HSFR/HFG produced the Tena Medhin (Health Insurance) music video in collaboration with the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency to promote the country’s community-based health insurance (CBHI) program. In the video, a father remembers a time when he had to sell his only ox in order to help pay for his sick son to see a health […]
Many countries have made impressive gains in decreasing malaria mortality and incidence. Mortality has decreased by 60 percent, with 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. To achieve a malaria-free world, funding for cost-effective interventions and efficient malaria control programs must be sustained to preserve gains, reduce, and ultimately eliminate transmission. The WHO Global Technical Strategy […]
Strong primary health care (PHC) is vital to equitably improve health outcomes and achieve universal health coverage (UHC). However, to make progress toward UHC, countries recognize that the public sector alone cannot provide all necessary services, including essential primary healthcare services, to everyone – and that the private sector is an important source of care. […]
Strong primary health care (PHC) is vital to achieving universal health care (UHC). As countries work toward UHC, they recognize that the public sector alone cannot provide all necessary comprehensive PHC services to cover country populations and that countries need to engage and effectively steward both the public and private health sectors. A critical element […]
By Pamela Riley | Original Post Found on Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) Patients in developing countries spent $148 billion in out-of-pocket health care expenses in 2015. The Sustainable Development Goal for health envisions universal coverage for “essential health services,” and there’s no doubt that efforts made to achieve this goal will reduce the burden of out-of-pocket […]
La reducción a nivel mundial del precio de los medicamentos antirretrovirales (ARV) y otros avances en la última década, han transformado al VIH de ser una pandemia que representa una amenaza para la vida, a una condición crónica manejable. La adherencia al tratamiento antirretroviral (TAR) puede permitir a las personas que viven con el VIH […]
The global reduction in antiretroviral (ARV) drug prices and other advances over the past decade have transformed HIV from a life-threatening pandemic to a manageable chronic condition. Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) can allow people living with HIV (PLHIV) to live with little to no risk of transmitting the HIV, but they must have continual […]
Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Published: December 2016 Resource Description: This brief summarizes the results from cross-case analysis of five retrospective, qualitative case studies of successful USAID-funded health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions. Case study: Maternal & Child Centers of Excellence: Improving health systems and quality of services in the Dominican […]
Resource Type: Sucess Story Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Published: August 2018
Resource Type: Success Story Authors: Health Finance and Governance Project Published: August 2018
