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Key Messages from the January FORCE Community Webinar – ‘Overview of the Coaching Approach Using the Country Engagement Framework.’

The Force Community webinars’ focus for the first quarter of the year 2021 is on capacity building of the FORCE community on the Coaching Approach (CA) and identifying the tools […]

HSR2020 SPARC Satellite Session: Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Purchasing

HSR2020 SPARC Satellite Session Q&A Session Description This session focused on strategic purchasing, which at its core is about improving how ministries of health and government health insurance agencies use […]

Key Messages from the FORCE Community Webinar – ‘Enhancing Accountability Through Provider Contracts – How provider contracts can be used to align provider behaviour and incentivize quality health services.’

Following the successful Twitter chat early this month, and the high level of interest from members of the FORCE, SPARC held a FORCE Community webinar on 27 November 2020. The […]

Assurance maladie sociale et achats stratégiques de soins de santé au Nigeria

Les Nigérians sont environ 4,3 % à être inscrits dans l’un ou l’autre des régimes d’assurance maladie sociale. La Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (NHIS) est la structure responsable de l’assurance […]

Social Health Insurance and Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria

Social Health Insurance and Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria In Nigeria, there are about 4.3% of Nigerians registered in one form of social health insurance programme or the other. The National Health […]

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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…