2016 Asia Regional Flagship Course on HSS and Sustainable Financing
October 10, 2016In early October, 2016 the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project supported the delivery of the 2016 Asia Regional Flagship Course on Health Systems Strengthening and Sustainable Financing: The Challenge of Universal Health Coverage in Siem Reap …
Providing Guidance on Governing for Quality in Health Care
October 6, 2016Photo Credit: USAID/Angola/Alison Bird Improving the quality of patient-centered health services is paramount to delivering on the promise of universal health coverage (UHC). While countries seek to expand access to affordable care, working towards t …
Health Systems Strengthening Interventions – EQUIST Expert Review Panel
September 27, 2016Health systems provide the basic inputs for the delivery of health services, yet there is very little evidence that allows public health professionals to link investments in health systems to expected mortality outcomes. As a result, policymakers, he …
Strategic Health Financing for a Healthier Botswana
September 26, 2016Botswana is classified as an upper-middle-income country, with an annual GDP of more than $17,000, according to World Bank estimates. The government is spending significant resources on health, as evidenced by the fact that the government’s health bu …
Health Care Financing Training Impact: Propelling Reform in Cross River State, Nigeria
September 26, 2016As a follow up to the Health Care Financing Training Workshop held late June, 2016, the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project organized a one day stakeholders meeting on health financing core analytics in Cross River state on July 12. The healt …
Effective, Efficient, Accountable: Ministries Discuss Domestic Resource Mobilization
September 13, 2016Recently, the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project organized a multi-country workshop to support policymakers from public health and finance agencies in developing concrete action plans for mobilizing domestic resources for health. Twenty-five …
New Brief Chronicles Progress of Health Systems Global
August 30, 2016With the growing push for universal health coverage worldwide, health policy and systems research or HPSR has been the focus of intense global interest in recent years. HPSR not only enhances program design and implementation, but also understanding …
Nigerian Radio Stations Advocate for More Domestic Funding for HIV and AIDS
August 24, 2016In Nigeria, private organizations, including the media, are heeding the call to take ownership of the HIV and AIDS response. Rivers state radio station Cool/Wazobia FM/Nigeria Info has shown commitment to the cause, signing a deal in July 2016 to pro …
How Ethiopia is Empowering Women Through Community-Based Health Insurance
August 15, 2016In many Ethiopian communities, not unlike other traditional societies, men are the head of household—the primary income earners and decision makers. As keepers of the family purse, men often make all financial decisions for the family–including spend …
2016 Nigeria Health Care Financing Training – Photos
August 9, 2016Photos from the training workshop, “Health Care Financing Training for HFG-Supported States” held in Lagos, Nigeria, from June 27-July 1, 2016.
