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Effective governance implies leadership in maintaining the strategic direction of health policy development and implementation; detecting and correcting undesirable trends and distortions; articulating the case for health in national development; regulating the behaviour of actors involved in financing and delivery of health interventions; establishing effective accountability mechanisms and promoting healthy public policy and legislation in other areas of government that impact on peoples' health. In countries that receive significant amounts of development assistance, governance will be concerned with managing these resources in ways that promote national leadership, contribute to the achievement of agreed policy goals, and strengthen national management systems. While the scope for exercising governance functions is greatest at the national level, the concept