TY - JOUR
T1 - Passed the age of puberty: Organizational networks as a way to get things done in the health field
T2 - Comment on “Evaluating global health partnerships: A case study of a Gavi HPV vaccine application process in Uganda” International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017; 6(11): 327-338. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.51
AU - Kenis, P.N.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this commentary I will demonstrate that the case study of Uganda's Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine application partnership provides an excellent example of widening our lens by evaluating the successful HPV vaccine coverage from a network-centric perspective. That implies that the organizational network is seen as the locus of production and that network theories become indispensable to analyze the situation at hand. The case study is, as said, an excellent example of how this can be done and my comments have to be read as an endorsement and a broadening of the discussion of what Carol Kamya and colleagues have presented. It is demonstrated that an organizational network approach can be considered a serious and mature way in understanding public health issues.
AB - In this commentary I will demonstrate that the case study of Uganda's Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine application partnership provides an excellent example of widening our lens by evaluating the successful HPV vaccine coverage from a network-centric perspective. That implies that the organizational network is seen as the locus of production and that network theories become indispensable to analyze the situation at hand. The case study is, as said, an excellent example of how this can be done and my comments have to be read as an endorsement and a broadening of the discussion of what Carol Kamya and colleagues have presented. It is demonstrated that an organizational network approach can be considered a serious and mature way in understanding public health issues.
UR - https://youtu.be/WcWUELqpgtk
U2 - 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.51
DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.51
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
SN - 2322-5939
VL - 6
SP - 677
EP - 679
JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
JF - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
IS - 11
ER -