Fiscal Devolution in India: Taking Stock of the Changing Policy Environment
The following report describes a qualitative study of recent changes to the health system in India. This country’s health system is moving toward more decentralized operations and increased decision making at the state level. These changes will require state governments in India …
Overview of the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage
At the heart of our work is the belief that all individuals, no matter where they live or what their age, deserve access to high quality, affordable healthcare. To help achieve this goal, ACCESS Health International and our partners at the World …
Market Forces in Primary Care Systems: A Framework
Studies suggest that India needs to strengthen its primary and preventive healthcare across both public and private sectors to achieve universal health coverage. This report explains the importance of primary care as a platform for preventive efforts, such as nutrition counseling, mothers’ …
A new approach to Public Health: Transforming Maternal and Newborn Care in Telangana
HealthCare India recently published an in depth report on our maternal and newborn child work in Telangana, India. Read the original post here or the excerpt from the post below. More than 659,000 newborn babies die every year in India. It is …
Inaugural China International Healthcare and Finance Innovation Summit Takes Place
The first China International Healthcare and Finance Innovation Summit was held at the School of Management of Fudan University in Shanghai on October 21, 2017. Forty guest speakers, nineteen media groups, and more than four hundred guests attended the summit. The summit …
New Leadership Takes Hold at Telangana’s Aarogyasri Health Care Trust
ACCESS Health International and the Safe Care, Saving Lives Quality Improvement Collaborative are delighted to welcome Dr. K Manohar as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Government of Telangana Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. Dr. Manohar is CEO with Full Additional Charge, …
Register Now for the Inaugural China International Healthcare and Finance Innovation Summit
We are pleased to invite you to the inaugural China International Healthcare and Finance Innovation Summit, which will be held in Shanghai, China on October 21, 2017. Innovations in healthcare and finance are critical to ensuring that all people are able to access high …
Applying Learnings Back Home: Medical Audits Collaborative
This post was authored by Gilda “Gitchi” Diaz, OIC-Vice President, Quality Assurance Group, PhilHealth, Philippines. It appeared originally on the Joint Learning Network website. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, PhilHealth, had developed a healthcare provider performance assessment system (HCPPAS) at around the same time that …
The American Spectator Features ACCESS Health Book “Affordable Excellence”
This article originally appeared in The American Spectator. Singapore spends less on health care than any other First World nation. Its inhabitants also rank as one of the healthiest peoples on the planet. Go figure. With polls showing just 12 percent of …
Critical to Building the Healthcare Last Mile – Government or Private Sector?
This article, written by ACCESS Health Country Director for India, Siddhartha Battacharya, orginally appeared in the magazine CFO Insights. The healthcare system in India faces several key challenges in the last mile: a fragmented delivery system, with public and private providers operating in …
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