The authors provide an overview of how different approaches to improving public sector management relate to so-called core or essential public health functions, such as disease surveillance, health education, monitoring and evaluation, workforce development, enforcement of public health laws and...

"This book is a pivotal reference source for research material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal healthcare opportunities and solutions, highlighting issues relating to decision making, process optimization, and technological applications"--Provided by publisher.

The critical issues facing public administration manifest in droves in developing countries. I focus here on problems of administering the health sector in Africa, characterized by dire conditions and woeful results. I contrast two approaches to fostering administrative solutions in Africa's...