It does not have to be that way.
Systems thinking reveals multiple reasons for a problem and multiple solutions. We believe that this approach that can help uncover structural factors underlying a problem.
Global Integrity came to this project to learn about the value and limitations of applying a participatory systems thinking approach (PSTA) that could contribute to better health outcomes, by sparking small, and incremental changes in the system.
February 8, 2023
Building Accountable and Accessible Health Systems for Better Pandemic Response

Building Accountable and Accessible Health Systems for Better Pandemic Response On October 20th, we sat down to talk with three civil society experts involved in the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) about their experiences implementing innovative approaches in to strengthen health systems in African countries: Nancy Saiboh the Program Lead at Actions for Development…
Tags: accountability, Cameroon, COVID-19, CTAP, Liberia, Senegal, transarency
January 26, 2023
CTAP vs. COVID-19: Changing Community Mindsets in Innovative Ways

CTAP vs. COVID-19: Changing Community Mindsets in Innovative Ways Fireside Chat Event Recap & Reflection What do social media, soccer, and dance have in common? These collaborative activities have been reimagined as innovative methods of combating misinformation associated with the pandemic. Our COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) partners in Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana have…
Tags: accountability, COVID-19, CTAP, ghana, kenya, malawi, transarency
January 18, 2023
Building Bridges for Stronger Systems: Charting the Learning Journey

How do we practice adaptive learning and locally led development in our work? The recently concluded Building Bridges for Stronger Systems project (funded by Open Society Foundations – OSF) is an insightful example of putting these Global Integrity values into action. Our partners – Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Transparency International Bosnia & Herzegovina (TI-BIH), and…
Tags: adaptive learning, anti-corruption, Building Bridges, procurement
November 8, 2022
Report: Health Systems Strengthening Workshop 2.0 with CSA in Kenya (March 2022)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Integrity launched a health systems strengthening project in collaboration with the African Health Innovation Centre (AHIC) and local partners to leverage participatory systems thinking approaches (PSTA) as a method to address various local health challenges. In Kenya, Global Integrity partnered with the…
November 3, 2022
Report: Health Systems Strengthening Workshop 2.0 with Ipas Malawi (March 2022)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Integrity launched a health systems strengthening project in collaboration with the African Health Innovation Centre (AHIC) and local partners to leverage participatory systems thinking approaches (PSTA) as a method to address various local health challenges. In Malawi, Global Integrity partnered with Ipas…