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Stakeholders convene workshop on social contracting in Namibia
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In Namibia, The Ministry of Health and Social Services conducted a comprehensive training session, with LHSS support, aimed at enhancing the capacity of its senior staff members. The focus of the training was social contracting, with particular emphasis on need identification and the intricate processes involved in contracting civil society organizations through social contracting mechanisms.

Country/region: Namibia
Knowledge Areas: Primary Health Care
Nigeria LASHMA News
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LHSS Nigeria supported LASHMA to host the retreat – both technical and financial support. LHSS has been supporting LASHMA and will continue to provide technical assistance to LASHMA for improved UHC coverage.

Country/region: Nigeria
Namibia validation of essential health service
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The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia, with support from the LHSS Project, convened stakeholders in Windhoek to validate the costing of the Essential Health Services Package.

Country/region: Namibia
Knowledge Areas: Primary Health Care
Namibia SOP Training teaser
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The Ministry of Health and Social Services gathered stakeholders at Midgard Country Estate to consult on standard operating procedures for social contracting. The goal:  reach consensus on implementation plans and outline the path ahead, encompassing regional dissemination, pilot planning, and early implementation phases scheduled for later in the year.

Country/region: Namibia
Nigeria success story Feb 22
Success Story

Improved referral system helps those experiencing poverty in Nasarawa State to better access to secondary care.

Country/region: Nigeria
Namibia ESHP REVISION HIRES
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Explore how the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia, with support from the LHSS Project, is transforming health care access through the revised Essential Health Services Package.

Country/region: Namibia
Nigeria news story teaser image
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Agencies that rarely communicated joined hands last year to make sure poor and vulnerable residents are identified for assistance programs.

Country/region: Nigeria
Namibia Stands Close to Adopting Universal Health Coverage Policy teaser
Success Story

Through energetic and broad stakeholder collaboration, the country’s long-stalled effort to pass a UHC policy has gained momentum.

Country/region: Namibia
Stakeholders launch combined SHA/NASA exercise
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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.

Country/region: Namibia
Training in Nigeria on Health Shemes
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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. 

Country/region: Nigeria
Image of training attendees in Namibia
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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.

Country/region: Namibia
Namibia news
News

LHSS supports the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia for the development of the country's groundbreaking UHC policy and Essential Health Services Package.  

Country/region: Namibia
Nigeria news
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People living with HIV are among those who will benefit from the funds, which were released by the government following LHSS-supported advocacy efforts.

Country/region: Nigeria
LACSOP
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The Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development (LACSOP) with support from LHSS held a budget consultative forum with civil society organizations across the state to discuss key recommendations for the Lagos State 2024 health budget. 

 

Country/region: Nigeria
LASHMA
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The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) hosted the first-ever Lagos State Health Insurance Summit on July 27, 2023, marking the state government’s renewed commitment and energy for accelerating progress toward universal health coverage.  

Country/region: Nigeria
 

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