Background The June FORCE community webinar summarized the essential technical and non-technical skills that Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC) coaches deployed during the country engagement process. SPARC coaches from […]
June 2021 Message
All is now set for the second webinar in our policy dialogue series, ‘ChangingtheConversation’ featuring our long-awaited discussion on performance-based financing (PBF). PBF is one of those topics that arouses […]
Launch of Report on ‘Health Financing & Taxation for Sustainable Healthcare’
In recent years, outbreaks of diseases such as the Ebola Virus Disease and yellow fever have highlighted the vulnerability of healthcare systems in Africa to public health emergencies. This is […]
NHIF Bill amendments: the devil is in the details
The government-backed National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill before the National Assembly proposes significant changes to the administration and implementation of the scheme. These changes are on the wings of […]
In Defence of Capitation
By Dr. Nkechi Olalere It happens all too often. A patient walks into a health care facility and on identifying himself as a beneficiary of a health insurance scheme is […]
Building Momentum for Strategic Purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa
SPARC was invited to present to The Health Financing Global Solution Group of the World Bank Group at a webinar themed, ‘Building Momentum for Strategic Purchasing across sub-Saharan Africa’ The […]
May 2021 Reflections
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 Purchasing […]
Promoting Efficient and Effective Use of Resources Mobilized to Manage the Covid 19 Pandemic. Lessons and Reflections From Uganda
The WHO has been pushing for a whole of Government approach and whole of society approach in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, in Uganda the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in […]
Improving the Efficiency of Resource Allocation for Covid-19 Response in Imo State – The Role of Strategic Purchasing
Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in wide scale social and economic implications and has had a huge impact on people’s lives, families and communities [1]. In response to the […]
Evaluating Strategic Health Purchasing Functions in Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency of Resources Allocated for COVID-19 Response in Abia State
Introduction Abia state was free of COVID-19 until March 29, 2020, when two sick persons tested positive for the virus. The effect of the pandemic on the physical, social and […]