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Évaluation du Système de Santé au Mali

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Anne Juillet, Bokar Touré, Hagiratou Ouedraogo, and Yann Derriennic Published: Mars 2017 Resource Description: La Politique Nationale de Santé (PNS) actuelle du Mali date de 1990. Elle s’inscrit dans une approche sectorielle qui intègre l’organisation du système de santé, le développement social, et plus récemment, la promotion de la famille. Elle […]

How Guinea’s Government Is Collaborating to Improve Health Care

National Assembly and Ministry of Health work together in rare move  “Members of Parliament are not fully equipped in budget analysis. This training … will enable us to better fulfill our mission of controlling government actions and passing laws in defense of the interests of the people.” May 2017—In Guinea, a country that has some […]

Targeting the Poor for UHC Program Inclusion: Exploring a More Effective Pro-poor Targeting Approach

Resource Type: Brief Authors:  Hossain Zillur Rahman Published: May 2018 Resource Description: This brief highlights the learnings and recommendations from the review in order to improve operationally effective targeting approaches for universal health coverage-related programs in Bangladesh.  

Understanding District-Level Variation in Fertility Rates in High-Focus Indian States

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  A.A. Jayachandran, Rahul Dutta, and Priya Emmart Published: January 2018 Resource Description: The assessment is based on secondary analysis of data from the Annual Health Survey (2012-13), which provides the most recent available survey data for the high-focus states and districts in India. High-focus districts in four states, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan, […]

Family Planning Indicators Among Young Adults and Low Parity Couple in Four High Priority States

Resource Type: Report Authors:  Health Finance and Governance Project Published: November 2015 Resource Description: The Government of India (GoI) under the Mission Parivar Vikas (MPV) programme focuses investments in 146 districts in 7 states, which have the highest levels of fertility in India. The strategy aims to accelerate the supply of high quality family planning […]

What factors explain the fertility transition in India?

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Jayachandran, A.A., and John Stover Published: April 2018 Resource Description: The purpose of this study is to explain the main causes of fertility change and its implications in India over the time period 1998 to 2016. To accomplish this, we first test the proximate determinants model to see if it is valid […]

Opportunities and Challenges to Develop Effective Strategies for Private Sector Engagement to end Tuberculosis in India

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Amaltas Consulting Published: August 2017 Resource Description: This study undertakes a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of the participation of private health care providers in tuberculosis care in four states (Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and West Bengal) in India to improve understanding of how their involvement in the national program could be enhanced. In […]

Targeting the poor for universal health coverage (UHC) program inclusion: Exploring a more effective pro-poor targeting strategy for Bangladesh

Photo: from left, Mursaleena Islam, Country Manager, USAID’s HFG Project, Bangladesh; Sukumar Sarker, Senior Technical and Policy Advisor, Office of Population, Health, Nutrition & Education, USAID/ Bangladesh; Akhter Ahmed, Country Director, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC); Professor Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary, General Economic […]

Management Assessment of the Secretary General’s Office in the Malian Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene

Resource Type: Publication Authors:  Joel Schlesinger, Rachid Ben Amor Published: November 2015 In 2015, USAID/Mali and the government of Mali requested the HFG project to conduct a Management Assessment of the office of the Secretary General (SEGAL) in the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. The SEGAL’s office provides senior guidance, oversight, and control to […]

Smoothing Painful Bumps on the Path to Universal Health Coverage: Strengthening Governance for Quality Care

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, USAID’s Health Financing and Governance Project (HFG) organized with USAID’s Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) project, the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), and the World Health Organization (WHO) a special learning event entitled, “Smoothing Painful Bumps on the Path to Universal Health Coverage: Strengthening […]

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