July 2019

July 03, 2019

Without 'Concrete' Directives, New UHC Agreement Could Fall Flat [2]

[2]A secretary records the weekly collection amounts for a savings and internal lending group in Madagascar. Photo credit: Samy Rakotoniaina/MSH

By Amy Lieberman [5], Jenny Lei Ravelo [6]

This story was originally published by Devex [7]

The onus to help everyone — including the most marginalized — secure universal health care coverage will likely depend more on individual government spending than on new foreign assistance, experts say.

Funding will be a critical, but not guaranteed, element in the forthcoming universal health coverage agreement governments will sign in September during the opening of the U.N. General Assembly session.

“Aid is not going to help achieve the global health goals. It has to come from domestic spending. But aid is very important for purposes of equity and that the poor do not get left behind.”— Jacob Hughes, senior director of health systems, Management Sciences for Health

Leading Voices: Megan Montgomery [9]

Laura Hanson [10]

Health Systems Strengthening [3]

HIV & AIDS [11]

[9]Pfizer Global Health Fellow, Megan Montgomery, and Peter Mmbago, Human Resources for Health Advisor for TSSP, interview a health care provider in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

Meet Megan Montgomery, one of two impressive Pfizer Global Health Fellows currently working with MSH in Tanzania. This international corporate volunteer program places Pfizer colleagues in short-term fellowships with international development organizations. Megan is lending her skills and expertise in marketing and business strategy to MSH’s Technical Support Services Project (TSSP) in Tanzania, which provides assistance to the Ministry of Health in key technical areas to help control the HIV epidemic and sustain HIV-related health systems and services.

How are you supporting the TSSP project in Tanzania?

My main focus while here is partnering with the team to strengthen the health system in Tanzania through human resources for health (HRH) activities, such as the implementation of task-sharing initiatives, recruitment, retention and productivity management, as well as developing communication pieces to share the work being accomplished.

Can you explain what task sharing for HIV services looks like in this context?

Read more [9]

Links
[1] https://msh.org/blog/2019/07/03/without-concrete-directives-new-uhc-agreement-could-fall-flat#comments
[2] https://msh.org/blog/2019/07/03/without-concrete-directives-new-uhc-agreement-could-fall-flat
[3] https://msh.org/blog-categories/health-systems-strengthening
[4] https://msh.org/blog-categories/universal-health-coverage
[5] https://www.devex.com/news/authors/1251325
[6] https://www.devex.com/news/authors/695089
[7] https://www.devex.com/news/without-concrete-directives-new-uhc-agreement-could-fall-flat-95108
[8] https://msh.org/blog/2019/07/10/leading-voices-megan-montgomery#comments
[9] https://msh.org/blog/2019/07/10/leading-voices-megan-montgomery
[10] https://msh.org/users/laura-hanson
[11] https://msh.org/blog-categories/hiv-aids