International Policy and Aid Financing
International Policy and Aid FinancingKey findings include: Sector budget support has generated some impressive results in the health field in the East Africa context. General budget support (GBS) increases the budget allocation for the health sector more than tax revenue does. However, the effect of government health expenditure on health indicators is not necessarily improved by the introduction of… Read more
In this seminar, Susan Elden presents issues around the implementation of National Health Insurance in Ghana. Although the system in Ghana is not perfect, it has offered a relatively stable health system and it has a lot of potential for the future. As development partners, DFID are particularly interested in the purchasing modalities Ghana has… Read more
In this seminar, Nick Black speaks about ensuring health quality in the UK. In an ideal world, high quality care should be safe, effective, humane, and equitable. However, it is not possible to have the maximum of all four dimensions. Some uncomfortable decisions may have to be made. There are a number of ways that… Read more
In this seminar, Myles Ritchie speaks about the role of regulation in driving quality. He looks at regulation within the context of a range of other quality improvement methodologies, to show that regulatory intervention is just one part of quality improvement. Regulation will not necessarily lift the quality of care but it can create the… Read more
Development finance is rapidly changing. Private financial flows and domestic revenues in developing countries are increasing, and contributions from new development partners, development finance institutions, and philanthropic organisations are on the rise. These new sources of finance and expertise complement traditional development cooperation and are creating opportunities for new partnership that make the best use… Read more
In this short video Kara Hanson from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) explains how universal health coverage (UHC) aims to make services available to everyone, without leading to financial impoverishment. The challenge is to provide the services that are needed while at the same time maintaining quality. To achieve UHC, health financing… Read more
The Kaiser Family Foundation mapped the geographic landscape of global health donor assistance for family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH). Recipient countries typically received assistance for FP/RH from multiple different donors. Looking over the period 2009-2011, the report found: The average number of donors present in each recipient country was 8. Eleven recipient countries… Read more
The demographic transition and its related effects of population growth, fertility decline and ageing populations are fraught with controversy. When discussed in relation to the global south and the modern project of development, the questions and answers become more problematic. Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment… Read more
This audio recording is of Dr. Neil Squires, Head of Profession for Health at DFID, talking at The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ISNTD) Coinfections meeting in February 2013. The ISNTD Coinfections meeting was aiming for multidisciplinary progress in global healthcare by exploring the implications of coinfection between NTDs and other communicable diseases, and… Read more
There are a number of community accountability mechanisms in health interventions. These range from community health committees which aim to represent the community in planning, monitoring and evaluating health services to those in which community members are actively involved in the delivery of health services as volunteers or community health workers. Other models of community… Read more
It was difficult to find examples that met the criteria of sub-national flexible block grants in health. Sections 2 and 3 cover the main two that were identified. These are the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP) and Generasi, Indonesia. TEHIP aims to bring health spending more in line with cost-effective approaches to the local… Read more