ThinkWell facilitated the development of a network of African institutions with the core mission of improving the uptake of evidence in policymaking and practice. At the end of one year, ThinkWell successfully transitioned leadership to five core African partners.
ThinkWell coordinated and oversaw the 2012 annual program review (APR) of Bangladesh’s heath sector. This 18-person, three-month intensive review assessed seven key aspects of the health sector, from public financial management to urban health.
Assessing Aid Modalities to Support RMH in Mozambique
Assessing Aid Modalities to Support RMH in Mozambique
ThinkWell provided support to DFID Mozambique to develop the agency’s next five year health strategy to significantly impact Reproductive and Maternal Health (RMH).
ThinkWell is supporting the High Health Council of Jordan with health systems research to assess health inequity in Jordan, especially as it relates to children and adolescents.
ThinkWell performed an assessment to re-envision maternal and newborn health in Indonesia and explore how the private sector and civil society can ignite change.
Bottlenecks to Achieving Universal Health Coverage
Bottlenecks to Achieving Universal Health Coverage
ThinkWell conducted an analysis to identify bottlenecks to achieving universal health coverage in selected countries from the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Building Country Capacity for Immunization Delivery Costing Evidence Use
Building Country Capacity for Immunization Delivery Costing Evidence Use
ThinkWell is working to build country capacity around the generation and use of cost evidence to work towards sustainable and predictable financing for immunization.
With ThinkWell support, Haiti’s Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP) strengthened its systems and capacity to receive and harmonize direct funding, and to contract out health care services.
Designing Universal Health Coverage Strategies for Myanmar and Nepal
Designing Universal Health Coverage Strategies for Myanmar and Nepal
ThinkWell provided high-level strategic advice to the leadership of the ministries of health in Nepal and Myanmar on pathways to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
ThinkWell worked with Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Work (MOHSW), Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Legislature to design Liberia’s first national health insurance program.
Supporting Health Sector Resiliency in Afghanistan
Supporting Health Sector Resiliency in Afghanistan
ThinkWell provides technical support and capacity building to the Ministry of Public Health to strengthen quantitative skills and policy analysis in areas such as fiscal space analysis and strategic advocacy to increase domestic resources for health.
Health Labor Market Analysis in Botswana, Malawi, and Namibia
Health Labor Market Analysis in Botswana, Malawi, and Namibia
HRH2030 helps low- and middle-income countries develop the health workforce needed to end preventable maternal and child deaths, support the goals of Family Planning 2020, control the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and protect communities from infectious diseases.
Leveraging Saving Schemes to Expand Social Health Protection in Zambia
Leveraging Saving Schemes to Expand Social Health Protection in Zambia
ThinkWell provides technical assistance to the Government of Zambia in its efforts to implement social health insurance. We also provides technical support to the Zambia Poor People’s Federation.
Management of Joint Donor Technical Assistance in Bangladesh
Management of Joint Donor Technical Assistance in Bangladesh
ThinkWell provided technical expertise, analysis, and managerial and logistical support to a Joint Donor Technical Assistance Fund (JDTAF) in Bangladesh. JDTAF participants hailed from a wide range of bilateral and multilateral donor agencies.
ThinkWell studied methods to foster participation in governance from citizens and stakeholders in Africa. We looked at the range of methods being used and factors that influence their effectiveness.
ThinkWell supported the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to identify nontraditional, private-sector strategies to reach uninsured workers employed in the informal sector.
Public Financial Management of Primary Education in Bangladesh
Public Financial Management of Primary Education in Bangladesh
ThinkWell provided on-going fiduciary risk monitoring for sector budget support donors of the third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP3) in Bangladesh.
ThinkWell undertook a global review of quality of care in 25 results-based financing (RBF) programs to create a database of quality of care checklists, an analysis of trends, and detailed case studies.
Social, Behavioral, and Community Interventions for RMNCAH
Social, Behavioral, and Community Interventions for RMNCAH
ThinkWell engaged with the Partnership for MNCH and the WHO to identify challenges and opportunities to scale SBCE interventions and explore ways to accelerate investment in these interventions.
ThinkWell engaged with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) to develop analytical tools used to design Bangladesh’s national health insurance pilot.
Strengthening Capacity for Health Sector Governance Reforms in Laos
Strengthening Capacity for Health Sector Governance Reforms in Laos
As part of an Asian Development Bank project on public sector governance, ThinkWell provides technical support to the Government of Laos in the production, use, and institutionalization of health account data to inform health sector reform.
Transitioning from External Aid and Ensuring Sustainability of UHC
Transitioning from External Aid and Ensuring Sustainability of UHC
ThinkWell supports the UHC2030 working group on sustainability, transition from aid and health systems strengthening. This project aims to collect country experiences on health system challenges and opportunities that transition presents.