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Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Ensuring Access to Malaria Services with Financial Protection

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Publications, Vector-borne Diseases, Where We Work

Malaria is a major cause of disease burden and poverty in Ghana and is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality of children under 5, making universal access to appropriate interventions for all populations at risk of malaria in Ghana a key health sector goal. Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) provides access to […]

A retrospective review of the Honduras AIN-C program guided by a community health worker performance logic model

Human Resources for Health, Journal Publications, Where We Work

This article was originally published in the May 2016 issue of Human Resources for Health. Factors that influence performance of community health workers (CHWs) delivering health services are not well understood. A recent logic model proposed categories of support from both health sector and communities influence CHW performance and program outcomes.

Contributing to the Global Malaria Economic Evidence Base

Announcements, Where We Work

Malaria is one of global health’s resounding success stories. The numbers speak for themselves: Efforts to prevent malaria in pregnancy have averted 94,000 newborn deaths between 2009 and 2012. Malaria mortality has decreased by 60 percent, with 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. Between 2000 and 2015, 57 countries reduced malaria cases by at least 75 percent. But […]

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Two Nigerian States See Increased Budget Allocations for HIV and AIDS Programs

Announcements, Where We Work

In Nigeria an estimated 3.5 million people are living with HIV, but only half of them receive care and treatment. Donor funding accounts for more than 70% of the country’s HIV and AIDS response, but more resources are needed to sustain and expand this care. To remedy the coverage gap, Nigeria will need to mobilize more of its own resources. With support from USAID/Nigeria, HFG, and the […]

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Malaria Control Interventions and Broader Health System Implications

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Worldwide, malaria deaths are down by 60 percent, and the Malaria Consortium estimates that more than six million lives have been saved since 2000. Ending malaria for good will require sustained financing for malaria control interventions, and sound evidence of the broader economic impacts of these activities to ensure smart investments. In recognition of World Malaria […]

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2016 Annual UHC Financing Forum: Focus on Resource Mobilization

Announcements, Where We Work

From April 14-15, 2016 the World Bank Group and USAID hosted the first annual Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Financing Forum in Washington, DC. At the forum, governments and development partners debated how to raise and organize public and private resources needed for low-income and lower- middle-income countries to assure affordable, quality health care to all of their people by […]

Core members of the "positive Living Group" are reaching the most remote people in order to bring them their treatment and to provide counseling and psychological support.

Sustaining Vietnam’s HIV and AIDS Programs

Announcements, HIV/AIDS, Home Page Map, Leads, Where We Work

People living with HIV and AIDS  in Vietnam now have greater access to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) than ever before. This access to care is largely the result of financial and in-kind contributions from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEFAR) and The Global Fund which together have worked with the Government of Vietnam to cover […]

Peer-to-Peer Workshop in Accra Brings Together Stakeholders from across the African Continent

Announcements, Where We Work

In February, Ghana’s Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Authority, USAID, and HFG convened a workshop in Accra, bringing together senior delegates from countries at various states of developing or expanding their health insurance programs. The workshop, “Financial Protection and Improved Access to Health Care Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop: Finding Solutions to Common Challenges” provided a unique opportunity […]

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