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. 2013 Jul 26;9:30. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-30

Table 2.

Proportion of funding per WHO building block

Health system building block interventions % of spending within building block
Disease-specific System-wide Total
Governance
 
 
 
Sector integration
67
40
55
Decentralisation
5
21
12
Capacity building
1
25
11
National health strategy development
14
5
10
Coordination
9
3
6
Harmonisation
5
3
4
Financing
 
 
 
Patient and/or provider incentives
99
86
93
Improve resource effectiveness
0
13
6
Financial management transparency
1
0
1
Maximise social protection
0
1
0
Information
 
 
 
Health information systems strengthening
39
74
55
Strategies to increase evidence-based planning
54
18
37
Increase accessibility of information
7
3
5
Human Resources
 
 
 
Support for in-service health workforce
99
93
97
Support for pre-service health workforce
1
7
3
Medicines and Technology
 
 
 
Health service supplies (non-consumables)
25
90
54
Improve mgmt of essential medicines
55
9
34
Support for rational use of essential medicines
19
1
11
Affordable, quality EDP
1
1
1
Service Delivery
 
 
 
Infrastructure
38
74
49
Measures to increase coverage - demand
55
19
44
Measures to increase coverage - supply 7 6 7

EDP: Essential drugs programme.