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1. Evolution of capacity building in health systems -- 2. Health systems -- 3. Theories of health organisations -- 4. Structures and functions of health organisations -- 5. Management prescribed, observed and interpreted -- 6. Leadership and health organisations -- 7. Capacity building in the health sector : conceptual framework -- 8. Intervention points for effective capacity building in health systems -- 9. Capacity building for communicable diseases control -- 10. Capacity building for non-communicable diseases control -- 11. Capacity building for health systems research -- 12. Capacity building for health workforce and services delivery -- 13. Capacity building for reducing maternal mortality -- 14. Capacity building for facilitating optimal resource allocation to disease prevention and health promotion -- 15. Capacity building for public health emergency preparedness -- 16. Capacity building for efficient health care delivery to prisoners -- 17. Capacity building for improved occupational health and safety -- 18. Capacity building for improving mental health service delivery -- 19. Challenges encountered in health systems' capacity building -- 20. Assessing the impacts of organisational capacity building in health systems.

Public health policies continue to play important roles in national and international health reforms. However, the influence and legacies of the public health eras during which such policies are formulated remain largely underappreciated. The limited appreciation of this relationship may hinder consistent adoption of public health policies by nation-states, and encumber disinvestment from ineffective or anachronistic policies. This article reviews seven public health eras and highlights how each era has influenced international policy formulation for leprosy control—"the fertile soil for policy learning". The author reiterates the role of health leadership and health activism in facilitating consistency in international health policy formulation and implementation for leprosy control.

Abstract Background Despite increased funding of measles vaccination programs by national governments and international aid agencies, structural factors encumber attainment of childhood measles immunisation to levels which may guarantee herd immunity. One of such factors is parental education status. Research on the links between parental education and vaccination has typically focused on the influence of maternal education status. This study aims to demonstrate the independent influence of paternal education status on measles immunisation. Methods Comparable nationally representative survey data were obtained from six countries with the highest numbers of children missing the measles vaccine in 2008. Logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the influence of paternal education on uptake of the first dose of measles vaccination, independent of maternal education, whilst controlling for confounding factors such as respondent's age, urban/rural residence, province/state of residence, religion, wealth and occupation. Results The results of the analysis show that even if a mother is illiterate, having a father with an education of Secondary (high school) schooling and above is statistically significant and positively correlated with the likelihood of a child being vaccinated for measles, in the six countries analysed. Paternal education of secondary or higher level was significantly and independently correlated with measles immunisation uptake after controlling for all potential confounders. Conclusions The influence of paternal education status on measles immunisation uptake was investigated and found to be statistically significant in six nations with the biggest gaps in measles immunisation coverage in 2008. This study underscores the imperative of utilising both maternal and paternal education as screening variables to identify children at risk of missing measles vaccination prospectively.