In lower middle-income countries, many questions remain around how to scale up health systems to reach Universal Health Coverage. Where will the money come from; what financing mechanisms are available to policymakers; and what are the trade-offs
In April, HFG supported the delivery of the Asia Regional Flagship Course on Health Systems Strengthening and Sustainable Financing: The Challenge of Universal Health Coverage in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sponsored by the Asia Network for Capacity Building in Health Systems Strengthening (ANHSS), USAID, and the World Bank, the course was the second flagship course supported […]
Haiti’s Ministry of Health in partnership with USAID/Haiti recently hosted the “International Conference on Access to Health Care for All in Haiti: Challenges and Perspectives for Funding.” Designed to build commitment and momentum toward launching the effort to develop Haiti’s first health financing strategy, the conference was held in Port-au-Prince on April 28 and 29, 2015, and […]
Given the fluctuating value of Botswana’s two primary sources of revenue, diamonds and cattle, and the expected decline in donor assistance, the Government of Botswana is actively working to increase efficiencies in its health sector. To save money and maximize its resources, the government designed and implemented outsourcing agreements at seven major hospitals throughout the […]
There 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, when it comes to understanding the broader impact of these gains on health systems in lower middle-income countries. In […]
With 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. Swaziland’s health problems are aggravated by the lack of human resources – doctors, nurses, midwives – in its health system, with many […]
In 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 percent of the country’s total health care workforce. Despite playing a key role in providing overall primary […]
Recently, the HFG project hosted the World Bank Institute’s “Flagship Course on Economics and Health Financing for Latin America and the Caribbean” in Panama City, Panama. Funded by USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau, the course brought together more than 40 Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance representatives from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, […]
On 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 perspectives for funding,” will be streamed live. Registration for the live-stream is now open. The […]
Swaziland 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 than two healthcare workers ‒ doctors, nurses, or midwives ‒ for every 1,000 citizens. These numbers […]
