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Organizational Capacity Building Framework: A Foundation for Stronger, More Sustainable HIV/AIDS Programs, Organizations and Networks

This technical brief developed by the AIDSTAR-Two project presents a framework that offers a simplified and systematic approach to organizational capacity building that most local implementers, especially those that provide HIV and AIDS services, can draw from to better fulfill or expand their mandates.

Health, Economic Development and Trade

Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world— with a projected average economic growth rate of 6 percent from 2013-2015. Health is becoming increasingly important as economies grow. This brief explores the relationship between health, economic development and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa by reviewing available evidence taken from published research and data.

Uganda Celebrates the Launch of Accredited Drug Shops in Kibaale District

On November 12, 2009, Uganda’s Honorable Minister of Health, Dr.

Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Health Information Products and Services, 2nd edition

A guide to evaluate whether health information products and services meet the requirements needed to make them effective, used, and adapted by health care practitioners and policymakers in the field.

Human Resources for Health Action Framework

The Human Resources for Health Action Framework (HAF) was developed by representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, donors, partner countries, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the academic community at a technical consultation in Washington, DC, on December 14–15, 2005. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S.

Leadership and Management to Empower the Health Workforce

A broken health system is a silent killer. It results in more illness and death despite the fact that the public health and medical knowledge exists to greatly reduce illness and save millions of lives every year, especially in developing countries. What is missing is the leadership capacity to ensure that the management systems are in place to apply and scale up this knowledge.

The Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 1)

This quarterly bulletin provides information on the activities of the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP). Funded by USAID and led by Management Sciences for Health, IHSPP combines evidence-based approaches, proven service delivery strategies, and extensive public health expertise to support the Rwandan Ministry of Health in building its health system. In this issue:

Pediatric HIV: AIDS Featured Supplement

The themes emerging from this collection are straightforward and within our grasp. To be sure, there is an urgent need to strengthen earlier diagnosis of newborns to identify exposed and infected children and strategies for getting those children into HIV care and treatment services sooner than has been the norm.

NDA Gives Pharmacies Deadline to Meet Standards

Ugandan daily newspaper, New Vision reports: Drug dealers and pharmacies have a two-year grace period to style up and meet the required good pharmaceutical practice or face closure. This follows announcement by the health minister that all public sector pharmacies will be subjected to inspection just like the private sector.State minister for health in charge of general duties, Dr.

Challenges Encountered in Capacity Building: A Review of Literature and Selected Tools

Prepared by the AIDSTAR-Two project, this technical brief presents the results of an extensive literature and tools review conducted in 2009 that identified critical needs in the area of capacity building, including improved monitoring and evaluation, increased focus on basing capacity building programs on assessment, and wider dissemination of tools and approaches.

Systematic Organizational Capacity Building: Tackling Planning and Implementation Challenges

Prepared by the USAID-funded AIDSTAR-Two project, this technical brief explores the types and causes of typical implementation challenges faced by local implementing organizations, and shares some promising practices and stories from the field that demonstrate the results of effective implementation of capacity building interventions by civil society organizations.

Child and Youth Care Workers in South Africa

This technical brief developed by the AIDSTAR-Two project examines a specific cadre of health workers, child and youth care workers.

Health Care Financing Reform in Ethiopia: A Path to Sustainable Financing While Improving Quality and Equity

Health Care Financing Reform has allowed health facilities to retain and use their revenue for health service quality improvements. Hospitals and health centers in the three big regions started to retain revenue in 2005-2006, and now it is being rolled out to all regions as a national program. As a result of revenue retention, health facility budgets have improved significantly.

Paving The Way Toward Professionalizing Leadership And Management In Healthcare

The Abuja Declaration (WHO 2011), which reported on investments in health, noted that funding targets are being missed, both domestically and in terms of international assistance.

Guide for Training Community Leaders to Improve Leadership and Management Practices

To be better leaders, we must be better people, take actions that bring us closer to our communities, and use the best management tools and strategies available. The Guide for Training Community Leaders to Improve Leadership and Management Practices is designed for individuals, teams of managers, or institutions from the public health sector and other sectors of civil society that work a

The Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 2)

This quarterly bulletin provides information on the activities of the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP).

HCSM Recap: July 2012-February 2013

Bi-Annual Newsletter A publication of Health Commodities and Services Management Program Implemented by Management Sciences for Health

HCSM Recap: March 2013 - September 2013

Bi-Annual Newsletter A PUBLICATION OF HEALTH COMMODITIES AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH

Using Leadership Skills to Increase Facility Deliveries: The Case of Gotani Health Center

Leadership and Management Skills Help Gotani Health Center Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Universal Health Coverage and Non-Communicable Diseases: A Mutually Reinforcing Agenda

Management Sciences for Health serves on the steering group of The NCD Alliance, which has issued this polcy brief on universal health coverage and non-communicable diseases.

The Cost of Scaling Up TB Services in Indonesia

Indonesia has made great strides in expanding Tuberculosis (TB) control over the last few years, with significant assistance from donors, such as the Global Fund against Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), TB and Malaria (GFATM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

National Guidelines for Cancer Management - Kenya

The Guidelines for Cancer Management in Kenya is a systematically developed document designed to guide health care workers and allied disciplines in making decisions for man- aging cancer in a consistent and standardized manner. They encourage a uniform approach to prevention, control and treatment of cancer in different circumstances.

HCSM Recap: March 2014-August 2014

This third issue of the Newsletter - HCSM Recap, builds upon previous editions in bringing out the latest global best practices in commodity management, supply chain and health systems strengthening. It puts Kenya experiences into global perspective as well as bringing out issues pertaining to the unique county set up.

Integrating Cervical Cancer Screening into Routine Services: The Case of Miritini Dispensary

The importance of skilled management and inspired leadership are increasingly evident to those who are working to improve health system performance. Many of the critical challenges facing Kenya’s health system, including scarce resources and the changes resulting from devolution, are exacerbated by weak or absent management and leadership skills.

The Improvement Collaborative Approach

The Rebuilding Basic Health Services (RBHS) project has been committed to promoting quality of care through a process of continuous quality assurance (QA).