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Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana

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The Ministry of Health, with support from the joint IFC/World Bank Health in Africa Initiative, launched the Country Assessment on July 20th, 2009. At present the R4D study team is conducting a large-scale review of the Ghanaian private health sector, with the ultimate goal of offering concrete, actionable recommendations on effectively harnessing the potential of private providers of health services.

In Ghana today, about half of both rural and urban residents obtain health services from the private sector. Though only limited evidence is available on the quality of private care, an effectively regulated private health sector can potentially play an important role in the provision of health services.

Main Contact: 
Kira Thorien
Website: 
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=167506
Website: 
http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_health/r_10463/
Funder: 
The World Bank
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Kira Thorien
Marty Makinen
Stephanie Sealy

Improving Stewardship of Complex Mixed Health Systems: Lessons from the US Health System: Learning from Health Care in the United States

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This report, produced in partnership with the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, explores lessons learned for the stewardship of mixed health system based on health care experiences in the United States.  

This report, produced in partnership with the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, explores lessons learned for the stewardship of mixed health system based on health care experiences in the United States.   The report considers the role of professional associations, policy consultation and analysis mechanisms, health information collection, and accreditation.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Amanda Folsom
R4D Author(s): 
David de Ferranti
R4D Author(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Folsom, Amanda and Aarthi Rao, Gina Lagomarsino, Rob Hecht and David de Ferranti
Connected Project: 
Improving Stewardship of Mixed Health Systems: Lessons from the US Health System
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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Stewardship Report.pdf
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Stewardship Issue Brief.pdf

Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) launches interactive web platform

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30 June, 2010

As a publicly accessible global knowledge platform consisting of a network of partners that collect, analyze, and disseminate information about Health Market Innovations in developing countries, the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) website facilitates the exchange of knowledge and the creation of strategic linkages among key stakeholders.

Connected Expert(s): 
Alice Garabrant
Connected Expert(s): 
Donika Dimovska
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation
http://healthmarketinnovations.org/

R4D hosts Indian Joint Secretary of Labour Mr. Anil Swarup

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9 April, 2010

As part of our ongoing initiative to launch a Joint Learning Network on Universal Health Coverage, R4D hosted Anil Swarup, the Director General for Labour Welfare and the Joint Secretary of India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment, to speak about India’s advance toward universal health coverage through the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) scheme. Representatives from the World Bank, IFC, PAHO, US State Department, Center for Global Development, and the USAID Health Systems 20/20 project attended the session, among others.

Connected Expert(s): 
Alice Garabrant
Connected Expert(s): 
Brian Latko
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Sapna Singh Kundra
Connected Project(s): 
Joint Learning Workshop: Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage
Attached File(s): 
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RSBY Case Study.pdf

Private Sector: Enemy of the State? R4D and the GHC Examine the Private Sector’s Role in Health

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28 April, 2010

In the next installment of the on-going series, “New Visions for Improving Health Care in the Developing World,” Results for Development (R4D) and the Global Health Council (GHC) will consider the advantages and pitfalls of the private sector’s involvement in healthcare. Health systems require strong public and private actors, and this session will consider how policy makers can incentivize private sector actors to help meet national health system goals.

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao

New Visions for Improving Health Care in the Developing World

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Despite the success of many global health programs, there is a continuing gap between policy analysis and action.  This series, cosponsored by Results for Development and the Global Health Council, presents examples and opportunities of how evidence-based research can be translated into concrete actions that will improve the health of the poor in developing countries.

Despite the significant success of global health programs, there is a continuing gap between policy analysis and action.

Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Aarthi Rao

R4D’s Affinity MacroFinance receives top honors at international finance competition

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8 March, 2010

An initiative co-sponsored by the Results for Development Institute (R4D) and the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) has won top honors at the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development, a competition hosted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank.

Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
David Stevens
Funder: 
Agence Française de Développement
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The World Bank
Attached File(s): 
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Affinity MacroFinance 2016_The Year In Review.pdf

Ghanaian leadership convenes in Accra for second Private Health Sector Engagement Workshop

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14 December, 2009

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.

Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Expert(s): 
Stephanie Sealy
Connected Project(s): 
Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana
Funder: 
The World Bank

R4D receives joint Gates-Rockefeller grant to identify innovative private health initiatives in the developing world

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3 August, 2009

Through the launch of its Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI), R4D will collaborate with a network of in-country partners to identify and evaluate innovative programs that improve the quality and affordability of private health care in the developing world.

Connected Expert(s): 
Donika Dimovska
Connected Expert(s): 
Eva Ros
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation
Attached File(s): 
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CHMI Press Release.pdf
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