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Center for Health Policy and Management’s Dr. Shita Dewi Shares Research Findings with Indonesia’s Minister of Health

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The University of Gadjah Mada’s Center for Health Policy and Management (CHPM) participated in the Indonesia Health Economics Association’s (INAHEA) fourth annual Scientific Meeting and International Seminar held in Surabaya, Indonesia from September 13 – 15, 2017.  The 4th Annual INAHEA conference focused on the implementation of Indonesia’s National Health Insurance (JKN) in its third […]

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Officials Gather in Kinshasa, DRC for Course on Health Sector Decentralization

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In May, the HFG project supported the second “International Course on Decentralization in the Health Sector”, held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The five-day course was a follow up to the first decentralization course in May 2016. The course was so successful that participants asked that the HFG project consider organizing more […]

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Bridging capacity gaps: HFG holds civil society organizations training in India

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  Bolstering the organizational capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) working with communities on family planning, maternal and child health, and social accountability issues has formed a major part of the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project’s work in India over the past year. Working with the White Ribbon Alliance of India (WRAI), HFG is supporting a total […]

Health Accounts, Explained

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Health Accounts is a methodology used to describe the systematic financial flow of the consumption of health care goods and services. Based on the World Health Organization, this systems look into 3 different areas Health Financing – Who pays for healthcare? How are these funds managed? Provision – Who provides these goods and services? Consumption – […]

Findings from the deep dive and results from Cycle 1 of Implementation Research on UHC in Indonesia, Oct 2016

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In order to successfully facilitate the ambitious UHC initiative, HFG, with leadership from the Center for Health Policy and Management (CHPM) at Universitas Gadjah Mada, conducted implementation research to understand how JKN regulations for primary care are being implemented at the district level. The aim of the research is to help strengthen primary care for […]

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Getting a Slice of the Pie: Tips & Tools for Increasing Public Funds for Health

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“Domestic resource mobilization” is a hot topic in development. Stakeholders agree that domestic resource mobilization is the path to sustainable development finance. But what is domestic resource mobilization? What does it mean for the health sector? And how can countries achieve it? Put simply, domestic resource mobilization is the “process through which countries raise and spend their […]

Opportunities for Improving Efficiency of HIV and AIDS Spending in the Dominican Republic

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Resource Type: Publication Authors: Sharon Nakhimovsky, Jonathan Cali, Claudia Valdez and Carlos Avila Published: July 2017 Resource Description: This brief summarizes the findings of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Health Finance and Governance project (HFG) in assessing the major sources of inefficiency in the DR’s HIV programs, and how to address them. The […]

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HFG at the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) World Congress

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With a mission ‘to increase communication among health economists and foster a higher standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems’, the Health Governance and Finance project (HFG) was well-represented at the recent 2017 iHEA World Congress. The conference was held from July 7-11 in Boston, Massachusetts and drew in more than 1,600 participants […]

Implementation Research for Universal Health Coverage in Indonesia

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As part of its strategy in achieving universal health coverage of over 250 million people by 2019, Indonesia has entered an ambitious roll out of, its own national health insurance scheme known as, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN). USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project in Indonesia is supporting implementation research to understand the inevitable challenges in carrying […]

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