This brief summarizes findings from a landscaping study conducted by Universitas Gadjah Mada’s (UGM) Center for Reproductive Health, ThinkWell’s learning partner. Drawing from an extensive review of the literature, interviews with key stakeholders, and focus group...
This case study provides a preliminary review of the Government of Uganda’s initial response to COVID-19 from March to June 2020 across institutional, financial, and operational dimensions. It seeks to capture the priorities and investments made early in the...
This report summarizes findings from a landscaping study that ThinkWell and the Center for Reproductive Health at Universitas Gadjah Mada undertook in 2018 on JKN engagement with private midwives under the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project....
This report documents the nature and magnitude of financial flows to Uganda’s health sector and the purchase of primary health care (PHC) services. Developed in consultation with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), it serves as a corollary to ThinkWell’s review of...
In Uganda, voucher schemes improved access to family planning (FP) and maternal newborn health (MNH) services for poor women in rural areas. This was largely due to their targeted approach of improving access to high-quality services. On the national stage, voucher...
In the context of health systems, purchasing refers to the allocation of pooled funds to providers of services on behalf of a population. The World Health Report 2000 pushed forward the idea that countries should move beyond passive purchasing, where the purchaser...
The Ministry of Public Health, with the support of financial and technical partners, has the ambition to work towards moving Niger towards achieving the goals of the CSU and the SDGs. The "Stratégie de la Couverture Sanitaire Universelle au Niger - 2021/2030" document...
Main activities between September 2019 and March 2020: Support for the implementation of a management system for free healthcare; Contribution to the strategic steering of the CMU implementation process, with a view to the CSU (National Strategy for the CSU, political...
The following activities were carried out: Project for the implementation of a new system for the management of free health care through : CSU National Strategy Definition of an architecture for Universal Health Coverage (CMU) in Niger CSU leadership team RWG/CSU...
1. Project for the implementation of the renovated free healthcare management system The process that led to the free health care reform project is described below: - The scoping report for the October 31, 2019 mission (first deliverable); - the deliverable defining...
On the journey towards the universal health coverage (UHC), there is no one-size-fits-all formula. As countries strive to attain the goals of UHC via their own unique maps and routes, it is essential to regularly assess the progress against the context specific to a...
