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Recognizing their essential function for partner countries' health systems, the German BACKUP Initiative provides faith-based and other civil society organizations (CSO) with demand-driven and flexible technical support as they build their capacities to qualify for Global Fund financing and then put that financing to effective use.
Vouchers: making motherhood safer for Kenya’s poorest women
In order to achieve progress towards MDG5, the German and Kenya governments decided on a voucher scheme to improve access to reproductive health care for the country’s most disadvantaged women.
Improving health care system-wide
(English & French version)
This publication looks at innovative, German-supported programmes aimed at improving health system quality in two countries, Morocco and Yemen. Their similarities and differences are examined, and a number of “lessons learnt” are drawn from the two experiences.
Health insurance for India’s poor 
India is home to more than 1.2 billion people and almost one-third live below the poverty line (BPL). In October 2007, the Government launched a national insurance scheme or, in Hindi, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). The scheme’s first five-year target is, by the end of 2012, to provide all India’s BPL families with enough health insurance to avoid catastrophic health expenses due to serious illness or injury.
"Imagine..."
Powerful animation on the shortage of health workers, produced by the Global Health Workforce Alliance in partnership with bliinktv, UK. To see the video click on the above picture.
For the Spanish version click here.
Assessment of the Government Health Financing System in Nepal: Suggestions for Reform 
This report aims to contribute to the reform process of the health financing system in Nepal to ensure social health protection for Nepalese citizens. It has a particular focus on purchasing mechanisms and makes recommendations on how to move towards better utilisation of resources and strategic purchasing. Read more...
Local-pharma-production.net is an internet platform that aims at encouraging the local production of affordable, good-quality medicines and pharmaceuticals in Africa. Read more...
Effective poverty reduction and empowering women: a win-win situation? CCTs in Latin America
Click here for Issue No. 12 of the online publication series "Discussion Papers on Social Protection" which aims to provide focussed insights into specific aspects of the international debate on social protection.
Meet Maya…
whose healthy birth is the result of stronger health systems. Strengthening health systems is at the center of the World Bank's global strategy for health, nutrition, and population.
To meet Maya, click on the above picture.
The Speech You’ve Been Waiting For
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s address before the United Nations in Geneva will be remembered by history, with the Secretary of State unabashedly arguing to the world that LGBT rights are human rights.
GHPC writers travel to Ghana, to Kyrgyz Republic and to Bolivia
by Anna von Roenne, 04 May 2012
The work on the next three GHPC publications has begun. Stuart Adams will be documenting the SAFO approach and is planning to travel to Bolivia, one of the SAFO partner countries, in July. Read more...
BMZ task force health selects SWAp Kyrgyztan, SAFO and EWP Ghana for documentation in GHPC
by Anna von Roenne, 23 March 2012
At its meeting on 22 March 2012, the BMZ task force health decided that the proposals about the SWAp in Kyrgyztan, about the Strategic Alliance for the Fortification of Oil and other staple foods and about Employee Wellbeing Programmes in Ghana should be documented as good practices in the German Health Practice Collection. Read more...
SAFO voted favourite GHPC proposal by members of GIZ Sector Network Health & Social Protection
by Anna von Roenne, 9 March 2012
The first 'GHPC Live Peer Review' took place on the third day of the meeting of the GIZ Sector Network Health & Social Protection on 7 March 2012 in Johannesburg. Over 140 participants followed an introductory presentation of the seven proposals, describing each of them with three short statements whilst showing pictures of the given programmes in action, accompanied by music from their respective countries. Read more...
GHPC Live Peer Review in Johannesburg
by Anna von Roenne, 29 February 2012
On 7 March, at the GIZ sector network health and social protection, there will be a live peer review session at which four GIZ experts working in partner countries will debate which of the seven proposals they recommend for publication in the German Health Practice Collection. Read more...
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