In this webinar, from the academic perspective, the strengthening of global health with a One Health approach was presented. The National Institute of Health of Colombia also presented community-based surveillance.

This policy brief proposes that Namibia should prioritize strengthening the tax-funded public health system provided through the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) as the backbone of its UHC financing approach over other pooling options.

LHSS Namibia recently hosted a global knowledge workshop in collaboration with key public and private sector stakeholders. This comprehensive session allowed participants to delve into factors behind recent improvements and to strategize on sustaining and scaling these successes.

In this webinar, the local perspectives regarding maternal health of the migrant population and their impact on the healthcare system were presented by the Health Secretariat of Barranquilla. Additionally, the Santo Domingo Foundation discussed the importance of performance-based payments in maternal health for migrant women with irregular immigration status. From the perspective of healthcare providers, the challenges of delivering healthcare services to pregnant individuals with irregular immigration status were presented. 

The Ministry of Health in Madagascar, with support from LHSS and WHO, launched the 2022 Health Accounts exercise, a milestone for regular health resource tracking.

LSACA, in collaboration with the Local Health System Sustainability Project, recently organized a two-day Annual Operational Development Plan workshop.

This Year 5 Quarter 1 Report (Oct-Dec 2023) was prepared for USAID and provides a progress update for all annual work plan activities. 

To explore the use of people-centered metrics in HIV care, a set of six people-centered indicators for HIV care and an indicator survey tool were developed to collect data on the metrics via client interviews. This brief summarizes findings and draws recommendations from an exploratory qualitative study to assess the acceptability, feasibility, integrability, and relevance of both the indicators themselves and the indicator survey tool employed to gather client data.

Telling stories about migration and health has become a priority for a country that, today, has more than 2.5 million Venezuelan migrants; half of them recognizing themselves as living in poverty. The workshops will be held in 11 municipalities and will discuss how to address these types of stories so as not to misinform or cause stigma. 

In this webinar, the experiences and achievements of Community-Based Organizations in informing, educating, and communicating to promote the inclusion of the migrant population were presented. From the academic perspective, the purpose of the strategies for informing, educating, and communicating about health was discussed.

In Namibia, The Ministry of Health and Social Services conducted a comprehensive training session, with LHSS support, aimed at enhancing the capacity of its senior staff members. The focus of the training was social contracting, with particular emphasis on need identification and the intricate processes involved in contracting civil society organizations through social contracting mechanisms.

LHSS Nigeria supported LASHMA to host the retreat – both technical and financial support. LHSS has been supporting LASHMA and will continue to provide technical assistance to LASHMA for improved UHC coverage.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia, with support from the LHSS Project, convened stakeholders in Windhoek to validate the costing of the Essential Health Services Package.

The Ministry of Health and USAID's LHSS Project launches the Continuing Professional Development Online Training Platform in Jordan, providing health care professionals  with accredited courses for certification and relicensing.

We are proud to share the LHSS Year 4 Annual Report which highlights the many achievements we celebrated with our country partners this year.