This report identifies challenges within the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBME) process, emphasizing the need for improved public financial management to maximize existing health resources and support the country's goal of universal health coverage.

LHSS Madagascar recently hosted its closeout event, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of many new opportunities. The event brought together diverse voices—government leaders, partners, and local stakeholders—to celebrate achievements, learn from the past, and plan for continued resilience in Madagascar’s health systems.

Namibia has made great progress in its long journey to end HIV as a public health threat. USAID and PEPFAR are helping Namibia achieve and maintain epidemic control, in part, by supporting the government in strengthening its health systems that support the HIV response. 

This report details the Activity's objectives and achievements over three years, focusing on enhancing telemedicine governance and access to essential health services in Ukraine amidst ongoing conflict.

This policy brief synthesizes key findings and offers recommendations from the Timor-Leste Health Labor Market Analysis (HLMA) report published in November 2023. The brief will inform policymakers and implementing partners on how to devise sub-national and national interventions to advance humane resources for health policy.

Findings are based on participatory action research on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and nutrition (RMNCAHN) that LHSS conducted in 2022. It revealed the necessity to update the CBM Health guidelines based on learnings from the pilot and additional global best practice learnings. CBM Health involves a process in which communities engage in collective planning, dialogue, and action. It is guided by social and behavior change and social accountability theory and used to monitor the impact of community mobilization.

This report examines the technical, administrative, and financial aspects of implementing TAFO in various health zones and facilities across five provinces in the DRC.

LHSS aimed to strengthen health systems in Peru, particularly in response to challenges such as the influx of Venezuelan migrants, the COVID-19 pandemic, and health disparities faced by vulnerable populations including LGBTQ individuals. This report details interventions and also provides recommendations for future strategies. 

The comprehensive report provides valuable insights into the project's impact and offers recommendations for future health sector programming.

This report outlines COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout through interventions in diagnostics, infection control, clinical management, and vaccine promotion, highlighting key achievements and recommendations, with additional details in annexes.

This is an executive summary of LHSS Nigeria’s Collaborative Diagnostic Activity. This assessment fed into collaborative implementation planning, which was used to update the LHSS work plan interventions according to local priorities.  

This document is a compilation of Terms of Reference for UHC Roadmaps produced for three Nigerian states: Nasarawa, Plateau, and Zamfara.

This Year 5 Quarter 3 Report (Apr-Jun 2024) was prepared for USAID and provides a progress update for all annual work plan activities. 

With support from LHSS, Namibia’s Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises conducted a workshop to train stakeholders on the PEFA assessment methodology, setting the stage for improved public financial management. This assessment will guide policy reforms, enhance sustainable financing, and develop strategies to boost efficiency and accountability in health sector spending.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia is on the verge of finalizing the UHC policy, aimed to ensure access to health services without financial hardship.