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Six hospitals across Bogotá, Cali, Cúcuta, Barranquilla, and Medellín were certified by Icontec (the Colombian Institute of Technical Standards) for implementing internal strategies to ensure health care services are provided without discrimination. This achievement, supported by LHSS Colombia, promotes quality and inclusive care that eliminates discrimination based on nationality, gender, ethnicity, social status, or disability.

The Government of Jamaica and LHSS officially launch One Health approach in Kingston, focusing on intersectoral collaboration to address health threats across sectors.

With a small grant and technical support from LHSS, a Ugandan pharmacy and logistics company, MM Partners Logistics Ltd., expanded its e-Pharmacy platform to include more family planning products and increased the capacity of its dispensing staff to provide better counsel to clients on reproductive health and family planning. 

.A validated, streamlined set of metrics can help the HIV community drive toward such a “people-centered” orientation and advance the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS’ 2025 target of linking at least 90% of people living with HIV and people at risk to people-centered and context-specific integrated services.

This course is an interactive, four module, online self-study course on processes used by countries to set health priorities that are reflected in national health policies. Each module allows participants to engage with the materials and reflect on their own country’s context.

LHSS Jordan collaborated with the Laboratories Directorate to deliver a robust capacity-building program, equipping staff with essential training and preparing laboratories for accreditation. This effort included implementing an integrated quality management system that aligns with international accreditation standards

While health systems practitioners aren’t going out to sea with men named Ishmael, we chase our own white whale: evidence. Evidence that health systems interventions impact the availability, affordability, and accessibility of healthcare.

LHSS Colombia and stakeholders held the "First District Forum for the Humanization of Health Services" in Cartegena. The forum united health experts from the academic and public sectors to share strategies and best practices for humanizing health services in Cartagena, a key commitment of the "Cartagena, City of Rights" Development Plan.

Namibia's Ministry of Health and Social Services conducted a workshop to map health and HIV expenditures using a combined System of Health Accounts and National AIDS Spending Assessment approach.

Creating a network with interoperable data management systems holds great potential to revolutionize Cambodia’s entire social safety-net ecosystem, providing improved efficiency for policymakers, implementing organizations, service providers, as well banks that subsidize services.