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.

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RSBY Case Study.pdf

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.

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Affinity MacroFinance 2016_The Year In Review.pdf

On February 3-5, R4D and its partners convened delegations from six countries – Ghana, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam - for a Joint Learning Workshop on Universal Health Coverage in Gurgaon, India. The three day workshop served as a forum for participants to share their experiences implementing health reforms and learn from other countries.

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.

On October 26, 2009 Mark McClellan of the Engelberg Center for Health Reform and David de Ferranti of the Results for Development Institute (R4D) co-chaired a joint workshop at the Brookings Institution to examine how the US health system experience can inform mixed health system stewardship practices abroad.

Berlin, Germany – David de Ferranti, President and Founder of the Results for Development Institute (R4D), delivered the keynote address at KfW Entwicklungsbank’s recent conference, “Making partnerships work for health – focusing on low-income countries: The role of the private sector.” Bringing together renowned experts from Global Health Partnerships (GHP), International Health Partnerships (IHP), governmental institutions, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations, the conference served as a platform to explore and debate how the involvement of th

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de Ferrranti Keynote -The present role, challenges and future trends for Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) in global health.pdf

Results for Development Institute (R4D) hosted two panel sessions at the recent  U.S.-Africa Business Summit, organized by the Corporate Council on Africa in Washington D.C., that examined possible solutions to Africa’s healthcare delivery and financing challenges. The panels, generously supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, featured presentations by R4D Managing Directors Gina Lagomarsino and Marty Makinen and focused on innovative private sector health financing and delivery models and the role of health insurance in improving health outcomes and financial protecti

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Lagomarsino_Health Insurance_A Potential Solution for African Health Challenges.pdf

Makinen_Country-Level Work on Health Insurance Development.pdf

Rutta_Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDO) Program_Innovative Public-Private Health Delivery Model.pdf

Campbell_Innovative Private Sector Health Care Financing and Delivery Models Presentation.pdf

Warshauer_Interactive Mobile+Information Solutions.pdf

Metcalfe_Microfinance and Health Protection– Freedom from Hunger.pdf

Vilakazi_Innovative Private Sector Healthcare Financing and Delivery Models.pdf

R4D’s Gina Lagomarsino and David de Ferranti are two of the co-authors of a Lancet commentary published in the November 7, 2009 issue. The piece calls on policy makers to focus more on their role as stewards of both public and private actors within the health system.

The commentary highlights key points from a comprehensive R4D report on the same topic which was published in May.

Other co-authors include Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Stefan Nachuk, Sania Nishtar and Suwit Wibulpolprasert.