Essential Health Services: Rwanda
July 30, 2015In 2011 the Ministry of Health in Rwanda reviewed and updated the health services packages provided by the different tiered facilities in the health sector. The Service Package for Health Facilities at Different Levels of Service Delivery document sp …
Essential Health Services: Senegal
July 30, 2015We identified Senegal’s essential package of health services across several policy documents, including the Liste Nationale des Médicaments et Produits Essentiels, 2008 revision, the Expanded Program for Immunization, and the government of Senegal’s …
Essential Health Services: The Republic of South Sudan
July 30, 2015The Republic of South Sudan, formed in 2011, has made clear statements on its Ministry of Health website and in the Constitution that it aspires to provide a basic package of health services to its citizens. The Health Sector Development Plan 2012–20 …
Essential Health Services: Tanzania
July 30, 2015The government of Tanzania first created and published an EPHS in 2000, called the National Health Care Intervention Package or the National Package of Essential Health Interventions. In subsequent years, the 13 areas/programs under the Ministry of H …
Essential Health Services: Uganda
July 30, 2015Uganda’s EPHS is referred to as the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package (UNMHCP). The UNMHCP was first established in the 1999/2000 National Health Policy, accompanied by the country’s first Health Sector Strategic Plan. Health sector policy …
Policy Primer: Using Health Accounts to End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths
July 30, 2015Ending preventable child and maternal deaths is at the forefront of country and development partner health agendas. While progress has been made over the last few decades, significant challenges remain. Of all of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG …
Essential Health Services: Yemen
July 30, 2015EPHS is very limited and not well defined in Yemen. To identify specific services that could be considered part of Yemen’s EPHS, we reviewed the Yemen National Reproductive Health Strategy 2011–2015; National Guideline for Community Health Volunteer …
Essential Health Services: Zambia
July 30, 2015Zambia defined a “Basic Health Care Package,” but this package currently appears to be a list of national health priorities, not services. The Basic Health Care Package does not appear to meet our definition of Zambia’s EPHS. Additionally, according …
Understanding Client Preferences to Increase Demand at Bangladesh Clinics
March 4, 2015The purpose of the study was to support the prioritization of interventions that would have the highest impact in increasing the demand for services.
The Role of Health Insurance in Family Planning
January 15, 2015A new policy brief written by HFG and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) finds that “Well-designed insurance programs offer a way to improve the quality and equitable provision of family planning services.” The Role of Health Insurance in Family P …
