New Study: Expanding Coverage of Health Services to Informal Workers
January 29, 2017For many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), expanding health coverage to informal workers is one of the most common, yet complex challenges they face. Informal workers are, by definition, not provided with legal or social protections through t …
USAID Global Health PMAC Side Meeting: Extending Coverage to Marginalized Groups
January 20, 2017USAID and three of it’s global health projects – Health Finance and Governance, Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus, and Health Policy Plus – hosted a side meeting at the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) in January, …
HFG Webinar and Event Recordings
January 18, 2017The following events and training courses are open to participants interested in learning more about health finance and governance Webinar | Better Health Governance, Better Health: Harnessing the Evidence September 20th, 2018 | Online Webinar To add …
Giving a Voice to Benin’s Large Private Health Sector
January 14, 2017May 2014: PSSP General Assembly meeting to select the governing board. Previously underappreciated for its contributions to the health of the Beninese population, the private health sector has a new voice in national level deliberations. Providing as …
Building Support for UHC in Bangladesh
January 13, 2017On December 12, 2016, UHC Day was celebrated worldwide. In Bangladesh, HFG organized two high-level advocacy events – a television talk show and a dinner reception – both aimed at high-level government officials. The talk show took place on the popul …
Nigeria’s President Commits to Revitalizing 10,000 Primary Health Care Centers
January 10, 2017President Muhammadu Buhari (center) and Honorable Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole (left of center) unveil the renovated Kuchigoro model PHC. January 10, 2017 – The Federal Government of Nigeria kicked off a scheme to revitalize over 10,000 pri …
Webinar | Power, Politics, Resilience: Health Reforms in El Salvador and Guatemala
January 9, 2017There is growing recognition that policy reform for resilient health systems and universal health coverage requires more than sound technical solutions. The policy process is equally important in determining the success of any health reform initiativ …
Conducting Haryana’s First State Level Health Accounts – Interview with Dr. Vikas Sharma
January 9, 2017Interview with Dr. Vikas Sharma, Consultant – Public Health Planning, Haryana State Health Resource Centre. Dr. Vikas Sharma led the effort on Haryana state’s 2014/15 Health Accounts. Dr. Sharma found the state’s maiden Health Accounts exercise both …
Guinea Launches Results of Ministry of Health Audit
January 5, 2017Guinea Minister of Health, Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo. Guinea’s Minister of Health, Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, recently presided over the extraordinary meeting of the Coordination Committee of Guinea’s Health Sector, during which the final report of the i …
Striving for UHC: Nigeria’s Cross River State Passes Health Insurance Bill
December 25, 2016CRS Governor Prof. Ayade signs Ayadecare into law. Photo Credit: GHP Calabar Cross River State (CRS) is taking giant strides towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and its vision “to be a leading Nigerian state with prosperous and healthy …
