Assignment Reports
This report sets out an assessment, so far as data allow, of the Regional HIV and AIDS Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) programme which supports three civil society organisations and their projects to: Reduce the spread of HIV in South Africa through health education and “edutainment” Increase knowledge and shift beliefs and behaviours towards behaviour likely… Read more
This review is of the 2nd year of work of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) support to the national malaria programme (SuNMaP). The goal of the support is ‘to achieve progress towards the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria’. Its purpose is ‘to strengthen delivery of Nigeria’s national malaria control effort’. This… Read more
The material in this bibliography covers: Health system strengthening (HSS) challenges regarding malaria prevention HSS challenges regarding diagnosis and treatment HSS challenges regarding financing of and access to malaria-related health care How malaria may affect HSS Level of health workers suitable for malaria care delivery Barriers to access How to reach the poorest Commodity-related issues… Read more
A proposal on how the Centre for Progressive Health Financing can help improve the delivery of pro-poor health services in Liberia The provision of quality and accessible health services to improve the country’s health status is a stated priority of the Government of Liberia. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH) has made considerable… Read more
There has been little historic research and development (R&D) investment in technologies to address developing country health needs. The reasons for this are numerous and include: High capital costs to undertake the R&D and the long time between R&D investment and “commercialisation” of the resulting technology R&D investment not appropriable (in this case, insufficient commercial… Read more
In the shorter term, there are two options for administration of a World Bank-hosted multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) for the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA): A recipient-executed MDTF, hosted in the Bank’s Health Anchor (HDNHE) for the bulk of funds, with a small “child trust fund” executed by the World to cover its costs of promoting… Read more
The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) was created in recognition of the key importance of access to medicines. These documents report on: Establishing a framework for MeTA in pilot countries; gaining government commitment and establishing sectoral and national committees. Delivering against the MeTA objectives in countries; progress towards data identification, disclosure, changes in practice and logframe… Read more
Overall the project has made significant achievements in tackling the provision of safe abortion services in the public sector in a very challenging and complex Cambodian environment. Reduction in Maternal Mortality Project (RMMP) is highly valued in the Ministry of Health at the different levels. The success of this project has come from a combination… Read more
This review is a DFID annual review of two projects that have been combined: the DFID-funded Programme for Reviving Routine Immunisation in Northern Nigeria (PRRINN) project and the Norwegian-funded Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) project. Particular successes include: the basket fund in Zamfara state demonstrating that funds can be transparently managed there the appreciation… Read more
“Managing for results” is a key component of the Paris Principles of Aid Effectiveness. The lack of a results focus is seen as a major reason why past aid efforts have yielded disappointing results. Key messages from the review include: It is important first to take a step back and ask “are we targeting the… Read more
The goalof the Essential Health Services (EHS) programme is to contribute to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Kenya – in particular a reduction in infant and maternal mortality. The leadership and technical capacity of the Ministries of Health continues to be strengthened with support from EHS that is transparent, integrated, flexible and… Read more