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Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Main Report

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This report presents the findings and policy implications of Haryana’s first Health Accounts (HA) estimation, for fiscal year April 2014 through March 2015. The estimation was conducted using the most recent Systems of Health Accounts (SHA) framework, which was updated in 2011. HA capture spending from all sources: central- and state-level governments, non-governmental organizations, external […]

Aedes Vector Control Capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean – Five Country Assessments

Announcements, Publications, Vector-borne Diseases, Where We Work

The first case of local, vector-borne transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas was identified in May 2015 in Brazil. By July 2016, the virus had spread to nearly all Zika-suitable transmission zones in the Americas, including the majority of countries and territories in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Governments in the […]

Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capacity for the Prevention of Zika and Other Arboviruses: Haiti Assessment Report

Health Systems Research, Home Page Map, Publications, Vector-borne Diseases, Where We Work, Zika

In Haiti, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project assessed country capacity to conduct vector control and entomological monitoring of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of the virus. The assessment was conducted from June 8 to 17, 2016, and sought to appraise current capacities, identify strengths and weaknesses in these capacities, and recommend countermeasures, i.e., […]

Mexico: Governing for Quality Improvement in the Context of UHC

Governance and Leadership, Publications, Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

A pilot study was conducted in 2001 to explore the feasibility of implementing a public health insurance for those not covered by social security. In 2004, Mexico scaled-up this complementary tax-based public health insurance scheme, System of Social Protection in Health (SSPH), after a law was approved by Congress in 2003.

Tanzania: Governing for Quality Improvement in the Context of UHC

Governance and Leadership, Publications, Where We Work

Since gaining independence in 1961, the United Republic of Tanzania has been politically stable and seen economic growth. In 2003, GDP per capita was 277 USD. It has increased to 955 USD. Tanzania has invested greatly in the public sector, including health reforms that embrace and encourage public-private partnerships and the decentralization of the public […]

Governing for Quality Health Care

Governance and Leadership, Publications, Universal Health Coverage

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 […]

Malawi - Mar 2012 - Jessica Scranton Malawi

HFG Experts Co-Author Lancet Paper on Quality Maternal Health Care

Journal Publications, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH)

While the international community is dedicated to ending preventable maternal and child deaths, and helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there are still questions about how best to reach those goals. Substantial progress has been made in the last several years, but more than 300,000 women die each year giving birth and nearly […]

Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Key Results

Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

This Brochure provides an overview of the key results of the findings and policy implications of Haryana’s first Health Accounts (HA) estimation, for fiscal year April 2014 through March 2015. The estimation was conducted using the most recent Systems of Health Accounts (SHA) framework, which was updated in 2011. HA capture spending from all sources: […]

Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Methodological Report

Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

This Methodological Report provides an overview of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011 framework as used for Haryana State’s 2014/15 Health Accounts (HA) estimation. It documents the data collection approaches and results, analytical steps taken, and assumptions made. It is intended for HA practitioners and researchers who wish to understand how the estimations were […]

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