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Governing for Quality Health Care

Governance and Leadership, Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Improving the quality of patient-centered health services is at the heart of delivering on the promise of universal health coverage (UHC) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WHO’s Framework on integrated people-centered health services  frames five strategies to achieve quality people-centered care, including creating an enabling environment that strives for quality improvement and […]

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Malaria Control Interventions and Broader Health System Implications

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Worldwide, malaria deaths are down by 60 percent, and the Malaria Consortium estimates that more than six million lives have been saved since 2000. Ending malaria for good will require sustained financing for malaria control interventions, and sound evidence of the broader economic impacts of these activities to ensure smart investments. In recognition of World Malaria […]

Peer-to-Peer Workshop in Accra Brings Together Stakeholders from across the African Continent

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In February, Ghana’s Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Authority, USAID, and HFG convened a workshop in Accra, bringing together senior delegates from countries at various states of developing or expanding their health insurance programs. The workshop, “Financial Protection and Improved Access to Health Care Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop: Finding Solutions to Common Challenges” provided a unique opportunity […]

2016 Ghana UHC Workshop – Photos

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Photos from the workshop, “Financial Protection and Improved Access to Health Care: Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop Finding Solutions to Common Challenges” held in Accra, Ghana, in February 2016. Learn more about the workshop ⇒                Watch session recordings ⇒                 Download workshop resources ⇒

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Tackling the Challenge of Financial Sustainability: Ghana’s NHIA

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Since its establishment in September 2003, Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has captured the global health community’s attention as one of the most ambitious plans for universal health coverage in Africa. From modest growth of mutual health organization schemes to a rapidly scaled-up national program, the NHIS covers an estimated 35% of the population. A […]

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Essential Health Services Country Snapshot Series

Announcements, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications, Tools, Universal Health Coverage, Where We Work

A new series of country profiles analyzes the governance dimensions of Essential Packages of Health Services (EPHS) in the 24 Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths (EPCMD) priority countries. An EPHS can be defined as the package of services that the government is providing or is aspiring to provide to its citizens in an equitable […]

Community Health Financing as a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage: Synthesis of Evidence from Ghana, Senegal, and Ethiopia

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Publications, Universal Health Coverage

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Hailu Zelelew Published: June 2015 Resource Description: In about half of all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 40 percent or more of the total health expenditure (THE) comes from household out-of-pocket payments. In fact, out-of-pocket health expenditure was less than 20 percent of THE in 2012 in only 10 of 47 countries (Sambo et al., 2013). Against this […]

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