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USAID SALUTIA news
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To strengthen institutional capacities in the Mandatory Health Quality Assurance System of the Ministry of Health of Cúcuta, the Communidades Saludables of USAID and the Fundación Salutia delivered the Health Quality Management Model with its technological tool TGUÍA – IV.

Country/region: Colombia
Modelo de Relacionamiento del Prestador Primario para la Implementación de las Rutas Integrales de Atención en Salud
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This Spanish document presents a model for strengthening the relationship of the actors involved in the implementation of two Comprehensive Health Care Routes (RIAS): the Comprehensive Care Route for the Promotion and Maintenance of Health (RPMS) and the Comprehensive Maternal and Perinatal Health Care Route (RIAMP). The model aims to ensure the successful implementation of the RIAS, which will strengthen the Colombian health system to provide comprehensive health care for Venezuelan migrants and host communities.

Country/region: Colombia
Resumen Ejecutivo: Modelo de Relacionamiento del Prestador Primario para la Implementación de las Rutas Integrales de Atención en Salud
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This document presents a summary of the model for strengthening the relationship of the actors involved in the implementation of the Comprehensive Care Route for the Promotion and Maintenance of Health (RPMS) and the Comprehensive Maternal and Perinatal Health Care Route (RIAMP). A full report is also available in Spanish.

Country/region: Colombia
Primary Provider Relationship Model for Implementing Health Care Pathways in Colombia
Publication

This document proposes a model to improve the relationship among stakeholders involved in the implementation of two Comprehensive Healthcare Pathways (RIAS, as per its Spanish acronym) in Colombia: the Pathway for the Promotion and Maintenance of Healthcare (RPMS, as per its Spanish acronym) and the Pathway for Maternal and Perinatal Health Care (RIAMP, as per its Spanish acronym).

Country/region: Colombia
Jamaica public-private partnership overcome covid19 teaser
Success Story

Two years ago, as it struggled to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and get people vaccinated, the Government of Jamaica turned to private health care providers for help. The results went well beyond its expectations.

Country/region: Jamaica
Colombia resumen adaptacion
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This document describes the interventions implemented by Healthy Communities (LHSS) to evaluate and modify the Primary Health Care Assessment (PCAT) tool for Colombia and create an application to collect and analyze survey data from the tool.

Country/region: Colombia
Proceso de Pilotaje de la Herramienta
Publication

This annex of the report "Adaptation and Validation of the Primary Health Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) in Colombia" serves to adapt and validate the tool (PCAT) to the Colombian context to know and monitor the progress of the implementation of PHC Primary Health Care.

Country/region: Colombia
Summary Adapting and Validating the Primary Health Care Assessment Tool in Colombia
Publication

​​​​​​​This document describes the interventions implemented by the Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) to evaluate and modify the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) for Colombia and create an application to compile and analyze data from the tool’s surveys. This tool and its application will help health providers to access data on Primary Health Care (PHC) services, which can be used to improve decision-making and policy formulation within the health care sector. This is an English language summary of the full report, which is available in Spanish.

Country/region: Colombia
Adaptación y validación de la herramienta de evaluación de la Atención Primaria en Salud (PCAT)1 en Colombia
Publication

This Spanish report addresses the adaptation and validation of the Primary Health Care Evaluation (PCAT) tool in Colombia. In the context of the reform of the General Social Security System in Health and the Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy, it focuses on the relevance of health education and the implementation of comprehensive service networks. 

Country/region: Colombia
Dr. Alex Tracey, founder of grantee Online Medics_Feb 2022
Success Story

With a grant from LHSS, the Jamaican health care firm Online Medics is supporting the government’s COVID-19 vaccination effort while gaining valuable new business capacities. “LHSS allowed me to think in the long term – where I wanted my company to go and what I need to do to get it there,” says owner Alex Tracey.

Country/region: Jamaica
Cover of report showing title and USAID logo
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This communications strategy outlines how the LHSS team will support the private sector providers in implementing their communication plans.

Country/region: Jamaica
Cover of report showing title and USAID logo
Publication

The LHSS Jamaica Grants Strategy guides implementation of the grants-under-contract component of the LHSS Jamaica activity, with the goal of increasing the capacity of local organizations to prepare, obtain, and manage successful health systems strengthening projects and activities.  

Country/region: Jamaica
Cover of report showing title and USAID logo
Publication

LHSS conducted this rapid assessment to better understand the current and potential role of the private health sector in Jamaica's COVID-19 response.

Country/region: Jamaica
Participants gather for a photo at the launch
News

On Friday, February 25, LHSS Jamaica hosted a signing ceremony with the Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness and USAID to launch the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership.

Country/region: Jamaica
 

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