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Study Finds Malaria Control Scale-Up Benefits Health Systems

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease

An HFG study published in the Malaria Journal investigates the association between malaria control scale-up and the use of pediatric blood transfusions, which can reduce mortality among children with severe malarial anemia. In “Association Between Malaria Control and Paediatric Blood Transfusions in Rural Zambia: an Interrupted Time-Series Analysis,” an HFG research team led by Alison Comfort […]

Highlights from Cape Town | Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Announcements

Over 1,700 participants from 90+ countries descended upon Cape Town last week for the Health Systems Global Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. The HFG team was busy with several staff presenting at the Symposium and pre-Symposium satellite sessions. The pre-Symposium agenda boasted over 50 events led by leading organizations and institutions, September 29-30. […]

Association Between Malaria Control and Paediatric Blood Transfusions in Rural Zambia: an Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Vector-borne Diseases

This study published in the Malaria Journal investigates the association between malaria control scale-up and the use of pediatric blood transfusions, which can reduce mortality among children with severe malarial anemia. The study aims to better understand the effect of malaria control scale-up on availability of hospital-level resources, specifically blood, which can be used by […]

HFG at #HSR2014 | Pre-Symposium

Announcements

See what the HFG Project is up to in Cape Town! HFG is excited to be in Cape Town, South Africa, for the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Learn more about our sessions from the interactive Storify below. Pre-Symposium sessions on September 29-30, 2014, included the Third Global Governance for Health Roundtable and the satellite […]

What is Mobile Microinsurance?

Announcements

The latest installment of the HFG Project’s Mobile Money Newsletter highlights mobile microinsurance in the context of health. Mobile microinsurance is broadly defined as any microinsurance product that leverages mobile channels. CGAP has identified 84+ examples of mobile microinsurance which are creating innovative insurance products and business models driven by insurers, mobile network operators (MNOs), and other groups (such […]

Expanding the Evidence Base for How Accountability, Transparency Contribute to Health Outcomes

Announcements

The Third Global Governance for Health Roundtable will take place September 29-30 in Cape Town, South Africa, just before the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. The HFG Project is collaborating with the Leadership, Management & Governance Project and the Health Policy Project on the event. The following blog post describes the state of […]

Measuring Progress towards UHC: HFG’s Fifth Brown Bag Discussion

Announcements

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as the outcome of health system performance, whereby all people who need health services (promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation) receive them without undue financial hardship. To mark a country’s progress towards UHC, policymakers should first be able to define, measure, and monitor UHC. To […]

Use of Incentives in Health Supply Chains: A Review of Results-Based Financing in Mozambique’s Central Medical Store

Governance and Leadership, Health Finance, Publications

Supply chains are the foundation of any health system. For health supply chains to work—for the right goods to be received and delivered in the right quantities, in good condition, to the right place, at the right time, for the right cost—countless actors working in different locations with different responsibilities need

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