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标题：Regional Health Meetings in the Pacific and their Impact on Health Governance
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作者：Joel Negin ; Chris Morgan ; Rob Condon 等
期刊名称：Global Health Governance
电子版ISSN：1939-2389
出版年度：2012
期号：6
出版社：Seton Hall University
摘要：As a result of the increased number of regional health meetings in the Pacific region, senior health professionals in the Pacific have expressed concern about the costs, effectiveness and legitimacy of these gatherings. Our review of health meetings in the Pacific identified 52 meetings that take place as regular gatherings of regional governance mechanisms and 14 one-off meetings in a 12 month period. Stakeholder interviews revealed that while some are effective forums for information sharing, the proliferation of health meetings has added to workloads and some have unhelpfully mixed mandates, little continuity of staff attendance, and duplicate areas of focus with other governance mechanisms. Consolidation of some meetings is encouraged and greater efforts are needed at ensuring Pacific participation and ownership. Governance mechanisms that provide direct in-country support may be preferable to regional approaches