Authors: Ezinne Ezekwem, Elizabeth Hammah, Dr. Awudu Tinorgah, Dr. Nana Enyimayew, Dr. Chris Atim, and Dr. Linda Vanotoo In response to challenges and varying capacities of providers to deliver quality primary health care (PHC) services, the Government of Ghana, with the support of USAID Systems for Health (S4H), designed and implemented the Primary Care Provider …
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Strengthening the Evidence-to-Action Cycle in the Asia Region will Require Investments in Health Policy and Research Institutions
Author: Leah List, Senior Program Associate, Results for Development HPSRIs share their vision of a robust health policy and systems research ecosystem at the co-creation series’ first session on May 27, 2021 “These challenges are opportunities to explore innovative solutions that involve not just the “producers of the research” but “demand-side” stakeholders.” Jean-Jacques Frere USAID …
New Report Explores the Linkages Between Social Accountability and Social and Behavior Change
Authored by: Susan Pietrzyk, PhD, International Health and Development Team, ICF As a project, the Accelerator’s focus on health system strengthening (HSS) is pursued in various ways. Analysis and use of evidence and tools along with original research provide important insights. Investments such as these build an understanding of complex dynamics and provide a springboard …
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.
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
COVID-19 collaborative focuses on citizens’ compliance to public health measures, data use, and integration of data systems
Accelerator facilitated COVID-19 collaborative focuses on citizens’ compliance to COVID-19 public health measures, data use, and integration of data systems.
How Togo recharted its path to universal health coverage amid COVID-19
Co-creation emerged as a promising approach for multi-sectoral stakeholders to validate systems challenges, discuss root causes, and create effective solutions together, while building trust and buy-in.
Implementing Guinea’s National Community Health Strategy
Authors: Amy Nye, Lior Miller, and Nathan Blanchet The successful rollout of Guinea’s National Community Health Strategy will require complex changes in health financing, human resources, and governance. To help Guinea independently translate, adapt, and sustain innovative ways to strengthen health systems, the Accelerator is facilitating dialogue with key partners and stakeholders to identify the …
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