This analysis establishes a baseline understanding of current cross-border health challenges and opportunities, and identifies organizational and technical capacity gaps to address within key stakeholders that are leading cross-border health initiatives.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused many doctors to leave the country, compromised patients’ safety when seeking care, and displaced large portions of the population away from their primary health care providers. A strong national telemedicine system will be key to assuring access to health services for Ukrainians, now and in the future. Experiences from other conflict/disaster areas may provide insights, helping Ukraine assess and implement its own telemedicine response.

This assessment of the tele-counseling services provides valuable information that should be used as an input by the MSPS for the decision-making processes related to the technical guidance that will be issued to organize the implementation of this strategy at the local level.

LHSS supported the MSPS to develop guidelines and recommendations not only for the provision of care, but also for rehabilitation and for health workers’ occupational safety and health. Once the protocols are adopted by administrative act, the MSPS will be responsible for the dissemination process. LHSS Colombia, as part of its transition plan, will be ready to support the process of disseminating the protocols to human resources for health working at the basic level of care in the prioritized territories.

Photo essay presented at the 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, November 2022.

LHSS is proud to present at the Global Digital Health Forum, December 5-7, 2022, in Arlington, Virginia.

LHSS and Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security unveil a new resource offering practical strategies to reinforce key health system functions and prepare for future health system shock and stressor events. 

Ukraine prioritizes telemedicine as part of its comprehensive health reform to increase transparency of health service provision, expand access to quality health services, and enhance efficiency in the health sector.

Excerpts from an interview with Mr. Marcelo Amaral, Director General of Corporate Service at the Ministry of Health in Timor-Leste.

One-page document outlining key findings and actionable insights related to health financing strategies from the USAID Health System Sustainability Activity in Timor-Leste.

LHSS conducted a desk review to inform understanding of the Honduran context for expanding social health protection to women at risk of migration, as well as other vulnerable populations.

This report is a health system assessment focused on HIV care services for Venezuelan migrants living in Peru. The assessment reviews secondary data sources; interviews with key informants, users, and professionals who are responsible for health facilities providing Antiretroviral Therapy (HF ART); observes visits to selected HF ART; and provides an overview of a self-administered survey to those responsible for HF ART in the country.

LHSS conducted a desk review to inform understanding of the Honduran context for expanding social health protection to women at risk of migration, as well as other vulnerable populations. 

The purpose of the assessment, conducted in 2021 by Two Oceans in Health for the LHSS Latin America and Caribbean Activity, was to understand the Dominican Republic context for expanding social health protection to migrant women.