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Strengthening Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care

SP4PHC aims to improve how governments purchase primary health care services, with a focus on family planning and maternal, newborn, and child health. SP4PHC is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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USAID Health Financing Activity

In Indonesia, ThinkWell leads USAID’s Health Financing Activity (HFA), a five year $15M contract awarded in 2019. HFA is a technical assistance project designed to strengthen local capacity in financial analyses, stakeholder engagement, learning, and decision-making. We support the Ministry of Health’s leadership and vision to improve financial protection, equitable access to quality health services, and health outcomes.

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Leveraging Evidence on Immunization Delivery Costs

ThinkWell leads a three year project focused on increasing the visibility, availability, understanding, and use of evidence on the cost of delivering vaccines. The project is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Sustainable Financing for Immunization

ThinkWell seeks to improve sustainable immunization financing in countries across the globe. This project is supported by Merck & Co., Inc.

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Oncology Financing: Evidence from Country Experiences to Inform the Global Challenge

ThinkWell’s oncology financing research shows how countries are confronting financing challenges in oncology and what more can be done in the policy and financing environment to increase access and improve cancer outcomes.

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Enhancing Essential Services Provision During and Beyond Covid-19 in Bangladesh

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ThinkWell’s Bangladesh team implements the “Enhancing Essential Services Provision for Universal Health Coverage (EESPUHC), in the context of Covid-19 activity,” which supports the Government of Bangladesh to prioritize and execute on planning and investments for regularizing and improving access to essential health services.

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Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Health

To inform world leaders at the G20 Summit in November 2020, ThinkWell assessed innovative finance in health in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This was the first time since 2011 that a comprehensive, major review of innovative finance for health has been conducted.

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MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery (MPHD)

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery (MPHD) seeks to strengthen private provider contributions to vital health care. ThinkWell serves as the technical lead on health financing for sustainability of private sector service delivery.

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Health Policy Plus (HP+) in Mozambique

We support the Government of Mozambique strengthen health programs and policies aimed at improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health.

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U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative in Nigeria

As part of a consortium of implementing organizations for the USAID-funded President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI), ThinkWell leads the delivery of health financing and institutional strengthening interventions across eight states in Nigeria. The PMI project is designed to contribute to Nigeria’s national malaria elimination program’s vision of a “malaria-free Nigeria.” The project is also […]

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Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the USAID-funded Achieving Universal Health Coverage (AUHC) project is transforming the nationwide Smiling Sun network of 399 clinics into a consolidated pro-poor social enterprise: the Surjer Hashi Network (SHN).

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Improving Essential Health Services in Myanmar

ThinkWell provides health financing and human resources for health support to strengthen health system governance in Myanmar.

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Configuring Strategic Purchasing for Family Planning

ThinkWell explored how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could harness strategic purchasing to improve the delivery of affordable family planning services in the DRC.

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Supporting Health Sector Resiliency in Afghanistan

ThinkWell provided technical support and capacity building to the Ministry of Public Health to increase domestic resources for health.

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Supporting Reproductive Maternal Health 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).

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Assessing Health Inequity in Jordan

ThinkWell supported the High Health Council of Jordan with health systems research to assess health inequity in Jordan, especially as it relates to children and adolescents.

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Transitioning from Foreign Aid Reliance

ThinkWell supported the UHC2030 working group on sustainability and health systems strengthening. We collected country experiences on health system challenges and opportunities that transition from foreign aid reliance.

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Improving Health Finance and Governance in Jordan

We leveraged provider payment, strategic purchasing, and health insurance to improve efficiency and equity in Jordan.

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Improving a maternal and child health voucher system

ThinkWell identified strengths and bottlenecks to improve Madagascar’s maternal and child health voucher system.

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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.

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Strengthening Health Financing in Haiti

With ThinkWell support, Haiti’s Ministry of Health strengthened its systems and capacity to receive and harmonize direct funding and to contract out health care services.

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Advising Universal Health Coverage Strategies

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.

