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LHSS Nigeria recently held a global knowledge strategy workshop in Abuja. The primary goal of the workshop was to evaluate and identify areas for improving health system performance influenced by LHSS initiatives. Participants collaborated in thematic groups, focusing on key performance determinants and sharing valuable lessons learned. This collaborative effort aimed to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of health system interventions in Nigeria.
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LHSS Nigeria supported LASHMA to host the retreat – both technical and financial support. LHSS has been supporting LASHMA and will continue to provide technical assistance to LASHMA for improved UHC coverage.
![Jordan's CPD Online Training Course](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/Jordan%20photo%20correction%20%283%29.png?itok=rl6xx-9D)
The Ministry of Health and USAID's LHSS Project launches the Continuing Professional Development Online Training Platform in Jordan, providing health care professionals with accredited courses for certification and relicensing.
![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.
![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.
![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.
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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.
![Nigeria news](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-10/Annotation%202023-10-04%20234832_0.png?itok=8aFNaKv4)
People living with HIV are among those who will benefit from the funds, which were released by the government following LHSS-supported advocacy efforts.
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The adopted strategy will improve the quality standards of medical care using telemedicine.
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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.
![People preparing COVID-19 vaccines in Timor-Leste](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-05/tl3.jpg?itok=af7GgiKl)
The ‘COVID19 SAFE’ project opened with the launch of COVID-19 vaccination to school-age children (12–17 years old) in the Bobonaro municipality. The USAID Activity, working through HAMNASA, supported the Ministry of Health and Municipality Health Services in conducting community mobilization and disseminating COVID-19 information to the Memo village community, including to teachers and parents of school-age children.
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AMMAN — USAID’s Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project, which began 2019 and will run until 2023, will improve the capacity of healthcare providers to deliver quality health services by establishing a mandatory “Continuing Professional Development System” for health professional licence renewal.
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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).