Abstract
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This study was funded by institutional funding of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Provenance: Not commissioned, externally peer reviewed
Highlights
(HSS), the new buzzword in discussions about international health, is in danger of becoming a container concept that is used to label very different interventions
We used a form of concept mapping [6] to identify key constructs used by global health actor (GHA) and compared these constructs with their actual health interventions
A Selective Approach to health system strengthening (HSS) We found a clear gap between the language used by GHAs and their actual activities
Summary
Focusing on country health systems with limited resources, we aim to stimulate the debate on HSS and to suggest a way forward. The aim of the review was not to be inclusive, but to uncover key examples from the wide range of actors and HSS interventions
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