Tag Archives: Health Systems 20/20

Lesotho Health Systems Assessment 2010

Health Systems Assessments, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Takondwa Mwase, Eddie Kariisa, Julie Doherty, Nomaphuthi Hoohlo-Khotle, Paul Kiwanuka-Mukiibi, Taylor Williamson Published: 6/1/2010 Resource Description: The Lesotho Health Systems Assessment was conducted by Health Systems 20/20 in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Irish Aid, and the USAID-funded Southern African Human Capacity Development Coalition and the Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems […]

Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make it Work

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Tools

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 […]

Pay-for-Performance in Brazil: UNIMED-Belo Horizonte Physician Cooperation

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Paulo Borem, Estevão Alves Valle, Monica Silva Monteiro De Castro, Ronaldo Kenzou Fujii, Ana Luiza de Oliveira Farias, Fabio Leite Gastal, and Catherine Connor Published: 5/24/2010 Resource Description: This case study presents the initial results of the pay-for-performance (P4P) experience of UNIMED-Belo Horizonte (UBH), a private, nonprofit organization in Brazil. UBH is both […]

Vouchers for Health: Increasing Utilization of Facility-based Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Services in Kenya

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Ben Bellows, Matthew Hamilton, and Francis Kundu Published: 5/24/2010 Resource Description: This case study describes a Kenyan demand- and supply- side pay-for performance (P4P) scheme that uses vouchers as a means to reduce maternal and child mortality. Subsidized vouchers are targeted to poor women, enabling increased access to a range of safe motherhood and family planning services. […]

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

Health Systems 20/20 Project, Health Systems Research, Presentations, Publications

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

Health Finance, Publications

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

Health Systems Assessments, Publications

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 […]

Pay for Performance in Tanzania

Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Lindsay Morgan and Rena Eichler Published: 9/1/2009 Resource Description: Pay for performance (P4P) is being implemented in the United Republic of Tanzania with the goal of improving maternal and child health outcomes; strengthening information systems and the use of information for management decisions; and motivating health care providers. After discussions between the government […]

Nigeria Health System Assessment 2008

Health Systems Assessments, Publications

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 […]

Maternal Health in Ghana: Investigating the Impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Maternal Health Indicators

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Laurel Hatt, Slavea Chankova, and Sara Sulzbach Published: 4/1/2009 Resource Description: To address economic barriers to skilled delivery care, policymakers have begun experimenting with health financing interventions such as vouchers and health insurance. Ghana, for example, has passed legislation to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which provides free antenatal and facility-based delivery […]

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