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.
![Namibia UHC Policy Brief](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/Namibia%20Policy%20Brief%20cover.png?itok=iWV1i2EI)
This policy brief proposes that Namibia should prioritize strengthening the tax-funded public health system provided through the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) as the backbone of its UHC financing approach over other pooling options.
![Vietnam young PLHIV video](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/Annotation%202024-01-25%20094509.png?itok=TP9J3bte)
The video captures the significant sharing of a young student with HIV who was recently treated by a community-led social enterprise (The Niem Tin Song Tien social enterprise) participating in the current social contracting pilot in Vietnam.
![vietnam news story HIV](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-01/IMG_7181.jpg?itok=zlGW-_JQ)
Clients at an HIV clinic in Vietnam are finally having their viral load tests reimbursed, thanks to some multisectoral problem-solving facilitated by LHSS.
![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.
![Stakeholders launch combined SHA/NASA exercise](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-12/Namibia_SHA%20pic.jpg?itok=5mXvmswv)
The launch of the combined Health Accounts and National AIDS Spending Assessment exercise conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia aims to improve the collective understanding of both health and HIV spending in the country.
![Image of training attendees in Namibia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/Namibia%20Training%20Resource%20Tracking.jpg?itok=ckQEaWK9)
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.
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.
![June 27 webinar teaser](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-06/CommForDev_AbtUSAID_Vietnam_069.jpg?itok=a_09yFZ6)
In this webinar, we share best practices and learn how these efforts have helped to improve equitable access to care for vulnerable population groups including migrants, people living with HIV, and people living with TB.
Thanks to a multiyear strategy supported by LHSS and predecessor USAID projects, Vietnam now funds approximately 52 percent of its HIV/AIDS program through domestic financial resources.
![Analysis of Allocative Efficiencies on the Health Sector Budget in Namibia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-01/Analysis%20of%20Allocative%20Efficiencies%20on%20the%20Health%20Sector%20Budget%20in%20Namibia%20COVER.png?itok=HHxFkQ7k)
This analysis identified several inefficiencies related to how the financial budget and other financial resources are allocated and spent. It also presented potential actions that can improve resource allocation within the MoHSS budget and address some of the challenges identified during the analysis.
![Process Guide for Routine Budgetary Resource Allocation for Health in Namibia](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-01/Process%20Guide%20for%20Routine%20Budgetary%20Resource%20Allocation%20for%20Health%20in%20Namibia%20Cover.png?itok=Bmj9OXEx)
This process guide outlines an iterative process to support budgetary allocation decisions aligned with regional populations and needs as prioritized in the EHSP. The process guide proposes a broad decision-making framework that can be used to review current practices and move toward more efficient approaches in resource allocation.
2022 marked Vietnam's 10-year journey to sustain its HIV response with domestic financing (2013 – 2022). The country now stands out as a global example for sustainability and domestic resource mobilization for its HIV program.
![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.
![Image of health care provider holding medicine](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-07/For%20web%20highlight%20AIDS%20TB.jpg?itok=rSyPhU1l)
LHSS features four poster presentations at 24th International AIDS Conference.
![TB patients in health facility](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2022-07/VN5.png?itok=9IPcFjCP)
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.