Week 5 : Health Systems

Question 1

What is a health ssystem?

Answer 1

All organisations, people and actions whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health.

Question 2

What is the WHO’s building block framework?

Answer 2

A framework that simplifies complex health systems into six blocks whose performance affects the levels of access, coverage, quality and safety of health systems.

Question 3

List the six blocks that makes up the building block framework.

Answer 3

• Service Delivery
• Health Workforce
• Information
• Medical Products, Vaccines and Technologies
• Financing
• Leadership
• Governance

Question 4

List the four overall goals of WHO’s building block framework.

Answer 4

• Improved Health
• Responsiveness
• Social and financial risk protection
• Improved efficiency

Question 5

What is the economic reason as to why there was a rise in welfare states in the early 20th century?

Answer 5

Industrialisation and urbanisation create rapid demographic and social change – organised systems needed to deliver services to large populations

Question 6

What is the socio-cultural reason as to why there was a rise in welfare states in the early 20th century?

Answer 6

Changing views of responsibilities of individuals, communities and states

Question 7

What is the political reason as to why there was a rise in welfare states in the early 20th century?

Answer 7

Welfare states represent the assertation of democratic rights; also restrain political dissent