Month: June 2022

What’s next for strengthening mixed health systems Emily Adams, Jaidev Anand, Dr. Nelson Gitonga, Daniela Gutierrez, Chloe Lanz

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Over the past year we have shared many experiences from our work to strengthen mixed health systems (MHS) including the facts about what information is out there and what has been done related to MHS and private sector engagement (PSE), a framework for thinking holistically about MHS, and our team’s approach and experience supporting MHS work at the country-level. From the outset of the …

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Co-creating practical evidence on strategic health purchasing in Africa

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Co-creating practical evidence on strategic health purchasing in Africa [Editor’s Note: This post is a prelude to a series of papers on strategic health purchasing on the African continent that will be published as part of a special issue of the Health Systems & Reform journal in June 2022. Before the special issue is released, these papers …

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What are the right roles for international NGOs?

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At Results for Development (R4D), our mission is to support change agents in low- and middle-income countries — government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators — who are working to build strong systems that support healthy and educated people. As we live out this mission, we are constantly asking ourselves what change agents need most from us …

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Transform Africa Tackling Poverty, Empowering Local Communities in Africa

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Transform Africa is a UK registered Charity which supports local organisations in Africa and the communities they work with to take a lead in bringing about sustainable social and economic improvements within their communities.       Our focus areas: Water and Sanitation Livelihoods, including mainstreaming of environmental protection HIV and Health Youth Training for Employment We …

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West African NGO Network (WANGONeT)

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Introduction The West African NGO Network (WANGONeT) was established in 2000 to harness and bring the benefits of the steadily evolving information and Communication Technology sector to Non-Governmental Organizations, Government Parastatals, Educational and Cultural Institutions and the Private Sector. It is a knowledge based and knowledge driven organization constantly learning new ways of harnessing web …

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Ukraine crisis costs UNICEF $12M extra in Horn of Africa drought

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The war in Ukraine is going to cost the United Nations Children’s Fund at least $12 million in additional costs to purchase therapy for malnourished kids in the Horn of Africa, Christiane Rudert, UNICEF regional nutrition adviser for eastern and southern Africa, told Devex. Currently, over 1.7 million children in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia are …

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The Human Rights Council should strengthen its action on Eritrea

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As human rights violations continue with impunity in Eritrea, authorities refuse to cooperate with the UN human rights system, and Eritrean forces are accused of atrocities in relation to the Tigray conflict, over 40 NGOs urge states to adopt a resolution that extends the mandate of the Special Rap­por­teur on the hu­man rights situation in Eritrea. …

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The MHPSS Collaborative

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The MHPSS Collaborative was born out of a response to a growing body of research on the impacts of children’s exposure globally to unprecedented rates of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect – particularly those in crisis, migration and displacement situations. This Collaborations page supports the development of an online space dedicated to knowledge exchange and information …

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CALLS FOR SOLUTIONS AND URGENT ACTION AT THE 5TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR

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Around 160 million children around the world, 1 in 10 of all children, are invloved in some form child labour. And concerningly, the numbers are rising. Despite efforts to curb the practice, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change have the stagnated progress towards ending child labour. Without mitigation strategies, the number of children …

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