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Botswana 2013-2014 Health Accounts: Main Report

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Resource Type: Report Authors: Botswana Ministry of Health  and Wellness Published: December 2016 Resource Description: This report describes the key findings and policy implications of the Botswana health accounts (HA) estimation for fiscal year April 2013 through March 2014. Previously Botswana completed two rounds of HA; the first round, in 2006, covered fiscal years 2000/2001, 2001/2002, […]

Data Quality Assessment Pilot Highlights Focus on Improving HMIS Data Quality and Use in India

Announcements, Where We Work

Dr. Vishnu Kant Srivastava leads the Statistics Division at India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Having managed statistical initiatives at different departments and levels of the government, Dr. Srivastava recognizes the value of quality data for effective decision making. He spoke with USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project on the findings of […]

The Link between Provider Payment and Quality of Maternal Health Services: A Framework and Literature Review

Health Finance, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Where We Work

This paper explores a growing trend among health care payers to combine a quality measurement initiative with a redesigned provider payment system. It presents a conceptual framework of how provider payment links with quality of maternal health services and analyzes real provider payment systems in low- and middle-income countries where payment is linked with quality […]

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Strategic Purchasing to Improve the Quality of Maternal Health Services

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In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the health sector faces significant resource constraints and poor maternal health indicators, leaving the government searching for ways to maximize resources and improve maternal health outcomes. These efforts are accompanied by the growing recognition that access to services is not enough to reduce high rates of maternal morbidity […]

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Financing of Universal Health Coverage and Family Planning: A Multi-Regional Landscape Study and Analysis of Select West African Countries

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Leads, Publications, Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

This report presents observed trends and lessons learned from a health financing landscape study of fifteen countries. We conducted detailed analyses of eight countries in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo (“core countries”). We also reviewed seven countries at various stages of achieving UHC to draw lessons learned and […]

Ethiopia: Governing for Quality Improvement in the Context of UHC

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

The government of Ethiopia launched the Health Sector Development Program (HSDP) in the 1990s. During the 2010 reform of the health sector, the Drug Administration and Control Agency was re-established to focus on regulating drugs and food, and expanded their scope by including the regulation of health facilities and personnel. They changed their name to […]

Strengthening Health System Governance for Improved Quality of Maternal Health Care in Nigeria

Announcements, Where We Work

Gaps in availability and quality of maternal health care services constitute a major obstacle to achieving the desired maternal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria. Initiatives aimed at improving quality of maternal health care tend to address quality of care issues in isolation, without considering wider system-level issues that lead to nonexistent […]

HSFR/HFG Project Activities and Results Summary: August 2013 through December 2017

Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), HFG Project, Home Page Map, Publications, Where We Work

The USAID-funded Health Sector Financing Reform/Health Finance and Governance project (HSFR/HFG) has been the lead partner supporting the Government of Ethiopia to roll out and implement its wide range of health care financing (HCF) reforms at the national, regional, woreda (district), and health facility levels.

In Nigeria’s Cross River and Rivers States: Working to Bridge the Gap between Evidence, Policy, and Practice

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In January 2017, USAID’s Health Finance and Governance project organized evidence synthesis workshops for Nigeria’s Cross River and Rivers states. The workshops were intended to pull together the findings from several health financing core diagnostic analyses conducted to assess the health financing landscape. The core diagnostics discussed included: A health financing situational analysis to clarify […]

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Ghana’s Efforts to Reform its Health System and Provide Quality, Affordable Care to All

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In 2003, the Ghanaian government launched one of the most ambitious plans to achieve universal health coverage—the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Since that time, more than 11 million people have enrolled—about 41 percent of the population. However, the NHIS has experienced challenges. To address these issues, the government created a technical committee to review […]

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