Capital Investment in Health Systems: What is the latest thinking?
September 29, 2018Capital investment in health typically refers to large expenditures in construction of hospitals and other facilities, investment in diagnostic and treatment technologies, and information technology platforms. These investments are characterized by t …
HFG Work in Haiti
September 28, 2018Haiti’s health system continues to operate in a fragile state following the earthquake of 2010, the subsequent cholera epidemic, and the presence of a myriad of donor programs with limited incentive for coordination. Finite domestic resources and gov …
Costing of Community-Level HIV Services in Barbados: Final Report
September 26, 2018Resource Type: Report Authors: Dr. Sophie Faye, Chisa Cumberbatch, and Altea Cico Published: September 2017 Barbados is currently experiencing tight fiscal constraints due to the slowdown of economic growth coupled with the fact that as a high-income …
HFG Impact Study Shows Majority of First Cohort of Deployed Nurses and Midwives Practicing Task Sharing in Cote d’Ivoire
September 26, 2018In 2018, the USAID Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project supported the Ivoirian Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene (MHPH) to conduct an impact study on the implementation of nurse-initiated ART. As a first step towards this intervention, th …
State Health Profiles in Nigeria
September 25, 2018Authors: Health Finance & Governance Project Resource Description: Follow @hfgproject
Measuring Institutional and Technical Capacity for Health Accounts In-Country
September 25, 2018While supporting over 20 countries with expenditure tracking, the HFG resource tracking team wanted to understand how institutional and technical capacity for Health Accounts was changing. This would help to target technical assistance to each countr …
Webinar: Defining Institutional Arrangements when Linking Financing to Quality in Health Care
September 24, 2018As countries work towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC), maintaining and improving quality of care remains a major priority. Payers are key actors in health governance structures and have powerful tools at their disposal to influence qual …
¿Qué cantidad de medicamentos antirretrovirales necesita un país?
September 24, 2018Estimación y programación de medicamentos Para alcanzar los objetivos de la estrategia 90-90-90, es esencial que un país tenga disponibilidad suficiente de medicamentos antirretrovirales (ARV) y otros productos para el VIH, tales como pruebas diagnós …
HFG Ayuda Fortalecer Calidad de Servicios y Datos en los SAI
September 24, 2018En la República Dominicana, las personas viviendo con VIH (PVVH) pueden recibir atención en cualquiera de los 72 Servicios de Atención Integral (SAI) en el país. Los SAI permiten acceso público a todos los servicios necesarios para el manejo del VIH, …
How Many ARV Medications Does One Country Need? Turns Out, It’s Complicated
September 24, 2018To achieve the 90-90-90 goals, it is essential that a country has a sufficient availability of antiretroviral (ARV) medication and HIV commodities, such as diagnostics and condoms. In the Dominican Republic (DR), where the government is in the midst …
