Aug 1, 2008
Introducing new vaccines in the poorest countries: What did we learn from the GAVI experience with financial sustainability?
This paper reviews the experience of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) in introducing hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in the poorest countries, and explores how financing for immunization has changed since GAVI Fund resources were made available during its first wave of support between 2000 and 2006. The analysis of Financial Sustainability Plans in 50 countries allowed for some of the original funding assumptions of the GAVI approach to be tested against the realities in a wide set of countries, and to highlight implications for future immunization efforts. While the initial GAVI experience with financial sustainability has proved successful through the development of plans, and many countries have been able to both introduce new vaccines and mobilize additional financing for immunization, for future GAVI supported vaccine introduction, some country co-financing of these will be needed upfront for the approach to be more sustainable.Nov 8, 2009
Integrating Fingerprint Verification into the Smart Card-Based Healthcare Information System
Applications, eHealth, EPI Plan, Patient De-Identification
Global
Oct 30, 2009
Information Technology for Health in Developing Countries
Applications, eHealth Plan, Telecommunications, Training
Global
Dec 1, 2002
Increasing immunization coverage at the health facility level
The aim of this guide is to help health workers to use their own data to identify problems and causes of low immunization coverage, and to plan solutions to increase immunization coverage. These guidelines can be modified to suit the local context and needs, and can be used at various levels of the health system in any country.Feb 1, 2008
Health Governance: Concepts, Experience, and Programming Options
Country health officials and donors have increasingly realized that resources allocated to health will not achieve their intended results without attention to governance. Particularly as global programs inject huge amounts of funding targeting specific diseases, weaknesses in health system governance threaten to undermine the effective utilization of the funds. Corruption is perhaps the most dramatic governance-related threat, but in addition poor accountability and transparency, weak incentives for responsiveness and performance, and limited engagement of citizens in health affairs contribute to low levels of system effectiveness as well.Aug 5, 2015
Mortality risks in children aged 5–14 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic empirical analysis
Health priorities since the UN Millennium Declaration have focused strongly on children younger than 5 years. The health of older children (age 5–9 years) and younger adolescents (age 10–14 years) has been neglected until recently, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, and mortality measures for these age groups have often been derived from overly flexible models. We report global and regional empirical mortality estimates for children aged 5–14 years in low-income and middle-income countries, and compare them with ones from existing models.Oct 1, 2012
Regular Review of Program & Health Worker Performance: Using Data to Make a Difference
Human Resources Plan, Peer Learning, Training, Unicef, WHO
Global
Jan 1, 2007
Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries – A review on barriers to implementing health informatics in developing countries
eHealth, eHealth Plan, Policies, Practices
Global
Jun 25, 2015
mHEALTH COMPENDIUM VOLUME 5
The mHealth Compendiums contain case studies submitted by programs implemented primarily in Africa. They document a range of mHealth applications and include a program description, available results, lessons learned and project contacts. The compendiums serve as a comprehensive resource for implementers and donors to access information on innovative programs as well as references to other mHealth resources and tools.Jun 19, 2015
Webinar: Building real-time LMIS for the vaccine supply chain in Nigeria
eHealth, Stock Management, Supply Chain, Tools
Nigeria
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) recently held a webinar entitled “Building real-time LMIS for the vaccine supply chain in Nigeria”. This webinar focused on building an LMIS for vaccine supply in Nigeria with an aim to acquiring a simple but impactful system. The speakers shared the stepwise approach they undertook and how they redesigned their system, adopting automation where it made sense. They discussed the challenges they faced, how they addressed them and the important lessons they have learned in the process of implementation.
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