
Olivier Onvlee
- Department
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Title
- Advisor
- Phone
- +31205688535
- O.Onvlee@kit.nl
Olivier Onvlee, MSc, is an advisor in the health systems strengthening team at KIT, with a focus on governance, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Human Resources for Health (HRH).
Recent programmes include capacity building and evaluation of local governance programmes in Uganda and Somaliland, support for the HRH national strategy process in Greece and field research on the political economy of HRH in Malawi.
His work often focusses on fragile and conflict affected settings, including missions to Somaliland and the DRC. Additionally, Olivier works on KITs strategy and business development, including for SDG House.
Projects
Publications
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Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of primary peer reviewed publications 2016 – 2022
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Research article
Conflict has devastating effects on health systems, especially on healthcare workers (HCWs) working in under-resourced and hostile environments. However, little evidence is available on how policy-makers, often together with development partners, can optimize the organization of the health workforce and support HCWs to deliver accessible and trustworthy health services in conflict-affected settings (CAS). A scoping […]
- Year of publication
- 2023
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How to scale-up: a comparative case study of scaling up a district health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda
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Research article
The need to scale up public health interventions in low- and middle-income countries to ensure equitable and sustainable impact is widely acknowledged. However, there has been little understanding of how projects have sought to address the importance of scale-up in the design and implementation of their initiatives. This paper aims to gain insight into the […]
- Year of publication
- 2023
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Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda – lessons from the PERFORM2Scale consortium
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Research article
Since 2017, PERFORM2Scale, a research consortium with partners from seven countries in Africa and Europe, has steered the implementation and scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. This article presents PERFORM2Scale’s theory of change (ToC) and reflections upon and adaptations of the ToC over time. The article aims to […]
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Assessing the scalability of a health management-strengthening intervention at the district level: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda
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Research article
The scale-up of successfully tested public health interventions is critical to achieving universal health coverage. To ensure optimal use of resources, assessment of the scalability of an intervention is recognized as a crucial step in the scale-up process. This study assessed the scalability of a tested health management-strengthening intervention (MSI) at the district level in […]
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Perform2Scale – Synthesis Report
The evaluation of the PERFORM project demonstrated that a management strengthening intervention was effective in enabling district-level, health management teams to improve health district management based on local evidence, solve workforce performance problems and improve service delivery. The Perform2Scale programme scaled-up this intervention in Malawi, Ghana and Uganda. This final synthesis report: Brings together the […]
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Formative Evaluation of the EU‐Luxembourg‐WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership (UHC‐P) 2011 ‐ 2016
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Report
This report provides the result of an evaluation of the Universal Health Coverage Partnership (UHC‐P), a collaboration between the EU, Luxembourg and the WHO. As a formative evaluation, the focus is on lessons learnt, rather than on accountability. This review was carried out between March and September 2016 by KIT, the Royal Tropical Institute in […]
- Year of publication
- 2016
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Other publications
- Navigating the political and technical challenges of developing a national HRH strategy: a case study in Greece – Olivier Onvlee, Daphne Kaitelidou, Cris Scotter, Marjolein Dieleman https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34625282/