This learning brief captures LHSS’s experience in supporting municipal-level partners through the contracting process and distills emerging lessons to inspire other municipalities to pursue public-private partnerships as a vehicle for expanding access to urban PHC services.

This brief presents what LHSS has learned through applying a systems thinking approach to its support for HSCs’ advocacy efforts in expanding PHC services in urban Bangladesh.

USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) in Bangladesh works with 14 local government institutions (LGIs) to improve primary health care for urban poor! Watch how LHSS helped Habiganj Municipality to transform an abandoned building into a fully functional primary health care center, serving over 100,000 people in need!  

Join LHSS and the P4H Network on June 14 as we hear from local, national, and regional institutions working to advance social health protection for women and children in high migration contexts.

This document outlines recommendations for the design and implementation of the National Migrant Health Observatory. The recommendations seek to facilitate greater coordination and exchange of information among the public, international cooperation and civil society actors or stakeholders that articulate the response to Venezuelan migration in the country. 

​​​This document presents the Plan for the development of Organizational Capacities of the DPVIH of the Ministry of Health of Peru to improve the provision of health services against HIV to the Venezuelan migrant population in Peru

New efforts will make health care more affordable for residents in 10 municipalities.

LHSS has conducted a review of the information systems of countries along the migration route, as well as the mandates and roles of subregional platforms and supranational agencies related to the cross-border exchange of health information.

LHSS is supporting local government institutions in Bangladesh’s densely populated Rajshahi and Sylhet Divisions to expand access to primary health services and reduce out-of-pocket expenditures for low-income urban residents. 

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.

This brief highlights learnings from working with local government leaders of two city corporations and ten district-level municipalities from the Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions in Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh, LHSS has built relationships with ministries, departments, and development partners to support its objective of assisting urban primary health care delivery. This newsletter provides detailed information about the latest news, updates, and activities in Bangladesh.

En este informe, LHSS evalúa la demanda de productos básicos para el VIH necesarios para brindar una cobertura adecuada a los venezolanos que viven con el VIH en Perú y analiza los sistemas de pronóstico existentes en el Ministerio de Salud para determinar su precisión en la adquisición y el seguimiento de la distribución de medicamentos clave para el VIH.

In this report, LHSS quantifies the demand for HIV commodities needed to provide adequate coverage for Venezuelans living with HIV in Peru and analyzes existing forecasting systems at the MOH to determine its accuracy in procuring and monitoring the distribution of key HIV drugs.

LHSS tiene como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad del Ministerio de Salud para garantizar la disponibilidad de productos para el VIH (ARV y dispositivos médicos) para la población migrante venezolana en Perú. Como parte de este esfuerzo, LHSS estimó la demanda de productos relacionados con el VIH relacionados con esta población, incluidos detalles como el tipo, la cantidad y el momento.