Analyzing potential reforms in Indonesia’s Strategic Health Purchasing strategy. An Indonesia Strategic Health Purchasing Stakeholder Workshop in April 2017 reviews options.
April 11, 2017The National Social Security Council (DJSN) convened a stakeholder workshop on April 11, 2017 to validate the initial findings of the Functional and Regulatory Review for Strategic Health Purchasing in Indonesia. The Functional and Regulatory Review …
Webinar | Human Development Challenges in Southern Africa – What is the World Bank doing?
April 8, 2017USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and Abt Associates hosted a briefing on Wednesday, April 26th, featuring the World Bank’s Paolo Belli, Program Leader for Human Development in the Southern Africa Country Management Unit. Dr. Belli …
Bangladesh: Roundtable Discussion on Universal Health Coverage
April 1, 2017Participants at the roundtable session, March 5, 2017. In March, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project and its partners in Bangladesh organized a roundtable discussion on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with Prothom Alo, a popu …
Nigeria Health Financing Advocacy Network: the Case for a Political Economy Approach
March 24, 2017Nigeria is working towards attaining universal health coverage (UHC). As the country gathers momentum for the necessary reforms, support and participation of a wide array of stakeholders including policymakers and legislators, are crucial for success …
Webinar | Expanding Health Coverage for Informal Workers in LMICs
March 23, 2017USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project hosted an hour-long webinar on Wednesday, April 5th, on expanding health coverage to informal workers. The webinar presented recent work on efforts to expand health coverage for informal workers in …
On World TB Day, Focusing on Health Financing to End Tuberculosis
March 23, 2017© 2011 Benoit Matsha-Carpentier / IFRC, Courtesy of Photoshare In the effort to end Tuberculosis—one of the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide—overall health system improvements are crucial. Despite substantial funding for TB p …
Supporting Guinea’s Post-Ebola Recovery: Health Sector Oversight by Parliament
March 10, 2017Bandian Neiba Condé, Health Commission rapporteur. In Guinea, a country that has some of the lowest health indicators in the world, strengthening the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) is key to improving health outcomes. USAID’s …
On International Women’s Day, Highlighting Health Financing for Maternal Health
March 7, 2017The theme for International Women’s Day 2017 is “Be Bold for Change.” What does this mean in a health systems strengthening context? One way is working to ensure that women worldwide receive quality health care when they need it, where they need it, …
Data Quality Assessment Pilot Highlights Focus on Improving HMIS Data Quality and Use in India
February 28, 2017Dr. Vishnu Kant Srivastava leads the Statistics Division at India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Having managed statistical initiatives at different departments and levels of the government, Dr. Srivastava recognizes the value of qu …
Strategic Purchasing to Improve the Quality of Maternal Health Services
February 27, 2017In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the health sector faces significant resource constraints and poor maternal health indicators, leaving the government searching for ways to maximize resources and improve maternal health outcomes. Thes …
