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A new policy brief issued by Health Systems 20/20 on clarifying the transition and the role of NGOs on humanitarian and post-conflict assistance to fragile states. More...

USAID's flagship health systems strengthening project, Health Systems 20/20, was invited to share their experience with the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) related to building health systems at the country level.

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Sponsored by USAID, AUSAID, the Center for Global Development, Norad and the World Bank, this regional workshop welcomes 16 teams of three “stakeholders” from countries in Asia to learn about the Pay for Performance (P4P) approach to health system strengthening.

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August 4, 2008 — The USAID-funded Health Systems 20/20 project is pleased to announce that HIV/AIDS and health systems expert Ann Lion Coleman has assumed the position of Health Systems 20/20 Project Director, effective today. Health Systems 20/20 is the USAID Bureau of Global Health's flagship project working to strengthen health systems by using an integrated approach to address the financing, governance, operational, and capacity constraints to further the use of life-saving priority health services. The project is implemented by a consortium of partners led by Abt Associates Inc.

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Mutual health organizations (MHOs) are voluntary membership organizations providing health insurance services to their members. MHOs aim to increase access to health care by reducing out-of-pocket payments faced by households. Health Systems 20/20 and Abt staff members Slavea Chankova, Sara Sulzbach, and François Diop co-authored an article entitled "Impact of Mutual Health Organizations: Evidence from West Africa" recently published in Health Policy and Planning. More...

Health Systems 20/20 invites you to attend two workshops at the Global Health Council Conference on Tuesday, May, 27, 2008.

• Planning for Sustainable HIV/AIDS Services Using HAPSAT Software: A Hands-On Training
  (W4) 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Congressional Room B, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
• Demystifying Health Systems: How to Access the Strengths and Weaknesses of a Health Care System
  (W7) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  Congressional Room B, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC

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The Dominican Republic, site of the first Latin American and Caribbean National Health Accounts (LACNHA) Network workshop held ten years ago, hosted a seminar April 23-26, 2008 in Bayaibe to share regional experiences on NHA and subaccount work, foster the methodological standardization for regional NHA comparability, and reactivate the LACNHA Network. More...

Working directly with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Health Systems 20/20 has successfully launched National Health Accounts (NHA) in Liberia. NHA is a tool being used today in more than 50 low- and middle-income countries to measure total public and private national health expenditures. Click here to read more about our work in Liberia.

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A new policy brief issued by Health Systems 20/20 on the threat that weak governance poses to the allocation of health resources in the developing world.

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The Yemeni Midwives Association (YMA) has established itself – and its nearly 1,000 members – as a key player in supporting the midwife profession and enabling midwives to improve delivery of reproductive health (RH) and family planning (FP) services to reduce high maternal and child mortality and morbidity. The Association is also crucial in changing health outcomes for women by providing them with the health care they want.

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In a country where 70% of women are illiterate and culturally bound to the home, health information is passed from older females to younger ones, and ideas such as the “evil eye” as the cause of most illnesses is generally accepted. Still, women are eager to learn how to improve the health of their families and communities.

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International Women's Day is March 8, 2008. To celebrate, Health Systems 20/20 is highlighting two projects in Yemen that showcase the efforts of women to improve health locally and nationally.

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