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.
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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.
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The World Bank, USAID and the Global Financing Facility (GFF), will host the 7th Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF7) on April 15 to 17, 2024, on the sidelines of the 2024 World Bank/IMF spring meetings.
![Tajikistan community leaders help to improve community health](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/Tajikistan%20religious%20leaders%20community%20health%20news%20story.png?itok=wLK80FLi)
Religious leaders and community health workers collaborated to promote COVID-19 vaccination in two regions of Tajikistan.
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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.
![Tajikistan news story](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-02/Tajikistan%20news%20story.jpg?itok=TgUmRspM)
With support from USAID’s LHSS Project, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MOHSPP) in Tajikistan strengthened Tajikistan’s national laboratory system and supported the country’s COVID-19 Country Preparedness and Response Plan.
![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.
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The 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2024) will be held in Nagasaki, Japan, from November 18 to 22, 2024.
![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.
![HSS Practice Spotlight Collborative learning](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/HSS%20Practice%20Spotlight%20Collaborative%20learning.png?itok=7SEUI5Ho)
This brief introduces collaborative learning as an effective approach to support sustainable health system strengthening. Collaborative learning brings together local leaders and experts to learn from one another, problem-solve, co-create new knowledge, and adapt and apply their learning.
Stakeholders describe how they work with local municipalities to build healthy communities for all migrants.