Tag Archives: Finance

Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make it Work

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick, Christine Ortiz, Catherine Connor, and Beatriz Zurita Published: 6/1/2010 Resource Description: The Health Insurance Handbook provides policymakers and health insurance designers with practical, action-oriented support to deepen their understanding of health insurance concepts, help them identify design and implementation challenges, and define realistic steps for the development and scaling up […]

Measuring Health Systems Performance in Vietnam: Results from Eight Provincial Health Systems Assessments

Resource Type: Presentation Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 4/2/2010 Resource Description: The Health Strategy and Policy Institute (Ministry of Health-Vietnam) recently conducted a sub-national health systems assessment in eight provinces of Vietnam with technical assistance from the Health Systems 20/20 project. The assessments provide a snapshot of how the health system is performing in the areas of governance, […]

Private Sector Health Care in Indonesia

Resource Type: Report Authors: Grace Chee, Michael Borowitz, and Andrew Barraclough Published: 9/15/2009 Resource Description: As documented in Indonesia’s 2007 Public Expenditure Review, the private sector’s role in the Indonesian health care system has grown dramatically over the past decade. Development partners came to agreement in late 2008 that a review and assessment of the private […]

Evaluation du Système de Santé du Sénégal

Resource Type: Report Authors: Cheikh Mbengue, Yann Derriennic, Fodé Diouf, Demba A. Dione, Lamine Diawara, Abdoulaye Diagne Published: 9/1/2009 Resource Description: Le Sénégal dispose depuis 1998 d’un plan stratégique décennal dans le domaine de la santé, le Plan National de Développement Sanitaire (PNDS) mis en oeuvre par le Ministère chargé de la Santé. Dans la perspective de son […]

Nigeria Health System Assessment 2008

Resource Type:  Report Authors: Gilbert Kombe, Lisa Fleisher, Eddie Kariisa, Aneesa Arur, Parsa Sanjana, Ligia Paina (USAID), Lola Dare, Ahmed Abubakar, Shekwoduza Baba, Eno Ubok-Udom, and Sam Unom Published: 6/1/2009 Resource Description: The Nigerian health sector is broad and is comprised of public, private for-profit, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), and traditional health care […]

National Health Accounts and Public Expenditure Reviews: Redundant or Complementary Tools?

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: […]

Health Systems Assessment Approach: A How-To Manual

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 […]

Southern Sudan Health System Assessment

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 […]

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