The Republic of South Sudan, formed in 2011, has made clear statements on its Ministry of Health website and in the Constitution that it aspires to provide a basic package of health services to its citizens. The Health Sector Development Plan 2012–2016 for the government of South Sudan refers to the Basic Package of Health […]
The government of Tanzania first created and published an EPHS in 2000, called the National Health Care Intervention Package or the National Package of Essential Health Interventions. In subsequent years, the 13 areas/programs under the Ministry of Health created area-specific packages that went beyond the more general descriptions under the National Health Care Intervention Package. […]
Uganda’s EPHS is referred to as the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package (UNMHCP). The UNMHCP was first established in the 1999/2000 National Health Policy, accompanied by the country’s first Health Sector Strategic Plan. Health sector policy documents have continued to center around the concept of the UNMHCP. The most recent revision of the UNMHCP […]
Ending preventable child and maternal deaths is at the forefront of country and development partner health agendas. While progress has been made over the last few decades, significant challenges remain. Of all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the least progress has been made toward Goal 5 – Improving maternal health.
EPHS is very limited and not well defined in Yemen. To identify specific services that could be considered part of Yemen’s EPHS, we reviewed the Yemen National Reproductive Health Strategy 2011–2015; National Guideline for Community Health Volunteer Program; and the literature on the Free Medical Camps Program; the National Malaria, HIV, and Tuberculosis Control Programs, […]
Zambia defined a “Basic Health Care Package,” but this package currently appears to be a list of national health priorities, not services. The Basic Health Care Package does not appear to meet our definition of Zambia’s EPHS. Additionally, according to the Sixth National Development Plan 2011–2015, the government was supposed to finalize and adopt the […]
Leaders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) require timely and compelling evidence about how to strengthen their health systems to improve the health and well-being of their citizens. Yet, evidence on how to strengthen health system performance to achieve sustainable health improvements at scale, particularly toward Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths (EPCMD), fostering an AIDS-Free Generation (AFG), and Protecting Communities […]
Health Systems’ Global (HSG)’s Translating Evidence into Action Working Group hosted this webinar exploring Chile’s use of evidence in the design of their Universal Access with Explicit Guarantees (AUGE) health benefit plan (HBP) and reflecting on factors that can facilitate and hinder the process of evidence-based design. The focus of the webinar was the use […]
Low- and middle-income country governments face competing health priorities as they try to increase their populations’ access to affordable healthcare with limited resources. Faced with difficult choices, how can governments align their spending with health system objectives? One common policy instrument governments are using is the health benefit plan (HBP), defined here as a pre-determined, […]
Since implementing health sector reform in 1998, Peru has reached 80 percent of its population with health services, putting the country well on the path toward achieving universal health coverage (UHC). This progress is significant for the country of 30 million, characterized by diverse cultures and rugged geography. The expansion of health coverage to the […]
