Health sector institutions – from the MOH to the health facilities – are organized, staffed, and trained to deliver medical services. These institutions are typically not well equipped to deal with the myriad of issues which are a pre-requisite for the effective and safe operation of health facility energy systems. Consequently, health facility retrofit programs should include efforts to work with all levels of health sector institutions to improve their capacity to address these issues.

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Institutional Configurations

A variety of public sector and private sector configurations exist for integrating renewable energy into health facility electrification. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.

Institutional Considerations

Institutional aspects of policy, planning, management, financing, service infrastructure, community participation, and user interface are critical to the successful use of any chosen technology. While focusing mostly on various institutional, organizational, and social issues that should be addressed prior to initiating a larges scale project, much of this information is applicable to smaller scale projects as well.

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