Learning and knowledge sharing are fundamental to the LHSS Project. We invite you to search LHSS knowledge products and resources for the latest approaches, insights, and learning in the field of integrated health systems strengthening.
![Photo of migrants crossing a waterway](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/Col_El%20Espectador_0.png?itok=3CBg_mCb)
Telling stories about migration and health has become a priority for a country that, today, has more than 2.5 million Venezuelan migrants; half of them recognizing themselves as living in poverty. The workshops will be held in 11 municipalities and will discuss how to address these types of stories so as not to misinform or cause stigma.
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LHSS Chief of Party in Peru, Paulina Giusti learns what three organizations in Peru and Colombia are doing to improve access and link people with mental health needs to the services they require through psychosocial support networks.
![Timor-Leste Health Labor Market Analysis](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-04/Timor-Leste%20Health%20Labor%20Market%20Analysis.png?itok=c1Uv3VZB)
The health labor market analysis aims to provide an overview and analysis of the current status of the health workforce in Timor-Leste. The findings will serve as an essential resource for the MOH in building and managing a health workforce that is fit-for-purpose and fit-for-practice, as it develops the next iteration of the multi-year NSPHRH.
![Assessment of Private Health Sector Engagement in Timor-Leste](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-04/Assessment%20of%20Private%20Health%20Sector%20Engagement%20in%20Timor-Leste.png?itok=sedPMK6x)
This report summarizes the findings of said assessment conducted by the MOH’s newly established Cabinet for Licensing and Registration of Health Activities with support from the Activity.
![Experiences in Implementing Health Worker Productivity Reforms in Timor-Leste](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-04/Experiences%20in%20Implementing%20Health%20Worker%20Productivity%20Reforms%20in%20Timor-Leste.png?itok=bMAW5v4i)
USAID and the MOH collaborated to improve health workforce management in Timor-Leste, focusing on job descriptions and evaluations. Moving forward, in-person training and institutionalization are recommended for sustainable implementation, aiming to enhance health care services and employee development.
![Empowering Mental Health LHSS Colombia’s Multifaceted Approach](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/Empowering%20Mental%20Health%20LHSS%20Colombia%E2%80%99s%20Multifaceted%20Approach.png?itok=j7bsGtc-)
LHSS Colombia collaborated with national and local health authorities to address the mental health challenges exacerbated by the pandemic and mixed migration.
![Colombia strengthens health systems for migrants](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/Fotos%20LHSS%20%288%29.jpg?itok=AFbOzFoN)
LHSS Colombia works with national governments to enhance the health system, focusing on local leadership, care, and integration in cities with high migratory flows like Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín.
![HSS Practice Spotlight Brief Integrating and Including Migrants in National Health Systems](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/HSS%20Practice%20Spotlight%20Brief%20Integrating%20and%20Including%20Migrants%20in%20National%20Health%20Systems.png?itok=lqe4tWrz)
With increased migration around the world posing unique challenges and opportunities for health systems, efforts to better integrate and include migrants and host communities in national health systems are an integral part of the global health equity agenda.
![TL News Story 3.4](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/GHkDFYraoAAfMPW.jpg?itok=a8XWBAEQ)
USAID | Timor-Leste and the Ministry of Health launched a groundbreaking initiative to bolster professional competence of health professionals to deliver and improve quality of health care services in Timor-Leste.
![Nigeria success story Feb 22](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/success%20story%20Nigeria%20Feb%2022.png?itok=gO8FgiIG)
Improved referral system helps those experiencing poverty in Nasarawa State to better access to secondary care.
![Core 27 HSS Spotlight brief SDOH](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/Core%2027%20HSS%20Spotlight%20brief%20SDOH.png?itok=3Fjxqfbl)
This brief introduces the social determinants of health (SDOH) concept and terminology, and discusses approaches to addressing SDOH. Understanding these root causes of health inequities and their impact on health care access, quality, and equity is crucial to strengthening health systems.
![caja de herramientas](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/caja%20de%20herramientas.png?itok=X6NDVHET)
This toolkit provides Colombia’s territorial entities with the tools they need to tackle stigma and unconscious bias within the health sector in order to strengthen their capacity to provide equitable health care services to all members of the population, particularly in high migration settings.
![GRANTS SUCCESS STORY](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/GRANTS%20SS.png?itok=MGUYhoUN)
LHSS grants help nontraditional partners play a larger role in strengthening Peru’s health system.
![Operationalizing the National Quality Policy and Strategy: Review of Progress in 37 Countries](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/Operationalizing%20the%20National%20Quality%20Policy%20and%20Strategy%20Review%20of%20Progress%20in%2037%20Countries.png?itok=1LxMccSo)
LHSS conducted a study of 37 countries to provide a better understanding of the strengths, opportunities, and gaps in the structures governing the provision of quality health services.
![Development and Implementation of the National Quality Policy and Strategy Experience from Rwanda and Zambia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/Development%20and%20Implementation%20of%20the%20National%20Quality%20Policy%20and%20Strategy%20Experience%20from%20Rwanda%20and%20Zambia.png?itok=HR2v6EBs)
This report details case studies from Rwanda and Zambia which offer unique insights into the operationalization of National Quality Policies and Strategy (NQPS) within broader governance and quality of care reforms.