Guide for documenting and sharing “Best practices” in health programmes
Publisher/Organizer: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
Publication date: 2008
Language: English, French, Portuguese
Overview
"This document provides guidance to WHO staff, ministries of health and civil society organizations on the process for identifying, documenting and sharing knowledge on these experiences that can contribute to the acceleration and expansion of health sector actions.”
“A “Best Practice” is commonly defined as “a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven reliably to lead to a desired result. The term is used frequently in areas such as health, government administration, the education system, project management, and others. In the context of health programmes and services, a practical definition of a “Best Practice” is “knowledge about what works in specific situations and contexts, without using inordinate resources to achieve the desired results, and which can be used to develop and implement solutions adapted to similar health problems in other situations and contexts.”