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://encoded-592c9deb-987b-4562-aa3c-9fa3d37d83e9.uri/mailto%3aSubmit... For further information, please contact: GoodPractices@hst.org.za
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