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Health Systems Assessment

The health systems assessment (HSA) approach is an innovative tool designed to provide a rapid yet comprehensive assessment of a country’s health system. After revising the tool with local MOH officials, the local partner Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) piloted the HSA in Ninh Binh Province and Can Tho Province with Health Systems 20/20 oversight. What began as a pilot HSA in two provinces in 2008, grew to HSA studies in six more provinces in 2009. HSPI is poised to conduct HSAs in additional provinces when resources become available. As HSA data collection expanded, HSPI’s dependence on Health Systems 20/20 shrank. HSPI is now fully capable of conducting HSAs without outside assistance, and is also well placed to use the findings to inform national policy development.

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment

HIV/AIDS in Vietnam has been concentrated in high-risk populations, particularly among injection drug users (IDUs). Health Systems 20/20 is collaborating with Family Health International to evaluate a transitional program for individuals released from 06 Centers in Ho Chi Minh City that provides peer support, health care, vocational training, and employment assistance for individuals returning to their communities from drug detention centers.

HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis

Health Systems 20/20 also worked in Vietnam to complete a HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis Tool (HAPSAT) assessment. HAPSAT was developed by Health Systems 20/20 to help governments and donors develop of HIV/AIDS policies and implement plans. HAPSAT utilizes a computer-based model to forecast and analyze the sustainability of HIV/AIDS programs during periods of service delivery scale-up and/or when facing limited or unknown future resource levels.

Building Vietnam’s Capacity to Assess Its Health Systems

Amy Taye, Fred Rosensweig, and Megan Meline
Jan 2012 | Health Systems 20/20  | Better Health Systems Briefs, Brief 
Vietnam 

Tackling the Decline in HIV Resources: Lessons Learned from HAPSAT

Itamar Katz and Wendy Wong
Dec 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Presentation 
Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Vietnam, Zambia 

Harmonizing HIV Resource Tracking and Sustainability Planning

Douglas Glandon, Ha Nguyen, and Sharon Nakhimovsky
Dec 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Brief 
Vietnam 

Measuring Health Service Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Spending Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

Douglas Glandon
Jun 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Presentation 
Vietnam 

HAPSAT: HIV/AIDS Program Sustainability Analysis Tool-Plus

Jun 2011 | Health Systems 20/20  | Brief 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Zambia 

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Building Vietnam’s Capacity to Assess Its Health Systems

Jan 30 2012

In the latest brief in the Better Health Systems - Strategies that Work series, we look at Vietnam's progress in building capacity to assess its health systems.

 

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Project Kicks Off Health System Strengthening Training in South Africa

Aug 30 2011
U.S. government officials joined country counterparts from Barbados, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam, and the Caribbean region in July 2011 in Cape Town to learn how to design and implement health system strengthening activities. More...

Financial Data Informs Transition to Sustainable HIV/AIDS Programming in Vietnam

Jul 20 2011
As Vietnam graduates from low- to middle-income socio-economic status, the country will need to transition away from reliance on international donors for public health funding. For HIV/AIDS programming this is particularly pertinent—73 percent of HIV/AIDS spending in Vietnam comes from international donors. Leaders from the Vietnamese government and international organizations are proactively strategizing how to maintain HIV services as donor funds taper off. More...

Working with Nigerian Policymakers to Share Lessons on National Health Insurance

Jul 14 2011
Health economist Dr. Hong Wang did not come to the “Expanding Coverage to the Informal Sector” workshop to share a chapter from his book—he came to empower others. National policymakers from 13 developing countries took center stage at the four-day workshop hosted by the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), sharing accomplishments and challenges to providing health coverage to poor and informal sector populations. More...

Staff Present at International Health Economics Conference July 10-13

Jul 5 2011
Health Systems 20/20 staff shared insights on resource tracking, costing, and removing user fees at the 8th World Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics in Toronto. The event was sponsored by the International Health Economics Association, which represents over 2,500 health economists in more than 75 countries. More...

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