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Saint Kitts and Nevis 2011 National Health Accounts and HIV Subaccounts

Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Report Authors: Sharon Nakhimovsky, Roxanne Brizan-St. Martin, Heather Cogswell, Darwin Young, Karl Theodore, Althea LaFoucade, Christine Laptiste, Don Bethelmie, Roger McLean, Stanley Lalta, and Laurel Hatt Published: 10/2013 Resource Description:  Economic growth in St. Kitts and Nevis, a federation with a population of approximately 50,000, was strong over the past decade, averaging more than 3.5 […]

Report Analyzes Africa’s Health Financing Outlook

Announcements, Digital Finance

The first decade of the new millennium brought high-level advocacy to mobilize more funding for health coupled with unprecedented economic growth in some African countries. Given the region’s healthy economic outlook, will countries have adequate domestic resources for basic health services by 2020? The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project analyzed sub-Saharan Africa’s health financing […]

HFG Supports New Health Systems Research Society

Announcements, Health Systems Research

As more countries strive to expand access to quality health care, there is a growing need for evidence, research, and knowledge on how best to mobilize and organize health systems’ inputs to achieve universal health coverage. Recently, HFG helped to launch Health Systems Global—the first international society focused solely on promoting health systems research. The […]

Improved Database Compiles Country Health Systems Data

Announcements

Learn more about a country’s health system data by using the updated and re-designed Health Systems Database. This easy-to-use web-based tool compiles and analyzes country health system data from multiple sources, provides visualization options, and generates automated country profiles for quick reference. Data include indicators on health financing, health workforce, leadership and governance, and demographics. […]

Haiti Kicks Off Second NHA

Announcements

Haiti’s Ministry of Health recently disseminated the results from its first NHA at a workshop attended by more than 100 Haitian government officials, health partners, and donors. Minister for Public Health and Population Florence Guillaume emphasized the importance of the NHA results for informing health sector policy and priorities. She also announced that the Ministry […]

Universal Coverage of Essential Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Projections of Domestic Resources

Publications, Resource Mobilization, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Report Authors: Carlos Avila, Catherine Connor, and Peter Amico Published: 8/1/2013 Resource Description: Given the African region’s healthy economic outlook, will resource mobilization for health still be an imperative in 2020? HFG looks ahead at the region’s health financing priorities by projecting domestic health spending per capita to 2020 relative to an internationally accepted target for […]

Promoting the Use of Mobile Money to Strengthen Health Systems: Applications for Health Care Financing

Digital Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 7/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile phone-based financial transactions, commonly referred to as mobile money, promote financial inclusion and can be used to address key financial barriers to health care access for the poor, such as high out-of-pocket spending costs and prohibitive transportation costs to health facilities, especially in rural […]

Universal Coverage of Essential Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Projections of Domestic Resources

Presentations

USAID’s Health Finance and Governance project looked into sub-Saharan Africa’s health financing outlook by projecting domestic health spending per capita to 2020 and comparing it to an internationally-accepted target ($60 per capita) for universal coverage of a package of essential health services. The analysis modeled two assumptions: 1) domestic health spending continuing to increase in […]

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