Malaria Interventions Save Money, Resources at the Facility-Level
April 22, 2015There have been impressive gains in the fight against malaria since 2000, with incidence dropping nearly 30 percent globally and mortality falling by 47 percent, according to recent World Health Organization estimates. Evidence is scant, however, whe …
Swaziland: Entry-to-Practice Competencies for Nurses to Improve HIV, TB Services
April 20, 2015With the world’s highest prevalence of HIV (26 percent) and TB/HIV co-infection (80 percent of tuberculosis patients have HIV), Swaziland has a critical need for a well-trained and sustainable workforce of medical professionals. Official launch of th …
Task-Sharing for Better HIV Care and Treatment in Côte d’Ivoire
April 16, 2015In Côte d’Ivoire, many of the country’s frontline, rural health facilities do not have a doctor present to care for patients, particularly those with HIV and AIDS. Instead, paramedical staff ‒ nurses, midwives and nursing auxiliaries‒account for 50 p …
Peru: A Comprehensive Health Policy to Protect the Most Vulnerable
April 16, 2015From left to right: Arturo Granados, General Director of the Office for Decentralization; Rocío Espino, Advisor to the Vice-ministerial Office; Amanda Glassman, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in the US; Dalia Suarez, Head of the M …
Save the Date: Financing Health Care in Haiti
April 16, 2015On April 28 and 29, Haiti’s Ministry of Health will host a high-level conference to build commitment and momentum to defining a health financing strategy for the nation. The conference, “Access to health care for all in Haiti: Challenges and perspect …
Data Drives Decisions to Increase Number of Health Workers in Swaziland
April 15, 2015Swaziland has a shortage of health workers for priority health services, particularly HIV and AIDS. This country of approximately one million citizens has the highest HIV prevalence in the world – 26 percent. At the same time, Swaziland has fewer tha …
Perú: un Seguro Integral de Salud que protege a los más vulnerables
April 10, 2015En el marco del curso de USAID sobre el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de salud y la implementación de la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal que tuvo lugar en Panamá en el mes de marzo y al que asistieron representantes de varios países de Latinoamérica …
La reforma de salud de El Salvador reduce los índices de mortalidad materna
April 10, 2015Marzo 2015 — La semana pasada en Panamá, USAID patrocinó un curso al que asistieron más de 40 delegados de ministerios de salud y finanzas de Guatemala, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, El Salvador, Perú y República Dominicana para aprender sobre el fortale …
Ghana Health Insurance Officials Hone Monitoring and Evaluation Skills
April 10, 2015HFG’s Josef Tayag facilitates a group activity. Over the past decade, Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has grown from a handful of community-based health insurance schemes into a formal scheme covering over 9.8 million people (more tha …
Recap and Resources: Latin America and Caribbean Economics and Health Financing Course
April 10, 2015From March 10-13, 2015, HFG hosted the World Bank Institute’s “Flagship Course on Economics and Health Financing for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)” with regional partner Bitrán y Asociados in Panama City, Panama. Funded by USAID’s Bureau for …
