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Category Archives: Health Systems Strengthening
Creating a Shared Vision for a Stronger Health Policy and Systems Research Ecosystem in Asia
Author: Leah List, Senior Program Associate, Results for Development The Accelerator launched a series of co-creation sessions on May 29th designed to develop a shared vision and identify concrete pathways to strengthen the ecosystem for health policy and systems research (HPSR) in Asia. The series follows a landscaping analysis that explored the important role of …
Accelerator Hosts Regional Webinar Series Health Financing in Rehabilitation
With support from the Inclusive Development Hub of USAID’s Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI) and funding from the Leahy War Victim’s Fund, the Accelerator has partnered with the WHO to develop a knowledge product on “Rehabilitation in Health Financing”. The knowledge product will analyze options for financing rehabilitation in different health systems contexts …
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Ghana’s Ministry of Health Hosts the 2021 Annual Health Summit with Support from the Accelerator
Authors: Adwoa Twum, Linda A. Vanotoo, and Benjamin Nyakutsey (Head of the Policy Unit of the Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Department of Ghana’s Ministry of Health) Ghana’s Annual Health Summit is the annual culmination event where the results of the review and monitoring of the health sector are presented to stakeholders through a series of …
Strengthening the Ecosystem for Health Policy and Systems Research for Health Systems Strengthening in Asia
A Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator) Landscaping Analysis of 97 health policy and research institutions (HPSRIs) across 27 countries in the Asia region found a need for evidence translation capacity development. The analysis revealed that nearly all HPSRIs are engaged in evidence generation but significantly fewer are involved in translating evidence into policy and practice. Only …
Countries Need Continued Joint Learning and Problem-solving to Curb the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Collaborative wrapped up the first phase on April 27 with a webinar on promising approaches to common coordination challenges.
Procurement, stocking, and distribution: What lessons can we learn from national strategies for equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine?
Equitable processes for distributing vaccine stocks are perhaps the best way to counter hesitancy.
Join the Accelerator at the 2021 Global Health Science and Practice Technical Exchange
Join the Accelerator and our partners from April 21-24, 2021 for presentations highlighting evidence-based best practices
Webinar: Data Use in COVID-19 Response
Join a panel of experts for a discussion on how they are using data to shape their understanding of the spread of COVID-19.
Institutional Architecture for Health Systems Strengthening
In many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), health systems strengthening (HSS) efforts have often involved partnerships between domestic institutions, international donors, and external providers of technical assistance. As donor funding declines, countries are seeking to build capacity for HSS independent of international support. This objective aligns well with the overall goal of the Accelerator program, …
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