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Bauchi State Legislators Advocate for Increased Spending on Health

Announcements, Governance and Leadership, Health Finance, Where We Work

Government spending for health in Nigeria is suboptimal, leading to unacceptably high rates of out-of-pocket expenditure for health- estimated at 70% of total health expenditure. This situation is partly a result of chronic underfunding of the health sector, as well as inefficiencies in the release and management of funds. In response to this, the USAID’s […]

Governance to Improve the Quality of Health Services: A Research Agenda

Announcements, Governance and Leadership

Improving the quality of patient-centered health services is at the heart of delivering on the promise of universal health coverage (UHC) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WHO’s Framework on integrated people-centered health services  frames five strategies to achieve quality people-centered care, including creating an enabling environment that strives for quality improvement and […]

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Quality of Health Service Consensus Statement

Announcements, Governance and Leadership, Leads

As nations work to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the quality of health care must not be overlooked. Good governance plays a critical role in ensuring and improving health care quality. The Consensus Statement on Strengthening Governance to Improve the Quality of Health Service Delivery (“the Statement”) was conceived […]

How to get Policy Makers to Actually use all the Data you Produce

Announcements, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

By Heather Cogswell, associate scientist and resource tracking specialist in the International Development Division at Abt Associates, member of the HSG Translating Evidence into Action TWG May 31, 2018 – Perhaps you can relate to this experience. While sitting in a ministry of health’s reception area waiting for a meeting with the chief economist, I couldn’t help but […]

HFG Guinea Closes

Announcements

May 30, 2018 – The official closing ceremony of the Health Finance and Governance project took place in Conakry, Guinea. Organized under the theme “Discussion of results, achievements and perspectives,” this closing ceremony of the HFG project was chaired by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sékou Condé. In attendance were the USAID […]

HFG disseminates research findings at multi-stakeholder consultation on India’s FP2020 journey

Announcements, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Where We Work

As India strives to deliver on its Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) commitment, the need for data-driven family planning programming is critical. The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) India program has helped address this need by analyzing data to build a large body of evidence on fertility trends in the country. The project’s sustained research focus […]

HFG Côte d’Ivoire Closes

Announcements, Where We Work

The HFG End of Project (EOP) ceremony in Cote d’Ivoire was held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene (MHPH) and coordinated by the General Health Inspectorate. The event was attended by the Deputy Director of the Cabinet, Dr. Ablé Ambroise, representing the Minister of Health, Mr. Jeff Bryan, Country Representative […]

Health Finance & Governance End of Project Event

Announcements

May 10. 2018 – To mark the formal conclusion of the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project more than 160 attendees gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building Pavillion in Washington, DC to reflect on the issues, share what has been learned and discuss strategies for continued progress surrounding health system strengthening. The event program featured opening and closing […]

Webcast | Advances in Health Finance & Governance Series: Expanding Coverage through Health Insurance

Announcements

On Thursday, April 26th, the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project hosted a roundtable on Expanding Coverage through Health Insurance at the Washington Learning Center in Arlington, Virginia. Listen as panelists discuss HFG project support to countries moving toward universal health coverage through strengthening national health insurance schemes, scaling up community-based health insurance (CBHI), covering the informal […]

HFG accepted to present at 2018 Social & Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit

Announcements, Presentations

With a mission ‘to better understand what works in shifting social norms, changing behaviors and in amplifying the voice of those who have most at stake in the success of development efforts’, the Health Governance and Finance project (HFG) was accepted to present at the recent 2018 Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit. The conference was […]

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