When do vertical (stand-alone) programmes have a place in health systems?

This policy brief has three objectives: (i) to unpack what is meant by a vertical programme versus an integrated one; (ii) to assess the available evidence and lessons on when vertical programmes have a role to play in health systems; and (iii) to indicate under what circumstances vertical programmes have a role to play in health systems and to note the factors policy-makers need to take into account when considering implementing vertical programmes.

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Atun RA, Bennett S and Duran A (2008) 'When do vertical stand-alone programmes have a place in health systems?', paper presented to WHO European Ministerial Conference on Health Systems: Health Systems, Health and Wealth, Tallinn, 25-27 June