Corruption Category Services
Anti-corruption work relating to the provision of healthcare services. Any type of corruption during the delivery of a healthcare service will directly impact on the quality and level of care offered to patients by providers.
Chapters
Research
August 2020
Too much politisation, too little transparency
The Health Care Supervisory Office receives more than 2,000 appeals per year. In 2016, The Office assessed half of the 20141 complaints as unfounded. Most complaints related to patients' dissatisfaction with the provided medical care. The public is neither informed about the reasoning behind these decisions, nor about how the subject of complaint was prosecuted…
May 2020
Governance Challenges in Health Sector and the way out
Despite some successes, hindrances to good governance prevail in health sector. According to TI-Bangladesh's National Household Survey (2012), 40.2% of the recipients of health services from public institutions became victims of irregularities and corruption while receiving services. According to this survey, the estimated amount of bribes at the national level in this sector amounted to…
November 2019
November 2019
Sectoral Risk Assessment in Sri Lanka
Despite an initial energetic start by the Sri Lankan Government with the creation of a number of bodies dealing with the SDGs, such as the Ministry of Sustainable Development and wildlife and the Sustainable Development Council to name a few, there has been little progress on their implementation, or of streamlining action across relevant ministries…
November 2019
Public Perception Survey on Transparency and Accountability in Public Healthcare
A nationally representative survey on transparency and accountability in public healthcare in Cambodia. The survey seeks to quantify citizens’ perceptions, awareness and attitudes regarding the transparency and accountability of healthcare in Cambodia, and understand citizens’ experience in accessing healthcare in the country.
November 2019
Promoting Integrity and Reducing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in the Romanian Health System
Some of the priorities of Romania through the National Development Program 2007-2013 regarding health (priorities that overlap with those of the Government Program) are "increasing the accessibility of the population to health services", "improving the quality and safety of the medical act" ", "decision-making transparency in order to increase the efficiency in the use of…
November 2019
Private Healthcare: Governance Challenges and Way Out
The main objective of this research is to identify the challenges of governance in private healthcare programs and to recommend ways to overcome them. The specific objectives of this research are to: 1. Review the existing legal and institutional framework governing private healthcare institutions. 2. Identify the nature of irregularities and corruption in private healthcare…
November 2019
Improving the Quality of Health Care in the Public Sector
The research aimed to demonstrate how transparency in the health sector can improve the efficiency of budget allocations and result in improved overall care. TI Jordan conducted a survey in eight government hospitals in central Jordan (three in the north and two in the south) to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of secondary health care…
November 2019
Corruption Risk Assessment of State-Guaranteed Free and Privileged Health Care Services
The purpose of the study was to identify and evaluate corruptions risks within state-funded medical care and, based on the results, to develop a set of recommendations.
November 2019
Corruption in Republic of Moldova: Perceptions vs. Personal Experiences of Households and Business People
With the support of the U.S. State Department and in collaboration with the Center for Sociological Studies, Transparency International Moldova carried out a study with the objective of analysing the perceptions and the experiences households and business people in the Republic of Moldova have made with corruption. The results of the study were used to…
November 2019
Corruption and its Socio-Economic Impacts on the Healthcare Sector (Tsaboy Ny Gasy Project)
The Tsaboy ny Gasy Project advocates for citizens' social and economic rights mainly by fighting corruption in the health sector in Madagascar. To inform the project, TI-Madagascar conducted an assessment to identify how different types of corruption impacted different types of health services. This involved a study of the legislative environment; a literature review on…
Projects
September 2020
Promoting transparency in the health sector
The main aim is to create a better understanding between doctors and patients in order to enhance the quality of service delivery in healthcare clinics.
September 2020
Transparency ranking for hospitals
Together with INEKO, Transparency International Slovakia ranked all Slovak hospitals according to their level of transparency, from 2016 to 2019. The transparency indicators were based on annual reports, spending, contracts, procurement data, and staff information, among others.
For more information, visit http://nemocnice.ineko.sk/
May 2020
Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS)
The main objective of the Mobile Drug Tracking System (MDTS) was to increase citizens' participation in anti-corruption efforts by assisting them in tracking pharmaceutical commodities in their local health facilities. It specifically allows citizens, community health workers and hospital management committees to scan and monitor stocks. Additionally, it empowers citizens to hold the governing institutions accountable with the information and knowledge gained through the tool.
May 2020
Increasing Participation, Accountability, Responsiveness and Transparency (PART): focus on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other MDG-related interventions in the health sector in Ghana’
The central aim is to enhance transparency and accountability in the flow and utilisation of NHIS financial resources which is aimed to lead to improved health service delivery in selected marginalised districts by December 2014. The original project was focused on three regions and was financially supported by STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor agency.
February 2020
Stamping out corruption in the Guatemalan health sector
The central aim was to uncover the alleged wrongdoings of corrupt government officials and health care providers.
November 2019
The Best Thank You to the Doctor Is Your Smile
The aim of this project was to raise awareness amongst patients that bribery is not a key to good treatment in hospitals, and that the best way of expressing gratitude towards a doctor is to simply say “thank you”.
November 2019
Improving Basic Healthcare Service Delivery in Cameroon by Promoting Innovative Whistle-blowing Techniques
The project aimed to reinforce transparency, accountability, participation and integrity in public hospitals in Cameroon by raising awareness of healthcare rights amongst the patients and providing an independent mechanism to report instances of corruption.
November 2019
Improve Transparency and Accountability in Health Sector under Building Integrity Blocks for Effective Change (BIBEC) Project
The overall objective of BIBEC is to concentrate on building and strengthening a series of mutually supportive and reinforcing integrity blocks to effectively reduce corruption. “Blocks” hereby mean the key institutions, i.e., policy/law, education, training, ethics and values, and above all, the citizens of the country.
November 2019
Curiamo la corruzione (We Treat Corruption)
The aim of the project was to aim to increase awareness of corruption in the healthcare sector, to train the staff of healthcare and hospital companies, and to implement and test innovative tools and specific organisational models.
November 2019
Community and Health Provider-driven Social Accountability Intervention (CaPSAI)
The aim of the CaPSAI project is two-fold:
- Describe and examine how social accountability processes are implemented and operationalized with a focus on understanding behaviours, decision-making processes, and the barriers and enablers of change, with a view to generalizability;
- Develop more responsive quantitative measures for social accountability and show the relationship between social accountability and uptake of contraceptives and use of other family planning measures.
Partners
Global Partners:
USAID European Union Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) U.S. State Department UNDP World Health Organisation (WHO) United Nations Department for International Development UK (DIFD) NovartisRegional Partners:
Ministry of Health and Family Planning
Governmental Institution
Ministry of Health
Center for Sociological Studies
Healthcare clinics
Lithuanian Young Doctors Association
The Cancer Patients Support Association (POLA)
INEKO
NGO or Civil Society Organisation
Healthcare Clinics in Lithuania
Lithuanian Medical Students' Association
The Cancer Patients Support Association
Hospital Health Management Committees
Regional Delegation of Public Health
Individuals or general public
CENSIS
Healthcare association or trade body
ISPE
RISSC
University, academia or research institution
Population Council