Process Monitoring and Evaluation II of Zimbabwe’s Results-Based Financing Project

Posted on August 3, 2016 at 4:26 pm

Introduction This report presents the second cycle of the process monitoring and evaluation (PME) for the Results-Based Financing (RBF) project in Zimbabwe, formally the Health Sector Development Support (HSDS) Project.

Fast-tracking HIV prevention: scientific advances and implementation challenges

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In 2014 the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) reaffirmed its 2011 commitment to end the scourge of AIDS by 2030 (see Table 1). Recent articulations of

Burundi: Questions on the Financial Sustainability of Performance-Based Financing and Free Health Care

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This article focuses on the financial sustainability of the strategy linking performance-based financing (PBF) and free health care (FHC), which has been implemented nationwide in Burundi since 2010. It concentrates

BRIEFING CARDS: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (srhr) and the Post-2015 Development Agenda

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) encompass the right of all individuals to make decisions concerning their sexual activity and reproduction free from discrimination, coercion, and violence.1 Specifically, access to

The PBF Handbook: Designing and Implementing Effective Performance-Based Financing Programs

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PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING (PBF) is a powerful means of increasing the quality and quantity of health services by providing incentives to suppliers to improve performance and achieve results. In support of

Adolescent women have unmet need for modern contraception

Posted on August 2, 2016 at 9:19 pm

Using Performance-Based Payments to Improve Health Programs

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Linking the payment of funds with the results of service activities is a powerful strategy that funding organizations can use to make the service-providing organizations accountable for achieving program goals.

Results-Based financing in Zimbabwe: Achieving Results for Women’s and Children’s Health

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Results-Based Financing has become widely known among people across Zimbabwe. Despite the challenging setting, this approach has quickly contributed to better health services. The program, which is funded by the

New progress in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)

Posted on August 1, 2016 at 8:05 pm

12 July, 2016 – In the lead-up to the AIDS 2016 conference, WHO issued a new progress brief on country efforts to scale up voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV

Increase in number of countries adopting HIV self-testing policies

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20 July 2016 – UNITAID and the World Health Organization (WHO) today released the second edition of the landscape report on HIV Self-testing which shows that 16 countries have adopted