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Measuring And Monitoring Progress Toward Universal Health Coverage: A Case Study in Côte d’Ivoire

Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Anne Juillet, Clovis Konan, Laurel Hatt, Sophie Faye, and Sharon Nakhimovsky Published: 05/2014 Resource Description: Developing simple and sound measures to monitor progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) is critical if this objective is to remain high on the global agenda and receive priority attention from country policymakers. While discussions on UHC […]

Improving Nursing Education in Haiti by Strengthening Quality Standards

Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Kate Greene, Megan Meline, Health Finance and Governance Project Published: May 2014 Resource Description: Haiti has a long tradition of educating high quality nurses. However, in recent years the number of private nursing training institutions has increased substantially: there are now more than 400 private nursing school operating throughout the country. As a result […]

Bangladesh’s Smiling Sun Program Offers Insights to Care-Seeking, Access

Announcements

The Smiling Sun Franchise Program (2007-2013) was a USAID-funded program in Bangladesh designed to support a network of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to deliver a package of essential health services, with a focus on maternal and child health. The USAID-funded effort continues under a new program, called Smiling Sun, implemented under the NGO Health Service […]

NHA Brown Bag Sparks Lively Discussion

Announcements

For more than 20 years, USAID has led the use of National Health Accounts (NHA) to track the sources and uses of all health spending – donor, government, and private sector – in more than 70 low- and middle-income countries. “NHA provides extremely powerful information that should be used increasingly for policymaking … The power […]

Universal Health Coverage Measurement in a Lower-Middle-Income Context: A Senegalese Case Study

Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Justin Tine, Sophie Faye, Sharon Nakhimovsky, and Laurel Hatt Published: 04/2014 Resource Description: To advance the global discussion on the availability, feasibility, and relevance of various candidate indicators for UHC measurement, the Health Finance and Governance project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, conducted a case study in Senegal. The objective […]

Universal Health Coverage Measurement in a Low–Income Context: An Ethiopian Case Study

Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Abebe Alebachew, Laurel Hatt, Matt Kukla, and Sharon Nakhimovsky Published: 04/2014 Resource Description: Universal health coverage (UHC) as a goal of health policy has gained wide acceptance at country and global levels since the publication of the World Health Report 2010 and is seen as a critical component of sustainable development. […]

Asia Flagship Course on Health Systems Strengthening, Sustainable Financing

Announcements

At least half a dozen Asian countries are planning or implementing governance and financing reforms to achieve universal health coverage. But policymakers in these countries are faced with difficult decisions, including how to fund health care, which health services to cover, and which populations to cover first. To assist their planning process, USAID sponsored the […]

Early Adopters of Mobile Money for Health

Announcements

  This week, the Center for Health Market Innovations newsletter highlights HFG’s new findings on how mobile money is being used for health. HFG’s mobile money team has identified 18 distinct ways in which mobile money is being used for health in low- and middle-income countries. These avenues range from ensuring healthcare workers assigned to […]

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