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![Namibia SOP Training teaser](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-03/Namibia_SOP%20Training_0.jpg?itok=RhaQLezB)
The Ministry of Health and Social Services gathered stakeholders at Midgard Country Estate to consult on standard operating procedures for social contracting. The goal: reach consensus on implementation plans and outline the path ahead, encompassing regional dissemination, pilot planning, and early implementation phases scheduled for later in the year.
![Namibia ESHP REVISION HIRES](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/Namibia_ESHP%20revision_hires_0.jpg?itok=nB4tdPyV)
Explore how the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia, with support from the LHSS Project, is transforming health care access through the revised Essential Health Services Package.
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With LHSS support, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted an Interagency Technical Working Group Coordination Meeting in Astana. Ministries of Health, Veterinary Services, Agriculture, and Ecology, alongside international organizations, discussed collaborative preparedness, human resource capacity for One Health, and joint disease investigation.
![Nigeria news story teaser image](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/Nigeria%20news%20story%20photo.png?itok=Oqkun5lp)
Agencies that rarely communicated joined hands last year to make sure poor and vulnerable residents are identified for assistance programs.
![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.
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In a municipality where over 100,000 people had no access to basic health services, stakeholders joined together to open a primary health center that now serves thousands of households.
![EAC Health Data Governance](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/pr_20112023_01.jpg?itok=VwNeXQ_k)
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), and the Pan African Health Informatics Association (HELINA) have concluded a commitment by all three parties to foster stronger health data governance to drive digital transformation and innovations in the health sector of East Africa.
![IGAD WORKSHOP PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/IGAD%20Workshop%20photo.jpg?itok=yvyinq3o)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with support from LHSS, commenced the first Technical Workshop on strengthening domestication and implementation of regional Health cross–border policies, in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
An estimated 170,000 people contract TB each year in Vietnam. The new e-LMIS system helps ensure a reliable drug supply for those who need treatment.
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LHSS is supporting local government institutions in Bangladesh’s densely populated Rajshahi and Sylhet Divisions to expand access to primary health services and reduce out-of-pocket expenditures for low-income urban residents.
![LHSS Supports Vietnam to Cover TB Drugs in National Health Insurance, Paving the Way for Sustainable TB Treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/A%20TB%20patient%20using%20SHI%20card%20to%20get%20SHI%20medical%20services.jpg?itok=zfYLomAP)
The Vietnam government transitions funding of TB treatment to the SHI fund with support from LHSS. This transition marks a critical milestone, ensuring uninterrupted access to life-saving treatment.
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Vietnam is one of the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB and drug-resistant TB in the world, with more than 172,000 cases and 10,400 deaths from TB in Vietnam in 2020 (WHO). On July 1, TB treatment facilities nationwide started providing TB drugs to patients through social health insurance, marking an important milestone for financial sustainability.
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U.S. Charge d’ Affaires Tom Daley and USAID Mission Director Zema Semunegus join the representative from local nongovernmental organizations and the Ministry of Health to launch the Heath Advocacy Network of Timor-Leste (REBAS- TL).
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For the first time, Vietnam has procured TB medicines using its national social health insurance scheme.