WHERE WE WORK
The Accelerator’s work is tailored to meet local needs and covers a wide range of technical assistance to address health systems challenges. The Accelerator is exploring evidence, promising practices, and approaches to learning what works and what doesn’t, for sustainable health systems strengthening.
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Global
Strengthen Institutional Architecture for Continuous Health Systems Strengthening
The Accelerator has developed an institutional architecture framework to assess and build capacity for self-reliant, continuous health systems strengthening.
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Building Better Systems for Health Equity Using Social Behavior Change
Identifying promising opportunities for social accountability and social and behavior change efforts to work together to increase equity and efficiency through Universal Health Coverage.
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National Coordination of Multi-sectoral, Multi-level Pandemic Responses Virtual Collaborative
Strengthening leadership capacities and functions to ensure strong coordination to manage major health and socio-economic threats while building the foundation of more resilient and responsive health systems for the future.
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2022 USAID Health Systems Strengthening Case Competition
Using real-life examples, the USAID Health System Strengthening Case Competition, supported by the Accelerator, is an opportunity for USAID staff and partners working on health system strengthening activities to showcase the work they are doing and the impact that their activities are having on health systems and health outcomes.
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Applying and Learning about Equity-Enhancing Approaches for Health System Strengthening
The Accelerator employs various innovative health system approaches to promote and enhance equitable health systems, processes, and outcomes.
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Working to Improve Health System Performance for LMICs through Implementation of the High Performing Health Care (HPHC) Tool
To achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), countries should have high performing health care (HPHC). USAID’s new vision adopts the HPHC framework, which outlines four essential characteristics (accountability, affordability, accessibility, and reliability (AAAR) needed to achieve the UHC.
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Improving Equity and Resiliency of the Future Community Health Workforce
The Accelerator will utilize evidence to explore and inform country-level work and create opportunities for peer learning and knowledge exchange across countries.
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Generating Evidence on Successful Approaches to Integration and Equitable Provision of COVID-19 Vaccines
The Accelerator is conducting two COVID-19 assessments to generate evidence and facilitate peer learning on the best approaches to ensure sustainable and equitable COVID-19 vaccination delivery.
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Community, Youth, and Resiliency
Through a mixed methods case study in Nigeria, the Accelerator will investigate health care utilization and socio-economic outcomes of youth during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and the program efforts and challenges to supporting youth resilience and retention in care during this shock.
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Countries and Regions
Asia Region
Health Systems Strengthening and Policy Research Capacities in Asia
Improving the ecosystem of health policy and systems research to strengthen health systems in Asia.
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Benin
Scaling-up Universal Health Coverage in Benin
Achieving universal health coverage by scaling up Benin’s new health insurance program, Health Insurance for Strengthening Human Capital (Assurance Maladie de l’Assurance pour le Renforcement du Capital Humain or AM-ARCH).
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Cote d'Ivoire
Sustainable HIV Financing
Exploring multi-stakeholder coordination and action to improve financing for HIV Epidemic Control.
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Improving Community Health Governance in Côte d’Ivoire
Developing policies and tools to reduce fragmentation and improve implementation of community health services.
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Costing and Integration of Health Services in Support of Côte d’Ivoire’s Universal Health Coverage
The Accelerator is providing integration and costing strategies to support the country’s efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
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Georgia
Strengthening Rehabilitation Services in Post-Conflict Countries
Advancing Rehab 2030 objectives at the local, regional, and global levels by partnering with local governments, regional, and country-level institutions and global partners.
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Ghana
Improving Equity in Coverage and Financial Protection through Ghana’s Primary Care Provider Networks
The Accelerator is applying implementation research and adaptive learning methods to understand if and how Primary Care Provider Networks can meet the Government of Ghana's equity objectives and how context affects the initiative’s implementation.
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Partnership to Accelerate Ghana’s Vision for Achieving Health for All
Accelerating Ghana’s vision of achieving health for all.
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Guinea
Improving Community Health and Immunization Outcomes in Guinea through Integrated Health Systems Strengthening
To prioritize systems-level barriers that hinder community health outcomes and UHC, understand entry points for change, and apply integrated systems improvement approaches, the Accelerator is working with the USAID Mission, country leaders, communities, and development partners.
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Implementation Research on the National Community Health Policy in Guinea
Conducting implementation research to provide evidence on the design coherence, effectiveness, and scalability of the National Community Health Policy in Guinea.
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Liberia
Systems Improvement Support to John F. Kennedy Medical Center
Sustainable health financing to improve health outcomes in Liberia.
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Mauritania
Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Demand in Mauritania
The Accelerator will facilitate a co-creation process with key stakeholders in Mauritania to develop an action plan for improving COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
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Tanzania
Advancing the Community Health Roadmap Partnership
The Accelerator will provide technical assistance to support Tanzania’s community health roadmap and support an exchange of global community health knowledge through networking with other roadmap countries
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Togo
Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Support to Strengthen Leadership, Improve Governance, Promote Learning, and Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Togo
Accelerating implementation of universal health coverage and integrating existing national strategies and initiatives into a cohesive vision and action plan.
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Technical Areas of Focus
Improving Routine Immunization Coverage and Equity Through Financial System Strengthening and Integration
Working with stakeholders in Guinea and Togo to identify and implement strategies to strengthen immunization performance, including improving immunization funding and promoting integration with community health and universal health coverage strategies.
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Post-Conflict Countries
Integrating mental health and psychosocial support services in the health systems of post-conflict low- and middle-income countries.
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Safe Blood for Maternal Health
The Accelerator and Market Access and Innovative Financing program will utilize the USAID Safe Blood Starter Kit in Liberia, Malawi, and Rwanda to help analyze existing blood systems, identify primary barriers to availability of safe blood for treatment of PPH, and identify opportunities.
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Strengthening Rehabilitation Services in Post-Conflict Countries
Advancing Rehab 2030 objectives at the local, regional, and global levels by partnering with local governments, regional, and country-level institutions and global partners.
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