Tag Archives: Zambia

Essential Health Services: Zambia

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

Zambia 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 to the Sixth National Development Plan 2011–2015, the government was supposed to finalize and adopt the […]

ZISSP Zambia Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGs) Community Meeting and individual sessions, ZISSP Project in Luapula Province, Zambia. Chipanta Village. Individual sessions where ZISSP talks to pregnant women or women with children about their safety, b

Malaria Interventions Save Money, Resources at the Facility-Level

Announcements, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease

There have been impressive gains in the fight against malaria since 2000, with incidence dropping nearly 30 percent globally and mortality falling by 47 percent, according to recent World Health Organization estimates. Evidence is scant, however, when it comes to understanding the broader impact of these gains on health systems in lower middle-income countries. In […]

Study Finds Malaria Control Scale-Up Benefits Health Systems

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease

An HFG study published in the Malaria Journal investigates the association between malaria control scale-up and the use of pediatric blood transfusions, which can reduce mortality among children with severe malarial anemia. In “Association Between Malaria Control and Paediatric Blood Transfusions in Rural Zambia: an Interrupted Time-Series Analysis,” an HFG research team led by Alison Comfort […]

Association Between Malaria Control and Paediatric Blood Transfusions in Rural Zambia: an Interrupted Time-Series Analysis

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Vector-borne Diseases

This study published in the Malaria Journal investigates the association between malaria control scale-up and the use of pediatric blood transfusions, which can reduce mortality among children with severe malarial anemia. The study aims to better understand the effect of malaria control scale-up on availability of hospital-level resources, specifically blood, which can be used by […]

How Does Malaria Control Impact the Health System?

Announcements

An HFG study in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene finds that facility-level resources were freed up as malaria was controlled at two hospitals in Zambia, potentially making  those resources available for addressing other diseases and health conditions. The study, “Hospitalizations and Costs Incurred at the Facility Level after Scale-up of Malaria Control: Pre-Post Comparisons from Two Hospitals in […]

Hospitalizations and Costs Incurred at the Facility Level after Scale-up of Malaria Control: Pre-Post Comparisons from Two Hospitals in Zambia

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Vector-borne Diseases

There is little evidence on the impact of malaria control on the health system, particularly at the facility level. Using retrospective, longitudinal facility-level and patient record data from two hospitals in Zambia, we report a pre-post comparison of hospital admissions and outpatient visits for malaria and estimated costs incurred for malaria admissions before and after […]

Promoting the Use of Mobile Money to Strengthen Health Systems: Applications for Human Resources for Health

Digital Finance, Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Activity Brief Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Published: 7/1/2013 Resource Description: Mobile phone-based financial transactions, commonly referred to as mobile money, promote financial inclusion and can be used to address key financial barriers to health care access for the poor. Cash payments in the health system carry security risks, increased vulnerability to fraud and leakage, […]

Building Sustainability into HIV/ AIDS Programs

HIV/AIDS, Publications, Resource Mobilization

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Deborah Dangay, Itamar Katz, Wendy Wong, and Megan Meline Published: 6/1/2012 Resource Description: Sustainability analysis is becoming a requirement in today’s resource-constrained environment. This brief highlights the realities of the HIV/AIDS funding climate and shows how Health Systems 20/20’s HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis Tool (HAPSAT) can provide the necessary analysis to aid policymakers in […]

Target Setting of HIV Services

HIV/AIDS, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Itamar Katz, Wendy Wong, and Danielle Altman Published: 1/1/2012 Resource Description: Planning an HIV program requires determining its goals, developing activities to implement in order to reach the goals, and setting targets for the activities, which the program’s capacity can reach. Clear national targets for HIV programs will promote partner alignment to national priorities […]

Zambia Country Brief – Health Systems 20/20

Health Systems 20/20 Project, Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 8/17/2007 Resource Description: Zambia, a low-income country in southern Africa (gross domestic product [GDP] per capita is $336) faces many of the health systems challenges that its sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and low-income peers do. In the hope of improving some of the country’s poor health indicators, including some of the world’s highest maternal […]

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