Sustaining Vietnam’s HIV and AIDS Programs
April 12, 2016Members of the “Positive Living Group” in Vietnam travel to bring treatment and provide counseling and psychological support to remote populations. © 2012 Benoit Matsha-Carpentier/IFRC, Courtesy of Photoshare People living with HIV and AIDS in Vietn …
Peer-to-Peer Workshop in Accra Brings Together Stakeholders from across the African Continent
April 4, 2016In 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. …
Indicators for Monitoring Health Systems Strengthening Programs
April 4, 2016The US government through USAID and other agencies supports health systems strengthening efforts to expand coverage and use of priority health services and to improve health outcomes worldwide. While there are generally accepted measures of health s …
Launching Implementation Research for UHC to Inform Indonesia’s National Health Insurance Initiative
April 4, 2016In January 2014, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) began the implementation of an ambitious national health insurance initiative aimed at moving the country toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The insurance program, known as Jaminan Kesehatan Nas …
Indonesia Workshop Promotes Engagement in UHC Dialogue
April 1, 2016The Government of Indonesia (GoI) aims to cover 100 percent of the country’s 250 million citizens under Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), the national health insurance scheme, by 2019. USAID/Indonesia is committed to supporting the GoI as it works to …
Uniting to End Tuberculosis in Nigeria
April 1, 2016Minister of Health Adewole (right, center), and the TB Champion representative (left, center) and TB Advocates. World TB Day—March 24th—is observed around the world each year as an occasion to build public awareness and mobilize political and social …
2016 Ghana UHC Workshop – Photos
March 28, 2016Photos 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 se …
Technical Briefing: Can Tax Reform Aid in Mobilizing Additional Resources for Health?
March 22, 2016On Tuesday, March 29th, USAID’s Office of Health Systems (OHS) and the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project held an hour-long technical briefing session on a new study, Tax Reform and Resource Mobilization for Health. The study examines whethe …
Recap: HFG at USAID’s Global Health Mini-University 2016
March 14, 2016On March 4, HFG presented four sessions at the 15th annual USAID Global Health Mini-University in Washington, DC. The one-day learning forum for global health professionals and students hosts a variety of sessions spanning the spectrum of global heal …
Tax Reform as a Strategy to Mobilize Additional Resources for Health
March 3, 2016As development assistance for health shrinks and the demand for health expenditures increases, developing countries are under mounting pressure to provide adequate resources for health. Governments can increase available public resources by benefitin …
