A.

1. Health care financing system:

- A good health financing system raises sufficient funds for health,
and ensures that people are accessible to fair or economical
services.

A good health financing system raises adequate funds for health, in

ways that ensure people can use needed services, and are protected
from financial catastrophe or impoverishment associated with having
to pay for them.
Health financing systems must raise adequate funds for health, ensuring that people can access
affordable services.

2. Health workforce: A well-functioning health workforce requires a

number of well-trained personnel, with available resources for the
purpose of achieving the best health outcomes possible.

A well-performing health workforce is one which works in ways that

are responsive, fair and efficient to achieve the best health outcomes
possible, given available resources and circumstances. For example,
there are sufficient numbers and mix of staff, fairly distributed; they
are competent, responsive and productive.
A number of well-trained staff should be available.

3. Information and research: A well-performing health information

system generates effective use of information on health determinants,
health system performance, and health status.

A well-functioning health information system is one that ensures the

production, analysis, dissemination and use of reliable and timely
information on health determinants, health systems performance and
health status.
Health information systems should generate useful data on health determinants and health system
performance.

4. Leadership and Governance: Leadership assures satisfying and

effectual oversight, with the provision of applicable regulations, and
responsibility.

involves ensuring strategic policy frameworks exist and are combined

with effective oversight, coalition-building, the provision of appropriate
regulations and incentives, attention to system-design, and
accountability.
Leadership must guarantee effective oversight, regulation, and accountability.

5. Medical products and technologies: A good health system has fair or

equitable access to medical products such as vaccines, biological
products, and medical technologies which are guaranteed safe and
cost-effective.

A well-functioning health system ensures equitable access to

essential medical products, vaccines and technologies of assured
quality, safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness, and their scientifically
sound and cost-effective use.
Access to medicines, vaccines, and medical technologies must be equitable.

6. Service Delivery: Good health services should be effective, safe, and

accessible.

Good health services are those which deliver effective, safe, quality
personal and non-personal health interventions to those who need
them, when and where needed, with minimum waste of resources.
Health services should be efficient, effective and accessible.