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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outsourcing Cleaning Services at Mahalapye Hospital, Botswana – Journal Article

Resource Type: Journal Article Authors: Jonathan Cali, Heather A. Cogswell, Mompati Buzwani, Elizabeth Ohadi, Carlos Avila Published: December 2015 Resource Description: As published in the Journal of Hospital Administration 2016, Vol. 5, No. 1. As part of its national privatization strategy to diversify the economy, Botswana has started outsourcing nonclinical services at seven public hospitals. Hospital managers are signing contracts […]

Viral-Load Point-of-Care Technologies to Achieve an AIDS-Free Generation

Ending the AIDS epidemic requires not only political commitment and financial resources but also innovative solutions. New point-of-care (POC) technology to detect HIV viral load promises to be a game changer in the diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection. Poverty and distance from healthcare facilities often place people infected with HIV beyond the reach of […]

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outsourcing Cleaning Services at Mahalapye Hospital, Botswana

The Government of Botswana (GoB) is currently implementing a long-term strategy to diversify the economy, create opportunities for growth in the private sector, and increase the efficiency of the public sector. Outsourcing service delivery is one of four main approaches to privatisation outlined in the GoB’s policies, and the Ministry of Health (MoH) has been […]

Building Capacity to Outsource Services: Experiences and Lessons Learned in Botswana’s Public Hospitals

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Heather Cogswell, Elizabeth Ohadi, Mompati Buzwani, Louise Myers, Naz Todini and Carlos Avila Published: April 30, 2015 Resource Description: Since gaining independence in 1966, Botswana has served as an example of development success—experiencing high economic growth and progressing to a middle-income country classification. Throughout this process, the private sector presence in Botswana has remained small while […]

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Benchmarking Costs for Non-Clinical Services in Botswana’s Public Hospitals

Botswana’s health sector has embarked on a broad program of reforms and, to this end, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed the Health Services Outsourcing Strategy and Programme 2011-2016. This planning document emerges from major strategic thrusts outlined in the National Development Plan 10 and the revised National Health Policy. Decision makers at the […]

Nigeria TB Supportive Supervision Pilot Evaluation

Resource Type: Report Authors: Elizabeth Ohadi, Leah Ekbladh, Anthony Okwuosah, Alison Comfort, and Alexandra Hulme Published: 9/28/2012 Resource Description: According to the WHO, Nigeria ranks 13th out of the top 22 high burden Tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world, and there is a need to improve the TB-DOTS and TB-HIV services in Nigeria’s public sector facilities. Weak supportive supervision […]

Assessment of the Routine Health Management Information System in Oyo State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Resource Type: Report Authors: Olusesan A. Makinde, Abimbola Onigbanjo-Williams, Oluwaseun Adeleke, Elizabeth M. Ohadi, Awa D. Dieng, John S. Osika Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the Routine Health Information System (RHIS) in Oyo state. Objectives were to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) unit […]

Assessment of the Routine Health Management Information System in Taraba State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Resource Type: Report Authors: Olusesan Makinde, Samson B. Adebayo, Oluwaseun Adeleke, Elizabeth Ohadi, Awa Dieng, and John Osika Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the Routine Health Information System (RHIS) in Taraba state. Objectives were to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) unit in […]

Assessment of the Routine Health Management Information System in Imo State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Resource Type: Report Authors: Olusesan A. Makinde, Jane Enemuo, Oluwaseun Adeleke, Elizabeth M. Ohadi, Awa D. Dieng, and John S. Osika Published: 9/1/2012 Resource Description: “The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the Routine Health Information System (RHIS) in Imo state. Objectives were to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the Health Management Information System […]

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