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Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (RMNCH) Expenditure Bangladesh

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Home Page Map, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

The latest edition of the Bangladesh National Health Accounts (BNHA), also termed as the fourth round of BNHA, tracks the total health expenditure in Bangladesh between the fiscal years 1997 to 2012. It cross-stratified and categorized healthcare expenditures by financing, provision and consumption on an annual basis. For production of BNHA, System of Health Accounts […]

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outsourcing Cleaning Services at Mahalapye Hospital, Botswana – Journal Article

Journal Publications, Resource Mobilization, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Journal Article Authors: Jonathan Cali, Heather A. Cogswell, Mompati Buzwani, Elizabeth Ohadi, Carlos Avila Published: December 2015 Resource Description: As published in the Journal of Hospital Administration 2016, Vol. 5, No. 1. As part of its national privatization strategy to diversify the economy, Botswana has started outsourcing nonclinical services at seven public hospitals. Hospital managers are signing contracts […]

Viral-Load Point-of-Care Technologies to Achieve an AIDS-Free Generation

HIV/AIDS, Journal Publications, Where We Work

Ending the AIDS epidemic requires not only political commitment and financial resources but also innovative solutions. New point-of-care (POC) technology to detect HIV viral load promises to be a game changer in the diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection. Poverty and distance from healthcare facilities often place people infected with HIV beyond the reach of […]

Rapid Analytical Review and Assessment of Health System Opportunities and Gaps in Indonesia

Health Systems Assessments, Health Systems Research, Publications

In January 2014, Indonesia launched an ambitious national health insurance program (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, or JKN for short), the cornerstone of its commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2019. Against this background of rapid and transformational change, USAID is collaborating with the Government of Indonesia to promote sustainable financing for service delivery, health […]

Additional Domestic Resources to Scale-up the HIV and TB Response in South Africa

Health Finance, HIV/AIDS, Publications, Resource Mobilization

Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Published: 12/1/2015 Resource Description: To tackle its substantial HIV and tuberculosis (TB) burdens, South Africa continues to rapidly scale up its response to both diseases. Over the past decade, the government of South Africa (GoSA) dramatically increased its financing for HIV and TB programs. Rapid scale-up requires […]

The Economic Impact of Malaria Control: Moving the Agenda Forward – Report from a Consultative Meeting

Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Publications, Vector-borne Diseases

In the course of implementing a health financing and economic research agenda for the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), the Health Finance and Governance Project (HFG) together with PMI identified the absence of an entity with the responsibility of establishing an organizing framework for malaria economic research. Many organizations and universities are undertaking this research, but […]

Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness of a Mobile Decision Support Tool in Malawi

Digital Finance, Publications, Where We Work

Mobile applications are promising tools for strengthening service quality and have been an area of considerable mHealth innovation. Despite growing demand for data to guide policymakers, donors, and program managers in making sound investments, there is a paucity of evidence on the cost-effectiveness of mHealth technologies. To address this gap, the HFG Project analyzed a […]

Association between Malaria Control Scale-Up and Microeconomic Outcomes: Evidence from a Retrospective Analysis in Zambia

Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Presentations, Vector-borne Diseases

An HFG study assessing the associations between malaria control scale-up and micro-economic indicators in Zambia, where significant progress has been made in scaling up effective malaria control strategies, was presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Using data from 2006 to 2010 on the distribution of insecticide-treated […]

Mobile Money for Health Case Study: Movercado (Mozambique)

Digital Finance, Publications

Resource Type: Case Studies Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 10/31/2015 Resource Description: This case study is one of 14 case studies profiled in the Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium. PSI Mozambique’s Por Ti (For You) health social marketing program uses a mobile technology powered platform to increase healthy behaviors and encourage use of health […]

Mobile Money for Health Case Study: L’Union Technique de la Mutualité Malienne

Digital Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Home Page Map, Publications

As part of a national commitment to work towards achieving universal health coverage, Mali is scaling-up a network of community based health insurance schemes, otherwise referred to as mutuelles. The mutuelles currently cover 4% of the population. A major challenge faced by the mutuelles is

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