Resource Type: Report and Powerpoint Presentation Authors: Margaret Morehouse, Shamima Akhter, Shumona Shafinaz, Pial Islam, and Mursaleena Islam Published: June 2018 Resource Description: This report proposes a plan for repositioning the Health Economics Unit in Bangladesh.
The Advances in Health Finance & Governance Knowledge & Learning Brief Series is designed to highlight learning and lessons from the HFG project in nine core areas: domestic resource mobilization, strategic health purchasing, health financing strategies, expanding coverage through health insurance, financial data for decision making, governance, institutional capacity building, workforce and efficiency, and building […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Rena Eichler, Jenna Wright, Ben Bellows, Marie Cole, Victoria Boydell and Karen Hardee. Published: September 2018 Resource Description: The past 20 years have seen unprecedented financial commitment to family planning (FP) among governments of low- and middle-income countries and the donors that support them. However, mobilizing government and external resources is […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: In a bid to reduce the pressure and improve the current health outcomes, Nigeria and many countries have subscribed to the principle of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) which is aimed at ensuring equitable access to needed health care without suffering financial hardship. Bauchi State, like many other states, is in […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: Rivers State government, as part of its’ responsibility to provide quality health care for the residents of the state, wants to create a Minimum Health Care package which provides a set of basic health care benefits to which residents can have unrestricted access. Abt Associates, as part of USAID’s Health […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: In 2016, the Kano State government signed into law, a bill that establishes the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KSCHMA) with the overall goal of ensuring all residents of the state have access to quality and affordable healthcare services with financial and social risk protection. The state of health […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description:Our focus in this report is to actuarially estimate the medical cost of including tuberculosis (TB) in the total benefit structure. We have considered modular pricing under 3 different regimens: Regimen I – Drug susceptible TB cases of Kids (pediatrics) Regimen II – Drug susceptible TB cases of adults Regimen […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: Lagos State Government signed into Law a bill that establishes a Lagos State Health Management Agency and the Lagos State Health Scheme in 2015 to ensure residents of the State have access to quality and affordable health care services and financial protection. Further to this, the State Government has had […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: The Government of the State of Osun is aligning with the global and national agenda of pursuing the goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). To this end, the state is implementing various health financing reforms to sustainably improve health. A pertinent question is how the government can identify the availability […]
Resource Type: Report Published: August 2018 Resource Description: Nasarawa state has experienced impressive improvements in health outcomes and has done well both in its rate of progress and relative to its income level. Infant mortality has declined over the past 3 years from 109/1000 in 2011 to 81/1000 in 2016. Under-Five mortality rate has reduced from 182/1000 in […]
