This document proposes a model to improve the relationship among stakeholders involved in the implementation of two Comprehensive Healthcare Pathways (RIAS, as per its Spanish acronym) in Colombia: the Pathway for the Promotion and Maintenance of Healthcare (RPMS, as per its Spanish acronym) and the Pathway for Maternal and Perinatal Health Care (RIAMP, as per its Spanish acronym).

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.

This brief in French identifies systems considerations for CHW career progression, including health workforce education and training, regulation and policy, management, and financing.

This Portuguese brief identifies systems considerations for CHW career progression, including health workforce education and training, regulation and policy, management, and financing. It's also available in English and French.

This Spanish report presents the work of USAID's Healthy Communities Program (LHSS Colombia) in supporting the MSPS in characterizing the medical account audit process.

This Spanish summary document describes the interventions implemented by USAID's Healthy Communities Program (LHSS Colombia) to strengthen the capacity of the Minister of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) and territorial governments to audit medical accounts. 

This document describes the interventions implemented by LHSS Colombia to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) and the territorial governments to audit medical bills.

In Nasarawa, Nigeria only six percent of the population is enrolled in the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Scheme. The training workshop with the National Orientation Agency aims to provide staff the requisite knowledge to improve awareness about the country's health scheme and boost enrollment. 

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.

Two years ago, as it struggled to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and get people vaccinated, the Government of Jamaica turned to private health care providers for help. The results went well beyond its expectations.

LHSS presents on health budget execution at the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing, November 13-17, 2023.

The purpose of Institutional Capacity Assessment is to identify interventions the Activity can undertake in partnership with the GoTL to strengthen their capacities to improve health-system governance and functioning. 

The Activity identified despite the many SBC interventions implemented in the communities, local organizations and especially the civil society organizations do not have sufficient capacity and resources to design, implement, and monitor evidence-based SBC activities. To address these issues, the Activity is partnering with a local organization to strengthen evidence-based design, implementation, and monitoring of SBC activities. The Activity is focusing on enabling local actors to lead implementation of an SBC activity while strengthening support for priority capacities.

To respond to the ICA findings and to address the issues noted above, USAID’s Health System Sustainability Activity (the Activity) worked with the NDHR and INS to develop training on health workforce data use for decision making. The training will use a problem-based, hands-on approach to train mid-level managers within the Directorate General of Corporate Services (DGCS) to use HRH data to identify challenges; conduct analysis; engage relevant stakeholders in the collection and sharing of HRH data; use of HRH data to support decision making. Most importantly, it will ensure equitable allocation of workforce and improve training and professional development opportunities for the health workforce across the country especially at the primary health care level.

This summary review of social and behavior change (SBC) interventions was conducted to understand barriers to healthy behaviors in inclusive reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAHN).