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Where Are Our Budgets? Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys as Tools for Engaging with Civil Society

Announcements, Governance and Leadership, Health Finance, Publications, Tools

Ensuring the funds allocated for health services and supplies are actually used for their intended purpose is key to increasing access to life-saving health care in low- and medium-income countries. For nearly two decades, countries and international organizations have used Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) as an important tool to strengthen the governance of health […]

Template for Health Systems Strengthening Program Evaluation Approach

Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Itamar Katz, Grace Chee, Alexandra Hulme, and Sayaka Koseki Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: This Excel file, “Template for the Health Systems Strengthening Program Evaluation,” accompanies the Framework and Guideline for the Assessment and Evaluation of Health Systems Strengthening Programs, designed to provide insight into the effects of ongoing interventions that aim to strengthen specific […]

The Health System Assessment Approach: A How-to Manual Version 2.0

Health Systems 20/20, Health Systems Assessments, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: In order to design effective strategies for creating a strong health system, countries first must have access to critical information on the strengths and limitations of their system. An effective assessment tool must be flexible and participatory in order to respond to the context specific […]

Framework and Guideline for the Assessment and Evaluation of Health Systems Strengthening Programs

Health Systems 20/20, Health Systems 20/20 Project, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Report Authors: Itamar Katz, Grace Chee, Alexandra Hulme, and Sayaka Koseki Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: The framework and guideline for the assessment and evaluation of health systems strengthening (HSS) programs are designed to provide insight into the effects of ongoing interventions that aim to strengthen specific elements of a health system. This document was developed […]

National Health Accounts Production Tool Brief

Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA), Tools

Resource Type: Brief, Tool Authors: Douglas Glandon Published: 5/1/2012 Resource Description: The National Health Accounts (NHA) framework is an internationally standardized methodology for measuring financial resource flows in the health sector. NHA is designed to provide health expenditure information to policy makers and stakeholders in ways that can be clearly and directly linked to a country’s health financing concerns and health system performance; therefore, it has […]

HAPSAT 2.0 Software: Hands-on Exercise

Health Systems 20/20, HIV/AIDS, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Itamar Katz and Wendy Wong Published: 1/1/2012 Resource Description: Objectives: Enable users to become familiar with the HAPSAT software and how to populate the tool Enable users to practice manipulating the output data to conduct scenario-based analyses Sections: Worksheets discussed in the section Estimated time for exercise. The total estimated time for the entire […]

HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis Tool (HAPSAT) 2.0

Health Systems 20/20, HIV/AIDS, Publications, Tools

Resource Type:  Tool Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 8/12/2011 Resource Description: The HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis Tool (HAPSAT) was developed by the USAID funded Health Systems 20/20 Project to assist governments and donors with the development of HIV/AIDS policies and implementation plans. HAPSAT utilizes a computer-based model for forecasting and analyzing the sustainability of HIV/AIDS programs during periods […]

Paying for Performance in Health: Guide to Developing the Blueprint 2.0

Health Finance, Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Rena Eichler and Susna De Published: 4/1/2011 Resource Description: Pay for performance (P4P) is an innovative approach that explicitly links financial investment in health to health results. While the P4P concept seems relatively straightforward, the mechanics of its implementation need to be planned very carefully to elicit the desired behavior change in a given […]

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