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The Health Systems Podcast
The Health Systems Podcast
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Articles, Events, Blogs, and Stories
Articles, Events, Blogs, and Stories
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BLOG
Sustainable Financing for Migrant Health: Learning from Colombia
Colombia has emerged as a leader in creating policies to integrate migrants into the economy and society, guaranteeing their right to health and mobilizing domestic resources to meet the increased demand for health services.
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ARTICLE
USAID Health System Sustainability Activity and HAMNASA Join Hands to Further Boost Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 Response
The ‘COVID19 SAFE’ project opened with the launch of COVID-19 vaccination to school-age children (12–17 years old) in the Bobonaro municipality. The USAID Activity, working through HAMNASA, supported the Ministry of Health and Municipality Health Services in conducting community mobilization and disseminating COVID-19 information to the Memo village community, including to teachers and parents of school-age children.
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NEWS
USAID Project to Provide Avenue for Healthcare Professional Development
AMMAN — USAID’s Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project, which began 2019 and will run until 2023, will improve the capacity of healthcare providers to deliver quality health services by establishing a mandatory “Continuing Professional Development System” for health professional licence renewal.
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NEWS
USAID and Civil Society launches the Country‘s First CSO Health Network
U.S. Charge d’ Affaires Tom Daley and USAID Mission Director Zema Semunegus join the representative from local non-governmental organizations and the Ministry of Health to launch the Heath Advocacy Network of Timor – Leste (REBAS- TL).
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PRESS RELEASE
USAID Provides Additional Medical Equipment for Kyrgyz Republic’s COVID-19 Response
This assistance is provided under USAID’s Local Health System Sustainability program. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, USAID has provided more than $7 million USD to help the Kyrgyz Republic fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Refurbishing the Only COVID-19-Specific Genomic Sequencing Machine in Tajikistan
Accurate and timely identification of COVID-19 variants in circulation is critical to an effective COVID-19 response. Following the delivery of parts and equipment to refurbish the country’s only COVID-19 specific genomic sequencing machine, LHSS supported training for laboratory specialists on genomic sequencing of COVID-19 virus variants.
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BLOG
Lessons from Three Countries That Have Strengthened Budget Structures and Processes to Improve Health Budget Execution
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.
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Providing Health Workers in Kyrgyz Republic the Communication Tools Needed to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Health workers play a central role not only in providing continued care for COVID-19 patients, but also in promoting vaccination and combating misinformation, with evidence-based health education.
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ARTICLE
Vietnam Transitions to Sustainable Financing for TB Drugs
For the first time, Vietnam has procured TB medicines using its national social health insurance scheme.
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Assessment of COVID-19 Molecular Testing Capacity in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Country Level
Qaqish B, Sallam M, Al-Khateeb M, Reisdorf E, Mahafzah A. Assessment of COVID-19 Molecular Testing Capacity in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Country Level. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(4):909. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12040909
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NEWS
USAID and Timorese NGO Support COVID-19 Vaccination for Children in Bobonaro
USAID Health System Sustainability Activity grantee, HAMNASA helps accelerate the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the Timorese municipalities with the lowest vaccination rates: Bobonaro, Ermera, Ainaro, and Liquiça.
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BLOG
Promising Practices That Are Helping Ministries of Health Improve Their Health Budget Execution
Late last year, health sector practitioners from eight countries met to tackle the issue head-on as participants in the Joint Learning Network Health Budget Execution Learning Exchange. They made meaningful progress.
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Regional COVID-19 Communications Strategy Kicks Off in Peru
Officials from the health and education sectors of Arequipa, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Puno and Tacna regions of Peru begin discussions for implementing a regional COVID-19 communications strategy.
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ARTICLE
Opening the Door to Health Care for a Two-Year-Old Venezuelan Migrant
Meet Jessica. Her little girl is one of more than 40,000 migrants who have been enrolled in Colombia’s national health insurance system with support from the LHSS Project.
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BLOG
And the Next Variant Is…
By now, much has been written about the egregious global inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. But less has been said about another inequity that holds serious implications for global health: the disparities in genomic sequencing capacities and capabilities worldwide.
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VIDEO
Standardization of Community HIV Services Training in the DR
This video highlights the first training session for the standardization of HIV community services held in Santo Domingo, September 2021 by LHSS in partnership with the National Health Service.
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NEWS
$600,000 in Grants Awarded to Private Health Network in Jamaica to Advance Administration of COVID-19 Vaccinations
On Friday, February 25, LHSS Jamaica hosted a signing ceremony with the Jamaica Ministry of Health and Wellness and USAID to launch the Private Sector COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Partnership.
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ARTICLE
Supporting High-Quality Midwifery Services in Timor-Leste
In December 2021, more than 180 midwives from across Timor-Leste participated in an Activity-led event to identify areas for improvement in a set of draft standards.
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Publications
Publications
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Advancing universal health coverage in the COVID-19 era: an assessment of public health services technical efficiency and applied cost allocation in Cambodia
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is a global priority and a keystone element of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. However, COVID-19 is causing serious impacts on tax revenue and many countries are facing constraints to new investment in health. To advance UHC progress, countries can also focus on improving health system technical efficiency to maximize the service outputs given the current health financing levels.
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LHSS Year 2 Annual Report 2020-2021
In Year 2, LHSS supported the work of USAID missions in 17 countries, with new activities launched in Bangladesh, Madagascar, Peru, and Timor-Leste. We also began work with the USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and we continued to expand our work with USAID Washington to enrich the global knowledge base on health system sustainability.
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BRIEF
Health Systems Strengthening Practice Spotlight: Outcome Harvesting
This Practice Spotlight brief describes outcome harvesting, a monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning approach that can help tease out the specific impacts of HSS interventions conducted in complex environments, where many factors may influence an outcome.
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Requests for Applications and Requests for Proposals
Requests for Applications and Requests for Proposals
LHSS is seeking to partner with locally-based organizations, either as sub-contractors or as grantees, to achieve strong, sustainable health systems. Currently, there are no solicitations. Check back later for opportunities.