The Health Systems Podcast brings you conversations with LHSS staff and collaborators on what's working in health systems strengthening in countries around the world.
Migrants face significant barriers to accessing mental health services, exacerbated by discrimination, cultural and language barriers, lack of information about their rights, and fear of detention and deportation. Migrant women and the LGBT population are especially vulnerable due to gender-based violence and gender identity discrimination.
In this episode, LHSS Chief of Party in Peru, Paulina Giusti talks with leaders from local organizations working to improve access to mental health services through psychosocial support networks in Peru and Colombia. This strategy helps mobilize people to be agents of change in their own mental health and in the community at large.
We speak to Rossina Guerrero, Director of the Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights (PROMSEX) in Peru, Jesús D'Gregorio, a social activist working with the Center for Multidisciplinary Care for Vulnerable People in Peru, and María Alejandra Lopez Ríos from the University of Manizales in Colombia.
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Title in Spanish: La Salud Mental Importa: Sirviendo a Mujeres Migrantes y Personas LGBTQ
Los migrantes enfrentan barreras significativas para acceder a los servicios de salud mental, exacerbadas por la discriminación, las barreras culturales y lingüísticas, la falta de información sobre sus derechos y el miedo a la detención y deportación. Las mujeres migrantes y la población LGBT son especialmente vulnerables debido a la violencia de género y la discriminación por identidad de género.
En este episodio, la Gerente del Proyecto LHSS en Perú, Paulina Giusti, conversa con líderes de organizaciones locales que trabajan para mejorar el acceso a los servicios de salud mental a través de redes de apoyo psicosocial en Perú y Colombia. Esta estrategia ayuda a movilizar a las personas para que sean agentes de cambio en su propia salud mental y en la comunidad en general.
Hablamos con Rossina Guerrero, Directora del Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX) en Perú, Jesús D'Gregorio, activista social del Centro de Atención Multidisciplinaria para Personas Vulnerables en Perú, y María Alejandra López Ríos de la Universidad de Manizales en Colombia.
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Since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) has assisted governments with their prevention, detection, response, and vaccination efforts. But we’ve done more than help with immediate needs. Through all our support, LHSS has worked to strengthen countries’ capacity not only to fight COVID-19 but also to respond effectively to the health emergencies of the future. We’ve improved their resilience.
In this episode, three LHSS experts discuss what a resilient health system looks like, and how countries can shift from reacting to health emergencies to building in preparedness. Listen to the episode below.
Resource optimization and health service quality are key desired outcomes under USAID's Health System Strengthening Vision 2030. In a thoughtful and engaging conversation, LHSS Project Senior Technical Advisor for Human Resources for Health Kate Greene and LHSS Kyrgyz Republic Country Director Cholpon Asambaeva explore how a new approach to nursing -- called the Universal Nurse Model -- is achieving both of these outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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Systems thinking is essential to the LHSS Project’s work with governments to co-design and co-implement effective measures to strengthen country health systems. But what exactly do we mean by systems thinking?
In this episode, LHSS Technical Director Midori de Habich shares her well-honed understanding of systems thinking -- what it is, why it leads to more successful programs, and how to recognize when it is or is not needed. Following Ms. de Habich, LHSS-Colombia Chief of Party Miguel Pulido discusses how systems thinking is shaping the LHSS-Colombia program, which supports the Colombian government’s work to care for Venezuelan migrants and respond to COVID-19.
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This episode of the Health Systems Podcast explores how the USAID LHSS Project is developing in-country capacity to ensure a more sustainable health system. We introduce Lisa Tarantino, Director of Transition and Sustainability for LHSS to learn how the project engages with local partners, establishes a mutual vision, and collaborates to set, monitor, and measure progress toward goals.
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Health governance is foundational to strengthening health systems around the world, but it’s something that many development practitioners struggle to conceptualize. We acknowledge it as important, but we don’t always know how to influence it. In this episode, we’ll talk about why governance is so difficult, consider how to apply a governance lens, and learn from an example of HFG’s governance work in Vietnam.
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project is a six-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No: AID-OAA-A-12–00080. HFG is implemented by Abt Associates in partnership with Avenir Health, Broad Branch Associates, Development Alternatives Inc., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Results for Development Institute, RTI International, and Training Resources Group, Inc. To learn more, visit www.HFGProject.org.
The information provided in this podcast is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of USAID or the U.S. Government. Published on August 27, 2018.
Link to: Advancing Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries on Apple Podcasts
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VLr0zCvfAdzquMw4BFQeOPMXVkW2G4kJ
As countries strive to achieve universal health coverage, they must implement health insurance systems or other types of financial protection programs that protect against financial risk and improve access to quality and affordable health care. In this episode, we introduce the major insurance models being implemented around the world, discuss some of the specific challenges LIMCs face, and learn about what two countries are doing to create an insurance system that is equitable, efficient, and financially sustainable.
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project is a six-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No: AID-OAA-A-12–00080. HFG is implemented by Abt Associates in partnership with Avenir Health, Broad Branch Associates, Development Alternatives Inc., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Results for Development Institute, RTI International, and Training Resources Group, Inc. To learn more, visit www.HFGProject.org
The information provided in this podcast is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of USAID or the U.S. Government. Published August 15, 2018.
Link to Advancing Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries on Apple Podcasts
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VLr0zCvfAdzquMw4BFQeOPMXVkW2G4kJ
The digital revolution can offer solutions to many health system constraints: increasing access to information in far flung villages, speeding information to decision-makers in real-time, giving over-burdened health workers tools for training, case management, and support; mobilizing communities to hold governments accountable for quality services. But how can development practitioners realize these positive outcomes? Find out in this episode.
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project is a six-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No: AID-OAA-A-12–00080. HFG is implemented by Abt Associates in partnership with Avenir Health, Broad Branch Associates, Development Alternatives Inc., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Results for Development Institute, RTI International, and Training Resources Group, Inc. To learn more, visit www.HFGProject.org
The information provided in this podcast is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of USAID or the U.S. Government. Published April 13, 2018.
Link to Advancing Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries on Apple Podcasts
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VLr0zCvfAdzquMw4BFQeOPMXVkW2G4kJ
What happens to health systems in low- and middle-income countries when big international donors change their plans, while demand for health services within the country continue to rise? This episode explores the concept of Domestic Resource Mobilization--DRM--a timely issue that the HFG Project has been working on over the last few years.
The Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project is a six-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No: AID-OAA-A-12–00080. HFG is implemented by Abt Associates in partnership with Avenir Health, Broad Branch Associates, Development Alternatives Inc., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Results for Development Institute, RTI International, and Training Resources Group, Inc. To learn more, visit www.HFGProject.org
The information provided in this podcast is not official U.S. Government information and does not represent the views or positions of USAID or the U.S. Government. Published January 18, 2018.
Link to Advancing Health Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries on Apple Podcasts
Transcripts: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VLr0zCvfAdzquMw4BFQeOPMXVkW2G4kJ