Webinar: Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology in Universal Health Coverage

September 7, 2023 15:00 CEST / 9 EST on Zoom Close captioning in English will be provided Register here Rehabilitation and assistive technology are crucial for optimizing the functioning, health, and well-being of persons with health conditions and are an integral part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). However, coverage of rehabilitation services and assistive technology …

New Resource: Rehabilitation in Health Financing

Opportunities on the Way to Universal Health Coverage Download Rehabilitation in Health Financing Health financing is a core pillar of health systems and encompasses the three functions of how revenues for health are collected, pooled, and paid to providers of health care services. It can be leveraged to pursue key Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals …

Monrovia call to action launched by the Liberian ministry of health

The Health System Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator) extends hearty congratulations to the Ministry of Health of Liberia and all its partners for hosting the hugely successful Third International Community Health Worker Symposium in Monrovia from March 20 to 24, 2023! The symposium proved pivotal in advocating for community health workers who should be trained effectively, paid …

Catalytic Pilots to Strengthen the Health Policy and Systems Research Ecosystem in Asia Kick Off

Catalytic Pilots to Strengthen the Health Policy and Systems Research Ecosystem in Asia Kick Off As Asian countries implement health sector reforms to advance towards universal health coverage (UHC), demand is growing for country and regional learning on HSS, and for domestic health policy and systems research institutions (HPSRIs) to efficiently formulate and implement HSS. …

Guinea Implementation Research Protocol Published in PLOS ONE

Guinea Implementation Research Protocol Published in PLOS ONE In this article published in PLOS ONE, Alexandre Delamou, Fassou Mathias Grovogui , Lior Miller, Amy Nye, Mamadi Kourouma, Delphin Kolié, Tohanizé Goumou, and Thomas J. Bossert share findings and recommendations from a study to explore the rollout of the community health policy in Guinea in the …

Register to attend the 2022 USAID HSS Case Competition Winners Showcase

Tuesday, October 25 at 8:00 AM EDT // 12:00 PM GMT Please join us for our Winners Showcase Event to hear the three winners of USAID’s 2022 Health Systems Strengthening Case Competition present their cases, impact, and lessons learned. Using real-life examples, the Case Competition allowed us to learn what does and does not work …

Defining the Essential Health Services Package Promotes Equity in Ghana

Authors: Elizabeth Hammah, Associate Director, Results for Development Dr. Linda Vanotoo, Country Director, Results for Development As Ghana works toward universal health coverage (UHC), the country is advancing improvements on key health systems challenges: with the stated goal of ensuring that all people in Ghana have timely access to high-quality health services irrespective of the …

Call for Expressions of Interest: Integrating Rehabilitation into Primary Health Care and Universal Health Coverage Roundtables

Deadline for Expressions of Interest: July 15, 2022  The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) and the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator) invites Expressions of Interest to participate in a scoping activity to co-develop a concept note for a rehabilitation-focused learning collaborative focused on how to integrate rehabilitation into primary health care (PHC) …

Highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research March Ideas Marketplace

Author: Christina Shaw, Knowledge Management & Communications Officer, Results for Development To ensure that health policy and systems research institutions (HPSRIs) can more effectively generate evidence and support the translation and use of that evidence locally, it is important to foster collaboration and learning among HPSRIs, policymakers, and training and capacity development initiatives throughout the …

How Can Countries Make Health Financing Work Better for Rehabilitation Services?

Authors: Tamara Chikhradze, Emma Brainerd, and Reva Alperson Through the Accelerator’s work in the rehabilitation sector, we have observed a knowledge gap in how health financing solutions can respond to rehabilitation needs and increase coverage at the country level. Why rehabilitation? The Accelerator is a health systems strengthening project, so what does rehabilitation have to …