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 […]
HFG is collaborating with the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) to ensure that malaria economic research produced is targeting key questions that implementers and funders have. It is important that all stakeholders at the global and country level are involved in developing the malaria research agenda.
While there are generally accepted measures of health systems performance, there is not a single readily-available resource of health systems strengthening (HSS) indicators measured at the program level for reference when monitoring and reporting on specific HSS interventions or programs. Experts from the HFG, CapacityPlus, and Leadership, Management & Governance (LMG) projects developed the Monitoring […]
HFG plays a role in the USG TB response through several programs and activities. HFG’s TB programs focus on (1) improving TB service delivery through more effective and efficient payment of TB care providers, (2) speeding up the TB diagnostic process, and (3) working with ministries of health to increase their human resources and budgeting with […]
The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to cover 100 percent of the country’s 250 million citizens under Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), the national health insurance scheme, by 2019. USAID/Indonesia is committed to supporting the GoI as it works towards its ambitious goal of universal health coverage (UHC).
This year, for World TB Day 2016, HFG Nigeria co-hosted an event with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) and sponsored a television program on TB awareness.
As development assistance for health shrinks and the demand for health expenditures increases, developing countries are under mounting pressure to provide adequate resources for health. Governments can increase available public resources by benefiting from overall economic growth, borrowing, making efficiency gains, and reforming tax laws and improving tax administration, among others. Tax Reform and Resource Mobilization […]
The results of Guatemala’s new Health System Assessment (HSA) were recently released in Guatemala City to a wide audience, including Vice President Jafeth Cabrera, Minister of Health Dr. Alfonso Cabrera, and United States Ambassador Todd Robinson. The report provides the Government and the international community with a baseline diagnosis of the current health system. It also […]
Transition can be defined as the transfer of financial, leadership and programmatic responsibilities for a health program from a donor to a recipient, according to a pre-defined plan. The current importance of transition is framed by an increased focus on sustainability and country capacity to lead and manage programs as program priorities change, and external […]
In India, where progress on key MDG targets for maternal and child mortality has at best been slow, both national and state governments recognize the need for strengthening health information systems to effectively track the provision of health services and health outcomes, and thus support evidence-based decision making to improve public health service delivery.
