Resource Tracking
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Challenge
Resource tracking monitors the flow of financial resources within the health sector. Governments and development partners depend on health expenditure data to assess past performance of health policies and programs and guide decision-making.
Despite the significant value that resource tracking provides for a country’s health sector, substantial obstacles prevent regular production and use of this information. National Health Accounts (NHA) estimations, a widely used resource tracking methodology, often happen only if donor funding and external technical assistance is available.
Approach
Health Systems 20/20 works to ensure that sustainable resource tracking mechanisms fit into the fabric of national financial resource planning, maximizing the quality and availability of data to improve health policy and outcomes. Health Systems 20/20 provides support to countries that have never done an NHA estimation, and to help experienced countries institutionalize the methodology.
To facilitate data collection and analysis, Health Systems 20/20 developed the NHA Production Tool, a desktop software that provides step-by-step directions to guide country teams through an NHA estimation. Read a brief or view a presentation to learn more.
- World Health Organization documents related to NHA
- Health Systems 20/20 and Resource Tracking Brief
- Liberia NHA Flickr Slideshow
Health Systems 20/20 is providing technical assistance for the National Health Accounts in Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen.
Most Recent Policy Impacts
Health Systems 20/20 Final Project Report
Sep 2012 | Health Systems 20/20 | Report
Health Systems 20/20 Publications List
Sep 2012 | Health Systems 20/20 | Publications List
Tracking Household Health Expenditures in Developing Countries Through Major Population-Based Surveys (2012 Update)
Aug 2012 | Health Systems 20/20 | Report
Project Closes September 2012
Sep 21 2012In launching the Health Systems 20/20 project in 2006, USAID recognized that “Only as we solve systemic challenges can USAID fulfill its mission of saving lives….” Through Health Systems 20/20, USAID has complemented its disease- and service-focused investments with technical assistance, capacity building, and global leadership in financing, governance, and operations. As a demand-driven project, Health Systems 20/20 responded to over 250 activity requests in 51 countries. More...
New Perspectives in Health Systems Strengthening: Lessons Learned for Building Stronger, Smarter Systems
Aug 2 2012Health Systems 20/20 Event Marks Progress in Health Systems Strengthening
Jul 20 2012St. Kitts and Nevis Launches First National Health Accounts Estimation
Jun 28 2012As donor funding for HIV programs decreases across the Caribbean, investments in health financing systems are essential to make HIV programs sustainable. Health Systems 20/20 is building financial management capacity in the Eastern Caribbean by conducting National Health Accounts (NHA) and HIV subaccounts estimations in several countries, starting with St. Kitts and Nevis.
More...Focus on Health Systems at World Congress on Public Health in Ethiopia
May 2 2012Health systems and primary care were highlighted at the 13th World Congress on Public Health in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Honored guests included the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zanawi, and Minister of Health, Dr. Tewodros Adhanom, who addressed more than 2,500 health professionals from 160 countries.
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