Call for submissions for good practices c/o HIFA
Share your good practice and help strengthen the health system
The Health Systems Trust (HST) invites submissions of good practices for inclusion in the Good Practices Repository. Healthcare workers, programme managers, districts, facilities, academic institutions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private-sector partners, industry partners and community organisations are implementing effective solutions to address health system challenges and improve health outcomes. Many of these valuable experiences remain undocumented and are therefore not widely shared or adapted by others facing similar challenges. The Good Practices Repository has been established to identify, document, and share effective practices that can support learning, adaptation, and health system improvement across the country. Most importantly, the real value of sharing good practices lies in its potential to create an exponential effect across the health system. When successful approaches are documented and shared, they can be adapted and implemented in multiple settings thereby extending their impact far beyond the original site. In this way a single innovation or improvement can catalyse widespread change which can accelerate learning and drive improvements in the health space across the country.What is a Good Practice?
A good practice describes an intervention, programme, service, innovation, policy or approach that has demonstrated effectiveness in addressing health challenges and improving outcomes. Good practices are typically evidence-informed, make use of available resources and has the potential to be adapted, scaled or replicated in other settings.Submissions may relate to one or more of the following areas:
- Health priorities
- Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
- HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections
- Non-communicable diseases
- Mental health
- Environmental health and climate change
- One Health
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Health system strengthening
- Leadership and governance
- Health financing
- Digital health and health information systems
- Human resources for health
- Service delivery and quality improvement
- Emergency and disaster preparedness
- Environmental health and climate change
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Medicines, technologies and supply chain management
- Community and implementation approaches
- Community engagement and participation
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Multisectoral collaboration and partnerships
- Knowledge translation and evidence use
- Equity-focused and people-centred approaches
- Other Areas
- Other initiatives that contribute to improved health system performance, health outcomes, or population wellbeing.
Who can submit?
Submissions are welcome from organisations, institutions, programmes, and partnerships involved in the planning, delivery, management, evaluation, or support of health services, including:
- National, sub-national, regional, district, and local health authorities
- Public sector programmes and units
- Non-governmental, civil society and community-based organisations
- Academic and research institutions
- Professional bodies and associations
- Private-sector organisations and industry partners contributing to health system strengthening, service delivery, innovation, or public health programmes
- Multi-sectoral partnerships and collaborative initiatives
- Development partners, multilateral agencies, and international organisations
Assessment criteria
- Submissions will be assessed against an adapted World Health Organization (WHO) Good Practice criteria, including:Demonstrated effectiveness
- Efficient use of resources
- Relevance to a priority health system challenge
- Sustainability
- Ethical soundness
- Potential for adaptation or replication
- Innovation (optional but desirable)
Why submit?
- Selected practices will:Be featured in the Good Practices Repository
- Contribute to shared learning
- Receive national visibility and recognition
- Support evidence-informed policy and programme development
- Provide opportunities for replication and scale-up
- Showcase the achievements of health system implementers and partners
- Contribute to sustained efforts at improving various tiers of the health system
Submission requirements
Complete submission template including the following information:
- Executive summary
- Background: Description of the challenge addressed
- Intervention: Description of the intervention or practice
- Approach: Implementation process
- Key achievements: Results and outcomes achieved (describe outcome measures and metrics for success of the programme/intervention/tool)
- Lessons learnt: Description of lessons learnt which can inform replication in other contexts
- Sustainability considerations
- Supporting materials, where available
- Only complete submissions containing sufficient information for assessment will be reviewed.
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Feel free to submit throughout the year.
How to submit: Submissions can be completed online through the Good Practices Repository submission portal:
https://www.goodpractices.hst.org.za/for-authors
[n.b. PJ - The link supplied does not appear to work, there is a submit option through the above page.]
For further information, please contact: GoodPractices AT hst.org.za
HIFA profile: Maryam Rumaney currently works as a freelance scientific and English language editor. In addition, she offers consulting services to the laboratory industry. mbrumaney AT gmail.com
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