Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: experience from six countries

• Ole Frithjof Norheim,
• Gavin Yamey,
• Reza Majdzadeh,
• Karl Blanchet,
• Sameen Siddiqi,
• Alemayehu Hailu,
• Kjell Arne Johansson,
• Ala Alwan,
• Raza Zaidi,
• Omar Mwalim,
• Mohamed Jama,
• Mohammed Yusuf Ahmed Musa,
• Najibullah Safi

Affiliations

Ole Frithjof Norheim

Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Gavin Yamey

Hymowitz Professor of Global Health and Professor of Public Policy

Reza Majdzadeh

School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK

Karl Blanchet

Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Sameen Siddiqi

Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Alemayehu Hailu

Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Kjell Arne Johansson

Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ala Alwan

DCP3 Country Translation Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Raza Zaidi

Pakistan Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, Islamabad, Pakistan

Omar Mwalim

Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Mohamed Jama

Ministry of Health, Federal Government of Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia

Mohammed Yusuf Ahmed Musa

Health System Development, Health Financing, WHO Country Office for Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan

Najibullah Safi

WHO Country Office for Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan