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News

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.

Country/region: Namibia
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
Tajikistan vaccine cold chain inventory assessment report
Publication

The assessment findings inform the MoHSPP and its international partners on interventions to improve the quality of vaccination services, not only for COVID-19 but beyond. This ultimately leads to increased access to improved services in Tajikistan.

Country/region: Tajikistan
Namibia news
News

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.  

Country/region: Namibia
TL data analysis capacity assessment
Publication

The purpose of the DACA was to assess: the Ministry of Health (MOH) data use and data quality processes; the opportunity and capacity of different levels of the health system to analyze data; health management information system (HMIS) governance; electronic HMIS deployment; the state of interoperability, and COVID-19 data capture. 

Country/region: Timor-Leste
institutional capacity assessment TL
Publication

The purpose of Institutional Capacity Assessment is to identify interventions the Activity can undertake in partnership with the GoTL to strengthen their capacities to improve health-system governance and functioning. 

Country/region: Timor-Leste
strengthening cso TL
Publication

The Activity identified despite the many SBC interventions implemented in the communities, local organizations and especially the civil society organizations do not have sufficient capacity and resources to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based SBC activities. To address these issues, the Activity is partnering with a local organization to strengthen evidence-based design, implementation, and monitoring of SBC activities. The Activity is focusing on enabling local actors to lead implementation of an SBC activity while strengthening support for priority capacities.

Country/region: Timor-Leste
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Publication

This document explores the issues facing the Timorese health system, identifies the existing mechanisms for engagement between the MoH and CSOs, and offers recommendations to improve the engagement.

Country/region: Timor-Leste
TL REVIEW SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE
Publication

This summary review of social and behavior change (SBC) interventions was conducted to understand barriers to healthy behaviors in inclusive reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAHN).

Country/region: Timor-Leste
PROGRESS REPORT TL
Publication

The USAID Activity and REBAS-TL have co-developed a pathway describing how the network can evolve into a trusted and effective collaboration and best represent the community’s voice across health issues. This document captures this pathway plan, progress so far, and next steps.

Country/region: Timor-Leste
TL CAPACITY STRENTHENING ACTION PLAN
Publication

USAID’s Health System Sustainability Activity (Activity) addresses systemic challenges to Timor-Leste’s self-reliance on low institutional capacity to generate and use data for decision-making.

Country/region: Timor-Leste
Knowledge Areas: Capacity Strengthening
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Video

The video provides evidence-based information about COVID-19 vaccination to decrease vaccine hesitancy among women. It discusses the importance and benefits of vaccination for women and their families.

Country/region: Tajikistan
Knowledge Areas: Health Area: COVID-19
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Video

The video includes an explanation of the importance of COVID-19 boosters by the United States-based expert Dr. Arash Alaei. Dr. Alaei is a general physician who had been a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Tajikistan Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Country/region: Tajikistan
Knowledge Areas: Health Area: COVID-19
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Video

This video portrays the experience of a family in which a daughter was dealing with vaccine side effects. It provides guidance on how to react to possible side effects and what to do to recover from them.

Country/region: Tajikistan
Knowledge Areas: Health Area: COVID-19
tajikistan video2
Video

The video explains immunity and illustrates why maintaining healthy lifestyles is important.

Country/region: Tajikistan
Knowledge Areas: Health Area: COVID-19
 

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