Context: Benin’s government is redesigning their social protection systems to facilitate access to healthcare for its citizens and accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (Assogba et al. 2018). Out-of-pocket […]
Developing a Single National Health Insurance in Tanzania Has Been a Long Journey of Incremental Changes and Stakeholder Engagement
Introduction The Tanzanian Government has a goal to provide equitable access to a standard Minimum Benefit Package (MBP) for every citizen through a new Single National Health Insurance (SNHI). To […]
Impact of Direct Health Facility Financing on Facility Roles and Relationships
Implementation of direct health facility financing (DHFF) in Tanzania began in the 2017/18 fiscal year with the goal of improving primary healthcare (PHC) services through fiscal decentralization. The centerpiece of […]
Des investissements stratégiques dans la communication peuvent contribuer à améliorer la lutte contre la COVID-19 : le cas de la ligne verte 3535 au Burkina Faso
La communication est une composante clé de la riposte contre la COVID-19. Au début de l’épidémie au Burkina Faso, une ligne verte d’appels téléphoniques a été mise en place pour […]
Key Messages from the May FORCE Community Webinar: Exploring the Tools & Technology for the Coaching Approach
Background As part of a series of FORCE Friday sessions to build capacity and increase the understanding of the Coaching Approach (CA) by FORCE members, the Country Engagement (CE) process […]
May 2021 Message
After months of work with our technical partners on the strategic purchasing functional mapping results and reports, and weeks of preparation, we kicked off our webinar series, “Strengthening Strategic Health […]
April 2021 Message
‘See it big. Keep it simple’ -Wilferd Arlan Peterson And another month comes to an end! We’ve been busy. How have you been? The quote above typifies our approach to […]
Changing the Conversation: Making progress on strategic health purchasing in sub-Saharan Africa
Agnes Munyua, Nkechi Olalere, Cheryl Cashin On May 19th, the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) hosted a webinar in the series “Strategic Health Purchasing Progress: Changing the Conversation.” This […]
Réflexions d’avril 2021
‘Voyez grand. Restez simple’ – Wilferd Arlan Peterson Voilà un autre mois qui s’achève! Nous avons été très occupés. Je vous espère en bonne santé. La citation ci-dessus caractérise notre approche […]
April 2021 Reflections
‘See it big. Keep it simple’ – Wilferd Arlan Peterson And another month comes to an end! We’ve been busy. How have you been? The quote above typifies our approach to […]