Publications
Summary of publication
DFAT’s Specialist Health Service (SHS) is an Australian Government-funded Facility sourcing technical assistance to support DFAT’s portfolio of health investments at global, regional and country levels. This review is the first review of both the effectiveness of the provider and the model. The core purpose of this review is to determine whether the SHS model met its objectives and to inform development of a business case for health advisory support to DFAT in the future.
SHS’s goal is to improve the performance of Australia’s international development activities in the health sector through contributions to health policy, strategic planning and health programming.
Full publication
- Review of DFAT’s Health advisory services – Specialist Health Service [DOCX 1.6 MB]
- Review of DFAT’s Health advisory services – Specialist Health Service [PDF 1.6 MB]
Management response
DFAT welcomes this timely and important review of the Specialist Health Services (SHS). The review was undertaken to satisfy accountability requirements in determining whether the SHS contract had met its objectives, and to inform the model of health advisory support in the future.