West Bank/Gaza
Health System Planning and Management
Like many other places, the West Bank receives generous physical infrastructure and medical equipment donations. The challenge is to ensure that these investments strengthen the health system by expanding access to quality services where needed, and do not burden the system with higher operating costs that are not sustainable.
In the city of Ramallah, the Ministry of Health is leading a collaborative process to covert five separate health facilities – two of which are currently under construction – into an integrated medical compound. To assist the ministry, USAID/WBG has asked Health Systems 20/20 to analyze the feasibility of structuring and operating the five health facilities as an integrated medical compound that is financially and administratively autonomous.
The minister’s vision is to better serve the Palestinian people through improved service quality and efficiency. The new Ramallah compound should increase the operational efficiency of the two existing facilities and make the best use of the facilities under construction, which are expected to be completed by March 2008. The proposed medical compound is expected to reduce the number of cases (and associated costs) that are now referred for treatment abroad.
Health Systems 20/20 is assisting the ministry analyze epidemiological data, facility case mix and utilization rates, treatment abroad data, human resource capacity, labor and other operating costs, and health financing options to ensure an informed, rational decision-making process. The project’s approach is to build MOH capacity in health planning and model good governance by engaging multiple stakeholders in the process.
From Humanitarian and Post-conflict Assistance to Health System Strengthening in Fragile States: Clarifying the Transition and the Role of NGOs
Type: Brief
Debriefing on Health Systems Strengthening
Type: Presentation
Asia Performance Based Financing Workshop
January 19-23, 2009
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Type: Tool
Country: India
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From Humanitarian and Post-conflict Assistance to Health System Strengthening in Fragile States
Dec 10 2008Why Strengthening Health Systems Matters
Oct 10 2008
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.
More...Asia Performance Based Financing (PBF) Workshop, January 19-23, 2008, Gujarat, India
Sep 18 2008Sponsored 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.
More...Ann Lion Coleman Joins Abt Associates to Direct USAID Health Systems 20/20 Project
Aug 1 2008August 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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