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Understanding District-Level Variation in Fertility Rates in High-Focus Indian States

Health Systems Research, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  A.A. Jayachandran, Rahul Dutta, and Priya Emmart Published: January 2018 Resource Description: The assessment is based on secondary analysis of data from the Annual Health Survey (2012-13), which provides the most recent available survey data for the high-focus states and districts in India. High-focus districts in four states, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, […]

Family Planning Indicators Among Young Adults and Low Parity Couple in Four High Priority States

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Systems Research, Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Report Authors:  Health Finance and Governance Project Published: November 2015 Resource Description: The Government of India (GoI) under the Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV) programme focuses investments in 146 districts in 7 states, which have the highest levels of fertility in India. The strategy aims to accelerate the supply of high quality family planning […]

What factors explain the fertility transition in India?

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Jayachandran, A.A., and John Stover Published: April 2018 Resource Description: The purpose of this study is to explain the main causes of fertility change and its implications in India over the time period 1998 to 2016. To accomplish this, we first test the proximate determinants model to see if it is valid […]

Opportunities and Challenges to Develop Effective Strategies for Private Sector Engagement to end Tuberculosis in India

Publications, TB

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Amaltas Consulting Published: August 2017 Resource Description: This study undertakes a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of the participation of private health care providers in tuberculosis care in four states (Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and West Bengal) in India to improve understanding of how their involvement in the national program could be enhanced. In […]

Targeting the poor for universal health coverage (UHC) program inclusion: Exploring a more effective pro-poor targeting strategy for Bangladesh

Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

Photo: from left, Mursaleena Islam, Country Manager, USAID’s HFG Project, Bangladesh; Sukumar Sarker, Senior Technical and Policy Advisor, Office of Population, Health, Nutrition & Education, USAID/ Bangladesh; Akhter Ahmed, Country Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC); Professor Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary, General Economic […]

Management Assessment of the Secretary General’s Office in the Malian Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene

Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Joel Schlesinger, Rachid Ben Amor Published: November 2015 In 2015, USAID/Mali and the government of Mali requested the HFG project to conduct a Management Assessment of the office of the Secretary General (SEGAL) in the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. The SEGAL’s office provides senior guidance, oversight, and control to […]

Smoothing Painful Bumps on the Path to Universal Health Coverage: Strengthening Governance for Quality Care

Governance and Leadership, Presentations, Publications

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, USAID’s Health Financing and Governance Project (HFG) organized with USAID’s Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) project, the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), and the World Health Organization (WHO) a special learning event entitled, “Smoothing Painful Bumps on the Path to Universal Health Coverage: Strengthening […]

Opciones para reducir la brecha de financiamiento en salud y alcanzar una respuesta acelerada contra el VIH – Análisis de financiamiento para el sector salud.

HIV/AIDS, Publications

Resource Type: Publication Authors: De Peña Peralta, Vicente Luis Published: Agosto 2017 Resource Description: La investigación es parte de una guía lógica de análisis fiscal, que comienza en el capítulo uno con una tasa impositiva para la salud, y donde se contextualiza la investigación analizando los antecedentes y conceptos más importantes del trabajo. Además, se discute […]

Alternativas para la sostenibilidad de la respuesta al VIH y SIDA en la República Dominicana

HIV/AIDS, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Jonathan Cali, Claudia Valdez, and Nassim Díaz Published: February 2018 Resource Description: Las propuestas presentadas aquí son recomendaciones acordadas por la Mesa de Sostenibilidad, y en su mayoría no han sido consideradas o adoptadas como política oficial por las autoridades relevantes. Además, éstas no representan todas las posibles intervenciones para aumentar […]

Alternative approaches for sustaining the HIV and AIDS response in Dominican Republic

HIV/AIDS, Where We Work

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Jonathan Cali, Claudia Valdez, and Nassim Díaz Published: February 2018 Resource Description: The purpose of this report is to capture and consolidate the suggestions of the Sustainability Group for consideration by the Government of Dominican Republic (GODR) and other relevant stakeholders. GODR will be able to draw from this report when […]

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