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vertical health programs: a standalone construct

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disease-specific programs with their own staff and funding, contrasted with horizontal programs that strengthen general services.

In global health, vertical health programs refers to disease-specific programs with their own staff and funding, contrasted with horizontal programs that strengthen general services. This meaning comes from Mills (1983) in Social Science & Medicine.[1]

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  1. Mills, A. (1983). Vertical vs horizontal health programmes in Africa: Idealism, pragmatism, resources and efficiency. Social Science & Medicine, 17(24), 1971-1981. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(83)90137-5

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