Bauchi State Legislators Advocate for Increased Spending on Health
June 7, 2018Government spending for health in Nigeria is suboptimal, leading to unacceptably high rates of out-of-pocket expenditure for health- estimated at 70% of total health expenditure. This situation is partly a result of chronic underfunding of the health …
Governance to Improve the Quality of Health Services: A Research Agenda
June 4, 2018Improving the quality of patient-centered health services is at the heart of delivering on the promise of universal health coverage (UHC) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WHO’s Framework on integrated people-centered health …
Quality of Health Service Consensus Statement
June 4, 2018As nations work to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the quality of health care must not be overlooked. Good governance plays a critical role in ensuring and improving health care quality. The Conse …
How to get Policy Makers to Actually use all the Data you Produce
May 31, 2018By Heather Cogswell, associate scientist and resource tracking specialist in the International Development Division at Abt Associates, member of the HSG Translating Evidence into Action TWG May 31, 2018 – Perhaps you can relate to this experience. Wh …
HFG Guinea Closes
May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 – The official closing ceremony of the Health Finance and Governance project took place in Conakry, Guinea. Organized under the theme “Discussion of results, achievements and perspectives,” this closing ceremony of the HFG project was ch …
HFG disseminates research findings at multi-stakeholder consultation on India’s FP2020 journey
May 23, 2018As India strives to deliver on its Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) commitment, the need for data-driven family planning programming is critical. The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) India program has helped address this need by analyzing data to bui …
HFG Côte d’Ivoire Closes
May 22, 2018The HFG End of Project (EOP) ceremony in Cote d’Ivoire was held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health and Public Hygiene (MHPH) and coordinated by the General Health Inspectorate. The event was attended by the Deputy Director of the Cabine …
Health Finance & Governance End of Project Event
May 10, 2018May 10. 2018 – To mark the formal conclusion of the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project more than 160 attendees gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building Pavillion in Washington, DC to reflect on the issues, share what has been learned and discu …
Webcast | Advances in Health Finance & Governance Series: Expanding Coverage through Health Insurance
April 26, 2018On Thursday, April 26th, the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project hosted a roundtable on Expanding Coverage through Health Insurance at the Washington Learning Center in Arlington, Virginia. Listen as panelists discuss HFG project support to c …
HFG accepted to present at 2018 Social & Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit
April 17, 2018With a mission ‘to better understand what works in shifting social norms, changing behaviors and in amplifying the voice of those who have most at stake in the success of development efforts’, the Health Governance and Finance project (HFG) was accep …
