People living with HIV and AIDS in Vietnam now have greater access to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) than ever before. This access to care is largely the result of financial and in-kind contributions from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEFAR) and The Global Fund which together have worked with the Government of Vietnam to cover […]
In February, Ghana’s Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Authority, USAID, and HFG convened a workshop in Accra, bringing together senior delegates from countries at various states of developing or expanding their health insurance programs. The workshop, “Financial Protection and Improved Access to Health Care Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop: Finding Solutions to Common Challenges” provided a unique opportunity […]
The US government through USAID and other agencies supports health systems strengthening efforts to expand coverage and use of priority health services and to improve health outcomes worldwide. While there are generally accepted measures of health systems performance, there is not a single readily-available resource of health systems strengthening (HSS) indicators measured at the program […]
In January 2014, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) began the implementation of an ambitious national health insurance initiative aimed at moving the country toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The insurance program, known as Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), aims to integrate numerous existing national and district-level insurance schemes, and extend health coverage to the entire population. […]
The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to cover 100 percent of the country’s 250 million citizens under Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), the national health insurance scheme, by 2019. USAID/Indonesia is committed to supporting the GoI as it works towards its ambitious goal of universal health coverage (UHC). Recognizing the importance of ensuring that its staff […]
World TB Day—March 24th—is observed around the world each year as an occasion to build public awareness and mobilize political and social commitment for further progress towards eliminating the highly contagious, curable disease. With 9 million new cases and nearly 1.5 million deaths per year (most in developing countries), TB is one of the world’s […]
Photos from the workshop, “Financial Protection and Improved Access to Health Care: Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop Finding Solutions to Common Challenges” held in Accra, Ghana, in February 2016. Learn more about the workshop ⇒ Watch session recordings ⇒ Download workshop resources ⇒
On Tuesday, March 29th, USAID’s Office of Health Systems (OHS) and the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project held an hour-long technical briefing session on a new study, Tax Reform and Resource Mobilization for Health. The study examines whether improvements in tax revenue performance due to tax administration reform actually result in more government funds for the health sector, and […]
On March 4, HFG presented four sessions at the 15th annual USAID Global Health Mini-University in Washington, DC. The one-day learning forum for global health professionals and students hosts a variety of sessions spanning the spectrum of global health topics. HFG’s sessions highlighted universal health coverage, financial protection, resilient health systems, and our study on the impact […]
As development assistance for health shrinks and the demand for health expenditures increases, developing countries are under mounting pressure to provide adequate resources for health. Governments can increase available public resources by benefiting from overall economic growth, borrowing, making efficiency gains, and reforming tax laws and improving tax administration, among others. Tax Reform and Resource […]
