Working to support Universal Health Coverage efforts. Thoughts are my own.
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14 Jun 2022
#ahff2023 brilliant pathway to form guidance on how to get to a more strategic provider payment system
14 Jun 2022
@WBG_Health @LSHTM Kara started off the #AHFF2022 with an exciting, practical discussion of #financingPHC Capitation – rooted in equity, an equal fixed payment per person, adjustment based on health needs, pays providers to manage pop health, prioritize health promo & prevention
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5 Apr 2022
#Capitation is the way to go with some element of blended financing to manage inherent risks and incentivizing performance at the #PHC level. @TheLancet
@LancetGH
@results4dev @SPARC_Africa
@mattjowett @cashin_cheryl @asoucat @chimaonoka @H_S_Global @AfHEA_Africa
#FinancePHC
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8 Mar 2022
Today is International Women’s Day!
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The 🌍 🌍 🌏 needs more women and girls 💪 to create sustainable futures where ALL people can flourish.
#WomensDay
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4 Mar 2022
Needed and helpful analysis for moving forward #localizingdevelopment
3 Mar 2022
Our latest piece explores solutions on the demand side of localizing development:
💡 How can we expand the capacity of domestically registered organizations to receive funding?
👇 Read it here: globaldevincubator.org/local…
#localizingdevelopment
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In 4 days, the #AfHEA2022 Conference will be taking a dive into UHC, politics, policy processes, and reforms during the covid-19 pandemic.
Join us by registering with the link below: afhea.confex.com/afhea/2022/…
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26 Feb 2022
Register for this next webinar on Scale and Integration in #DigitalHealth Ecosystems on 28 Feb, 11:30am GMT via: buff.ly/3oWNOT5 to explore emerging lessons for strengthening integrations of digital technologies into health services
buff.ly/3s5P0FL #HSR2022
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2 Dec 2021
Read this blog if you are interested in how better public-private engagement has bolstered COVID resilience in Kakamega County, Kenya
30 Nov 2021
Through our Strengthening Mixed Health Systems project with @MerckforMothers, we've aimed to fill gaps in the 🌍evidence base around public-private engagement. Here, @LyndonMarani and R4D's Chloe Lanzara share 5⃣ lessons from our engagement in Kenya. r4d.org/blog/ppe-lessons-fro…
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22 Nov 2021
Read this if you are involved in public-private engagements in health. Practical ideas based on interesting factor analysis from my R4D colleague Emily Adams @MerckforMothers
18 Nov 2021
Public-private engagement is vital to achieving a strong #healthsystem & #UHC. In the latest blog on our mixed health systems work w/@MerckforMothers, R4D's Emily Adams unpacks the factors that affect public-private engagements (& linkages between them). r4d.org/blog/factor-ripples-…
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25 Oct 2021
So excited to share this important experience in strengthening mixed health systems
22 Oct 2021
In many #LMICs, people rely on both public & private providers to deliver essential health services. Strengthening these mixed #healthsystems requires improving how providers engage with each other—& building better pathways. Learn more.
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r4d.org/blog/the-journey-to-…
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8 Oct 2021
I’m thrilled to see @USAIDGH investing in this innovative partner network approach working to support health market development! Congrats @results4dev @Chemonics @PathfinderInt @Zenysis and especially to my friends and colleagues who make up the 16 partner network!
7 Oct 2021
HUGE CONGRATS to @Chemonics, my colleagues @results4dev, recent brains of our mixed health systems work @cicelysimone, new PD @EldridgeCynthia & all the other amazing partners in this new consortium. This won't be business as usual, can't wait to see!
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20 Jul 2021
New analysis providing sobering picture of the "real" COVID impact in India cgdev.org/sites/default/file…
@CGDev
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14 Jul 2021
During the almost 7 years I’ve had the honor of working with and calling @ChrisAtim1 a mentor his focus has been on EQUITY. Have a look at this excellent piece. Opinion: 5 ways to decolonize global health and build greater equity | Devex devex.com/news/opinion-5-way…
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14 Jun 2021
In their latest blog, R4D's #ACS4UHC team shares insights from a rapid feedback assessment of communications around Benin's new health insurance scheme. Find out what they learned & how they're working w/the Gov't of Benin to adapt their comms strategies. r4d.org/blog/using-continuou…
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8 Jun 2021
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Tanya Jones as our newest managing director. Dr. Jones will play a key role in implementing R4D’s strategy, and she will work alongside Dr. @cashin_cheryl and Dr. @ChrisAtim1 to oversee R4D's programmatic work. r4d.org/news/dr-tanya-jones-…
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Cicely Thomas retweeted
28 May 2021
@UgHealthcreFed member @IHK_Uganda has been accredited by @MinofHealthUG to administer the #AstraZeneca vaccine at no cost. Inclusion of more private facilities in the national response expands government efforts to increase uptake through convenient service points
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14 May 2021
What is needed in and for India NOW. India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action thelancet.com/journals/lance…
3 May 2021
Please register for May 10th webinar. Eager to share our learnings from the last 2 years of work on the Strengthening Mixed Health Systems project from @MerckforMothers @results4dev @ACCESSHI @ngrgitonga @LyndonMarani r4d.org/events/strengthening…
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