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Research and Practice

Programmatic Transition

Programmatic transition, the process by which a public health program that is externally supported by donors is transferred to local recipients, can have significant implications for sustainability. When done thoughtfully, transition has the potential to address local ownership, mobilize resources, clarify roles and responsibilities, and maintain the successes of health programs—all of which are key concerns as donor funding for specific public health programs in developing countries declines.

During programmatic transition, the transfer of responsibilities can occur at many levels, including financial, managerial and leadership. Programmatic transition varies in scope from programs that are well-integrated into local health systems to fully parallel delivery systems. Conducting monitoring and evaluation can help inform and smooth the complicated process of programmatic transition and facilitate sustainability of public health programs.

The Department of International Health at JHSPH has been working in this field for several years. From empirical research to conceptual thinking about how to best to implement, monitor and evaluate transitions, the faculty at DIH are contributing to this understudied area to inform policy and practice.

Workshop

Strategic Issues in Global Health Program Transitions, hosted by Johns Hopkins and Research for Development

Seminars

Conversations on Sustainable Financing for Development, a special series hosted by Johns Hopkins and Research for Development

Faculty working on programmatic transition

Ongoing research

Ready more about our ongoing research

Recent Publications

  • Rodriguez D., Whiteside A., and Bennett S. (2017) . Bull World Health Organ 2017;95:121–127. doi: 10.2471/BLT.16.179861. 
  • Zakumumpa H, Bennett S, Ssengooba F, (2017)  BMC Health Services Research 17(65). doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2009-6
  • Hecht R. and Bennett S. (2016)  Health Affairs Blog. 
  • Zakumumpa H., Bennett S., and Ssengooba F. (2016)  BMC Health Services Research 2016; 16: 584. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1833-4  
  • Ozawa S. Singh S., Singh K., Chhabra V. and Bennett S. (2016)  PLOS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158659 
  • Bao J., Rodriguez D., Paina L., Ozawa S., Bennett S (2015)  Global Health Science and Practice 17;3(4):591-605. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00221. 
  • Sara Bennett, Suneeta Singh, Daniela Rodriguez, Sachiko Ozawa, Kriti Singh, Vibha Chhabra, Neeraj Dhingra.  PLoS ONE 10(9): e0136177. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136177 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136177
  • Daniela C. Rodríguez, Vandana Tripathi, Meghan Bohren, Amy Paul, Kriti Singh, Vibha Chhabra, Suneeta Singh and Sara Bennett. . BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15:349  doi:10.1186/s12879-015-1068-8
  • Sara Bennett, Daniela Rodriguez, Sachiko Ozawa, Kriti Singh, Meghan Bohren, Vibha Chhabra and Suneeta Singh.  BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15:232. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0894-0
  • Sara Bennett, Sachiko Ozawa, Daniela Rodriguez, Amy Paul, Kriti Singh, Suneeta Singh.  Evaluation and Program Planning, 2015, Oct; 52:148-158. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.05.003       
  • Sara Bennett, Suneeta Singh, Sachiko Ozawa, Nhan Tran, and Js Kang.  Glob Health Action. 2011; 4: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7360. doi: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.7360
  • Shunsuke Mabuchi, Suneeta Singh, Rituparna Bishnu andSara Bennett.  Int J Health Plann Manage. 2013 Oct-Dec;28(4):333-45. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2153
  • Nhan T Tran, Sara C Bennett, Rituparna Bishnu and Suneeta Singh. . Implementation Science 2013, 8:44. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-8-44
  • Curatio International Foundation. . Geneva: Curatio International Foundation. July 31, 2014.

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