Systems Thinking

To understand and appreciate the relationships within systems, several recent projects have adopted systems thinking
to tackle complex health problems and risk factors – in tobacco control, obesity and tuberculosis. On a broader level,
however, systems thinking has huge and untapped potential, first in deciphering the complexity of an entire health system,
and then in applying this understanding to design and evaluate interventions that improve health and health equity.
Systems thinking can provide a way forward for operating more successfully and effectively in complex, real-world settings.
It can open powerful pathways to identifying and resolving health system challenges, and as such is a crucial ingredient
for any health system strengthening effort.