Over the past decade, Vietnam has made important achievements in both the economic and social sectors, including health. Although significant progress has been made, many health-related issues remain to be addressed. The country is currently facing
Resource Type: Brief Authors: Hailu Zelelew and Susna De Published: 1/1/2009 Resource Description: In the late 1980s and 1990s, poor health outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries were critical issues in discussions at global and regional forums. A common belief was that poor health outcomes in these countries were due partly to inadequate financing of social sectors and social protection-related services. However, what was not known was: […]
This policy brief focuses on the transition from emergency assistance and relief to strengthening the health system for the long term, and the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and how they can help fragile states to rehabilitate their health systems. There is general agreement
Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 4/1/2008 Resource Description: A country health system assessment can be conducted efficiently and cost-effectively using a recently developed and proven tool, the Health Systems Assessment Approach: A How-To Manual. The approach is designed to provide a rapid and yet comprehensive assessment of key health system functions and is organized around […]
USAID’s Global Health Bureau, through a series of field assistance and applied analysis programs, has helped countries address a range of governance-related issues within the framework of health systems strengthening. However, only recently has health governance become an
Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 8/17/2007 Resource Description: Zambia, a low-income country in southern Africa (gross domestic product [GDP] per capita is $336) faces many of the health systems challenges that its sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and low-income peers do. In the hope of improving some of the country’s poor health indicators, including some of the world’s highest maternal […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Yogesh Rajkotia, Stephanie Boulenger, and Willa Pressman Published: 7/2/2007 Resource Description: The objective of this U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Southern Sudan Health System Assessment was to determine the health systems obstacles to the delivery of health care services. Originally intended to inform the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) application for the GAVI Alliance […]
Resource Type: Tool Authors: Partners for Health Reform plus Published: 5/6/2005 Resource Description: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) with the assistance of the USAID-funded Partnerships for Health Reform Project (1995–2001) successfully developed and implemented an accreditation program for their primary health centers. Building on this experience, the MOHP Quality Improvement Directorate drafted a set of […]
Resource Type: Tool Authors: Partners for Health Reformplus Published: 10/1/2004 Resource Description: This manual introduces the Management Accounting System for Hospitals (MASH). MASH is a framework used for tracking and analyzing a health facility’s services, resources, and costs. It provides the means for both routine management control and the initiation and management of change and is a useful tool for examining […]
Resource Type: Report, Tool Authors: Susna De, Manjiri Bhawalkar, and Marie Tien Published: 6/1/2004 Resource Description: With health systems growing in scope and complexity, policymakers need tools such as National Health Accounts (NHA) to manage their health care resources. NHA is a globally accepted framework and approach for measuring total—public, private, and donor—national health expenditures. To facilitate adoption […]
