Resource Type: Report Authors: Uganda Ministry of Health, Health Systems 20/20, and Makerere University School of Public Health Published: 4/1/2012 Resource Description: This Health System Assessment is a snapshot of the health system of Uganda in 2011. It is based on a methodology that has been applied in more than 25 countries, and was adapted to […]
Financial data and management are critical to effective health governance. Access to, and use of, timely and accurate health budgeting and expenditure data are key to public health officials’ capacity to make future investment decisions understand the effectiveness
Resource Type: Report Authors: Sara Sulzbach, Kylie Ingerson, Michael Rodriguez, Taylor Williamson, Michael Hainsworth, Alan Fairbank, Shirley Augustine, and James White Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: Dominica is one of 12 Caribbean countries joining efforts with the United States Government to sustain its HIV response, as exemplified by the United States-Caribbean Regional HIV and AIDS Partnership Framework 2010–2014 […]
Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Nejmudin Bilal Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: The Health Extension Program is a flagship of the Ethiopian Health Sector Development Program: an innovative intervention marked by institutionalization of primary health care, government leadership, and the alignment and substantial support of development partners. Most importantly, the program is the main vehicle for achieving the Ethiopia’s […]
Health governance—one of the pillars of a health system—has received appreciable attention from the Ethiopian health sector over the past decade. Through the leadership of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), the health sector has various coordinating mechanisms
Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Hailu Zelelew Published: 3/1/2012 Resource Description: Ethiopia endorsed a health care financing strategy in 1998 that envisioned a wide range of reform initiatives. The implementation of these reform initiatives was legalized through regional legislations and operationalized in line with prototype implementation frameworks that were modified and aligned within specific regional contexts. The strategy […]
Guyana’s success in reducing HIV prevalence, coupled with the global decline in HIV/AIDS funding, necessitates an examination of the financial sustainability of Guyana’s AIDS program. The aim of this document is to provide Guyana’s National AIDS Program Secretariat (NAPS) with an analysis of the unit costs and financial and human resources available and needed to […]
Resource Type: Brief Authors: Avril Ogrodnick, Tesfaye Dereje, and Megan Meline Published: 2/6/2012 Resource Description: After signing the 2003 peace accord, Liberia’s government engaged with international partners to rehabilitate the health system. Between 2006 and 2010, the country’s infant and under-five mortality rates declined steadily. By 2010, the total number of new or reconstructed health facilities had increased to 550. Preventable conditions […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Michael Rodriguez, Taylor Williamson, Abigail Vogus, Elizabeth Macgregor-Skinner, Donna-Lisa Pena, Anneke Wilson, and Sharon Nakhimovsky Published: 2/1/2012 Resource Description: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is one of 12 Caribbean countries joining efforts with the United States Government in the United States-Caribbean Regional HIV and AIDS Partnership Framework 2010–2014 (Partnership Framework). The United States […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Marianne El-Khoury, Elizabeth Ohadi, Chinyere Omeogu, and Oluwaseun Adeleke Published: 2/1/2012 Resource Description: The USAID-funded Health Systems 20/20 project conducted a Public Expenditure Management Review (PEMR) for the health sector in three Nigerian states: Sokoto, Cross River, and Nasarawa. The PEMR examines the flow of funds across government levels down to the service providers […]