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Expanding Social Health Insurance in Zambia

ThinkWell provided technical assistance to the government of Zambia in its efforts to implement social health insurance. We also provided technical support to the Zambia Poor People’s Federation.

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Designing National Health Insurance Program in Liberia

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.

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Investing in RMNCAH in Mozambique

ThinkWell is supporting the Mozambican Ministry of Health to develop their national health financing strategy.

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Launching Results-based Financing in Tanzania

ThinkWell supported the Tanzania Ministry of Health to design and implement their national results-based financing (RBF) program.

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Performance-based Financing in Mozambique

ThinkWell implemented and evaluated Mozambique’s first HIV and MCH-focused performance-based financing (PBF) program.

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Increasing Health Insurance Coverage in the Philippines

ThinkWell supported the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to identify nontraditional private-sector strategies to reach uninsured workers employed in the informal sector.

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Improving Results-based Financing Programs

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.

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Strengthening Health Sector Governance Reforms in Laos

ThinkWell provided technical support to the government of Laos to produce, use, and institutionalize health account data to inform health sector reform.

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Strengthening Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan

ThinkWell conducted an analysis to determine how innovative financing mechanisms could improve health systems performance in Sindh Province, Pakistan.

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Strengthening Health Systems in Haiti

ThinkWell worked inside the USAID/Haiti mission as their lead technical expert in health systems strengthening.

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Strengthening Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care

Strengthening Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care

Strengthening Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care

USAID Health Financing Activity

USAID Health Financing Activity

Leveraging Evidence on Immunization Delivery Costs

Leveraging Evidence on Immunization Delivery Costs

Sustainable Financing for Immunization

Sustainable Financing for Immunization

Oncology Financing: Evidence from Country Experiences to Inform the Global Challenge

Oncology Financing: Evidence from Country Experiences to Inform the Global Challenge

Enhancing Essential Services Provision During and Beyond Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Enhancing Essential Services Provision During and Beyond Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Health

Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Health

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery (MPHD)

MOMENTUM Private Healthcare Delivery (MPHD)

Health Policy Plus (HP+) in Mozambique

Health Policy Plus (HP+) in Mozambique

U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative in Nigeria

U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative in Nigeria

Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh

Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh

Improving Essential Health Services in Myanmar

Improving Essential Health Services in Myanmar

Configuring Strategic Purchasing for Family Planning

Configuring Strategic Purchasing for Family Planning

Supporting Health Sector Resiliency in Afghanistan

Supporting Health Sector Resiliency in Afghanistan

Supporting Reproductive Maternal Health in Mozambique

Supporting Reproductive Maternal Health in Mozambique

Assessing Health Inequity in Jordan

Assessing Health Inequity in Jordan

Transitioning from Foreign Aid Reliance

Transitioning from Foreign Aid Reliance

Improving Health Finance and Governance in Jordan

Improving Health Finance and Governance in Jordan

Improving a maternal and child health voucher system

Improving a maternal and child health voucher system

Bottlenecks to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Bottlenecks to Achieving Universal Health Coverage

Strengthening Health Financing in Haiti

Strengthening Health Financing in Haiti

Advising Universal Health Coverage Strategies

Advising Universal Health Coverage Strategies

Expanding Social Health Insurance in Zambia

Expanding Social Health Insurance in Zambia

Designing National Health Insurance Program in Liberia

Designing National Health Insurance Program in Liberia

Investing in RMNCAH in Mozambique

Investing in RMNCAH in Mozambique

Launching Results-based Financing in Tanzania

Launching Results-based Financing in Tanzania

Performance-based Financing in Mozambique

Performance-based Financing in Mozambique

Increasing Health Insurance Coverage in the Philippines

Increasing Health Insurance Coverage in the Philippines

Improving Results-based Financing Programs

Improving Results-based Financing Programs

Strengthening Health Sector Governance Reforms in Laos

Strengthening Health Sector Governance Reforms in Laos

Strengthening Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan

Strengthening Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan

Strengthening Health Systems in Haiti

Strengthening Health Systems in Haiti