Civil society organizations (CSOs), particularly those working in the health sector, frequently seek opportunities to influence public health policy or share feedback on the quality or accessibility of health services. While these organizations may have important contributions
En 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 y Caribe, tuvimos ocasión de hablar con la delegación del Perú que […]
Marzo 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 fortalecimiento de los sistemas de salud y la implementación de la Cobertura Sanitaria Universal. Para más información, […]
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 than 35 percent of the population). Despite this success, the NHIS has struggled to establish a robust system of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and to […]
From 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 Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau, the course brought together more than 40 Ministry of Health and Ministry of […]
Resource Type: Infographic Authors: Anina Tardif-Douglin, Health Finance and Governance Project Published: April 2015 Resource Description:
The roadmap is a legal document guiding the development process of Basic Health Service Package (BHSP) paid by health insurance, identifying the involvement, coordination and cooperation mechanisms of stakeholders. The main content of
The Kyrgyz Republic, a former Soviet Union country bordering China, has one of the highest rates of the difficult-to-treat multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the world—with 26 percent of new TB cases estimated to be MDR, compared to 3 percent of new TB cases worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 55 percent […]
Recently, USAID sponsored a course for more than 40 delegates from the Ministries of Health and Finance from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador and Peru to learn about strategies for progressing toward Universal Health Coverage and advancing maternal and child health. The workshop, which took place in Panama City, Panama, focused on the challenge […]
The purpose of the study was to support the prioritization of interventions that would have the highest impact in increasing the demand for services.
