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.
![Namibia UHC Policy Brief](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/Namibia%20Policy%20Brief%20cover.png?itok=iWV1i2EI)
This policy brief proposes that Namibia should prioritize strengthening the tax-funded public health system provided through the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) as the backbone of its UHC financing approach over other pooling options.
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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.
![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.
![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.
![Namibia Stands Close to Adopting Universal Health Coverage Policy teaser](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Namibia%20Stands%20Close%20to%20Adopting%20Universal%20Health%20Coverage%20Policy%20.png?itok=uFpeLrGd)
Through energetic and broad stakeholder collaboration, the country’s long-stalled effort to pass a UHC policy has gained momentum.
![Stakeholders launch combined SHA/NASA exercise](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Namibia_SHA%20pic.jpg?itok=5mXvmswv)
The launch of the combined Health Accounts and National AIDS Spending Assessment exercise conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia aims to improve the collective understanding of both health and HIV spending in the country.
![Asistencia Técnica en las Entidades Territoriales para el Proceso de Auditoría Integral de Cuentas Médicas](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Asistencia%20T%C3%A9cnica%20en%20las%20Entidades%20Territoriales%20para%20el%20Proceso%20de%20Auditor%C3%ADa%20Integral%20de%20Cuentas%20M%C3%A9dicas.png?itok=IC2yUhA0)
This Spanish report presents the work of USAID's Healthy Communities Program (LHSS Colombia) in supporting the MSPS in characterizing the medical account audit process.
![Resumen Ejecutivo: Asistencia en las Entidades Territoriales para el Proceso de Auditoría Integral de Cuentas Médicas](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Resumen%20Ejecutivo%20Asistencia%20en%20las%20Entidades%20Territoriales%20para%20el%20Proceso%20de%20Auditor%C3%ADa%20Integral%20de%20Cuentas%20M%C3%A9dicas%20.png?itok=Dg9sydSa)
This Spanish summary document describes the interventions implemented by USAID's Healthy Communities Program (LHSS Colombia) to strengthen the capacity of the Minister of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) and territorial governments to audit medical accounts.
![Summary: Supporting Colombia's Territorial Entities in the Comprehensive Audit of Medical Bills](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Summary%20Supporting%20Colombia%27s%20Territorial%20Entities%20in%20the%20Comprehensive%20Audit%20of%20Medical%20Bills.png?itok=0Mjixq4N)
This document describes the interventions implemented by LHSS Colombia to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) and the territorial governments to audit medical bills.
![Pilot project Barranquilla](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/F_9jLmuWAAEMfR2.jpg?itok=pJCeoG8X)
Using performance-based financing, this pilot project represents a significant achievement for the Colombian healthcare system, improving the optimization of financial resources, enhancing key indicators, and notably impacting outcomes, especially for migrant pregnant women—an area receiving special attention from local and national health authorities.
![Image of training attendees in Namibia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Namibia%20Training%20Resource%20Tracking.jpg?itok=ckQEaWK9)
The Ministry of Health and Social Services, with the support of the USAID-funded Local Health System Sustainability project, facilitated an extensive training on the combined System of Health Accounts/National AIDS Spending Assessment resource tracking approach which aims to generate detailed estimates of both health and HIV spending.
![Namibia news](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/1699974244228.jpg?itok=twYF1UPD)
LHSS supports the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia for the development of the country's groundbreaking UHC policy and Essential Health Services Package.
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In this video, discover how local organizations in Cali work to strengthen capacity, promote sustainability, and improve access to health information related to the country’s health system.
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To strengthen capacities and promote equitable access to the Colombian health care system, LHSS and the Healthy Communities program forged several high-impact partnerships in Bogotá. These partnerships focused on supporting the integration process of the migrant population, host communities, and returning Colombians into the country’s health system. This video highlights beneficiaries and partners impacted by this effort.
![uniminuto](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-07/uniminuto_0.png?itok=N4EaZbaq)
This Spanish document contains the impact and lessons learned from the intervention Strengthening Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Capacities carried out by Uniminuto to strengthen IEC processes in the communication offices of municipal, district or departmental health secretariats.