Operationalizing the National Quality Policy and Strategy: Review of Progress in 37 Countries

There is a growing consensus that effective governance is a core foundation of quality health systems. Countries should develop and implement a national quality policy and strategy (NQPS) to effectively direct health system resources, performance, and stakeholder participation toward delivering health care that is effective, efficient, patient-centered, equitable, timely, and safe.

The primary objective of this study is to analyze the NQPS design and implementation in a sample of USAID priority countries and identify key lessons on successes, challenges, opportunities and gaps in effective governance and management of quality health service delivery.