On Monday, the New York Times featured findings from the aids2031 Costs and Financing Project, directed by R4D, in a pair of front page articles examining the global response to HIV/AIDS.
Key national stakeholders gathered in Accra, Ghana December 14th-16th for a three-day Engagement Workshop focusing on the role of private health care providers and ways in which they can contribute more to improving the health of all Ghanaians, especially the poor.
The workshop, coordinated by the R4D assessment team led by Stephanie Sealy and Marty Makinen, brought together leaders from across the country to present data, identify gaps, and begin formulating recommendations for policy changes.
At its annual board meeting in Vietnam, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) adopted a set of new policies that will determine which countries will be eligible for future financing, based on a set of studies carried out by R4D at GAVI’s request over much of 2009.
The aids2031 Costs and Financing Project is pleased to be able to share eleven papers of our technical reports series. The papers address a range of issues including the estimation of future AIDS resource needs, the various options for financing, and the sociopolitical landscape in which AIDS programs are implemented. Papers are available for download here. A synthesis report combining the findings from the technical reports will be available in the coming months.
Aug 21, Accra, GHANA – The Ghana News Agency recently picked up a story about one of our newest projects, an assessment of the private health sector in Ghana (Click here for project profile). Though not itself directly mentioned, R4D leads the “group of researchers, [and] local and international consultants” involved in the joint World Bank Group/Ministry of Health initiative.
In mid-July, Results for Development initiated a new project, the "Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana," with support from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). Under the project, R4D will review the current state and performance of the private sector, and will develop strategies for enhanced engagement of private actors in providing health care for the Ghanaian population.
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