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        <title>Using Facility-based Governance Committees to Improve Quality of Health Services in the Philippines</title>
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        <published>2010-03-09T22:45:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-09T22:45:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2495/</id>
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            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;In three sites in Mindanao, Philippines, Health Systems 20/20 is supporting the establishment of facility-based governance committees that focus on improving the quality of health services. &lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Sustainability Analysis of HIV/AIDS Services in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Using HAPSAT</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2494/"/>
        <published>2010-03-09T22:30:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-09T22:30:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2494/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Sustainability Analysis of HIV/AIDS Services in Nigeria</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2493/"/>
        <published>2010-03-09T22:15:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-09T22:15:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2493/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Stephen Resch, Hong Wang, Michael Kayode Ogungbemi, and Gilbert Kombe</name>
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Financing Maternal Health Services</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2487/"/>
        <published>2010-02-26T16:45:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-26T16:45:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2487/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Laurel Hatt</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Health Systems 20/20 Work in Haiti</title>
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        <published>2010-02-01T16:15:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-01T16:15:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2470/</id>
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            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;In December 2009 project staff were in &lt;a href=&quot;/section/where_we_work/haiti&quot;&gt;Haiti&lt;/a&gt; working on estimating program costs for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Health Systems 20/20 Contributes to GLOBAL HEALTH Magazine Blog</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2469/"/>
        <published>2010-01-29T21:15:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-29T21:15:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2469/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;Catherine Connor debunks misconceptions about health systems in her blog post, &quot;Health Systems Strengthening: True or False?&quot; Read the blog and post a comment at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/&quot;&gt;http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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        <title>Governorate Health Account Data in Amran, Yemen – A Powerful Tool for Decision-makers</title>
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        <published>2010-01-27T21:15:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-27T21:15:00+00:00</updated>
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            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;Health Systems 20/20 (known in &lt;a href=&quot;/section/where_we_work/yemen&quot;&gt;Yemen&lt;/a&gt; as the Yemen Partners for Health Reform YPHR Project) recently disseminated the results of the 2006 Amran Governorate Health Accounts (GHA) work at a conference held in Amran. Various representatives from the governorate and district authorities, including district health directors and the Amran General Director of Health, attended the conference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/section/where_we_work/yemen/capacitybuilding&quot;&gt;Click here to watch a short broadcast clip of the Amran GHA conference.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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        <title>Nigeria HIV/AIDS Service Provision Assessment 2008</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2464/"/>
        <published>2010-01-26T22:30:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-26T22:30:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2464/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Ugo Amanyeiwe, Laurel Hatt, Aneesa Arur, Amy Taye, Mona Mehta-Steffen, Kayode Ogungbemi, Gilbert Kombe, John Osika, and Victoria Rossi</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>The Private Health Sector in Nigeria – An Assessment of Its Workforce and Service Provision</title>
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        <published>2010-01-26T22:30:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-26T22:30:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2463/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Arin Dutta, Eddie Kariisa, John Osika, Gilbert Kombe, Ali Johnson Onoja, Muhammed Lecky, and Akin Oyemakinde</name>
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Resource Tracking for Financial Accountability</title>
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        <published>2010-01-25T17:00:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-25T17:00:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2462/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Nirmala Ravishankar</name>
        </author>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Health Systems 20/20 Awarded Certificate of Appreciation in Yemen</title>
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        <published>2010-01-06T22:45:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-06T22:45:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2458/</id>
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            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;In recognition of work Health Systems 20/20 and predecessor project, Partners for Health Reformplus/Yemen PHR (YPHR) have carried out in Amran, Yemen, since 2004, the Amran governorate and health office awarded the project a certificate of appreciation on November 16, 2009. Both USAID and YPHR were applauded for their on-going efforts to strengthen Amran's health system.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>Using Organizational Development Approaches to Strengthen Health Information Systems</title>
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        <published>2010-01-05T21:30:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-05T21:30:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/resource/detail/2456/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Fred Rosensweig, Jim Setzer, Dan Edwards, Zoey Breslar, and John Novak</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Health Systems Strengthening Tools Cited in USAID 2009 Report to Congress</title>
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        <published>2010-01-04T16:30:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-04T16:30:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2455/</id>
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            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
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        <summary>&lt;p&gt;Two innovations from the Health Systems 20/20 project for measuring progress in health systems strengthening are cited in USAID's first &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/hs/publications/hss_report.html&quot;&gt;Health Systems Report to Congress&lt;/a&gt;.</summary>
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    <entry>
        <title>GTZ Newsletter Cites Health Systems 20/20 Project's Measurement of Governance</title>
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        <published>2009-12-30T19:15:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-30T19:15:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2452/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
        </author>
        <summary>&lt;p&gt;Health Systems 20/20 was highlighted as a leader in the measurement of &lt;a href=&quot;http://healthsystems2020.com/section/topics/governance&quot;&gt;governance&lt;/a&gt; and anti-corruption progress by Boston University's Taryn Vian in an interview in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm&quot;&gt;GTZ&lt;/a&gt;'s Public Finance Reform December '09 Newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Meeting Health Workforce Needs in Luxor, Egypt</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2440/"/>
        <published>2009-12-16T19:45:00+00:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-16T19:45:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>http://www.healthsystems2020.com/content/news/detail/2440/</id>
        <author>
            <name>Health Systems 20/20</name>
        </author>
        <summary>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/userfiles/image/Egypt Luxor.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Credit: Health Systems 20/20
Egypt&quot; width=&quot;251&quot; height=&quot;174&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px;&quot;/&gt;

The Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH) is working to strengthen its capacity to roll out and sustain health sector reforms. Challenges facing the MOH include excess workforce capacity in some facilities, imbalances in the geographic and specialty distributions of health workers, and sub-optimal quality of the graduating workforce.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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