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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. 

 

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Success Story

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.

Country/region: Ukraine
Knowledge Areas: Health Systems Resilience
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Publication

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.

Country/region: Honduras
Knowledge Areas: Migrants and Health Equity
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Publication

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. 

Country/region: Honduras
Knowledge Areas: Migrants and Health Equity
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Publication

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.

Country/region: Dominican Republic
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News

In response to an emergency request from the Government of Laos, the Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) is on the ground in Laos working with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Country/region: Laos
Knowledge Areas: Health Area: COVID-19
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Blog

What do Lao PDR, Malaysia, and Kenya have in common? All three countries have strengthened their budget structures and processes to enable good health budget execution. Their experiences hold valuable lessons for others striving to increase budget execution and unlock significant resources for health.

Country/region: GlobalLaos
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Publication

LHSS provides technical assistance to the Dominican Republic, and this five-year roadmap outlines a strategic vision, objectives, and initiatives for reaching the final milestone of expanded insurance and standardized health service packages for migrant women residing in or transiting through the Dominican Republic.

Country/region: Dominican Republic
Knowledge Areas: Migrants and Health Equity
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Publication

LHSS activity in the Dominican Republic during its first year of implementation and detailed steps to pilot initiatives that aim to improve SHP for migrants (including women) in the Dominican Republic

Country/region: Dominican Republic
Knowledge Areas: Migrants and Health Equity
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Publication

This landscape analysis report on Social Health Protection for Women in High-Migration Contexts provides LHSS-LAC, USAID, national governments, regional stakeholders, and other development partners with an inventory of country experiences and strategies for improving access to social health protection (SHP) for women migrants and women at risk of migration.

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Blog

For countries facing a large influx of migrants, the best way to ensure that these new members of society have sustained access to essential health services is to have a long-term strategy – one that builds on existing health platforms.

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Blog

Poor budget execution results in inefficiencies that undermine the ability of health agencies to improve access to needed health services and improve population health. Yet billions of dollars in unexecuted health budgets are returned to treasuries every year. 

Khamphian Maithaphom, a fourth-year medical student volunteer, at the hotline center in April
Success Story

At the request of the Laos Ministry of Health, LHSS helped mobilize volunteer medical students to support a national hotline for COVID-19.  At the peak of the Pai Mai holiday, the hotline fielded 5,000 calls a day.

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

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