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    Surgery's place in the UHC2030 Action Agenda - 7 month(s) ago

    On Sept 21, 2023, the UN General Assembly’s 78th Session (UNGA-78) will dedicate one of three high-level meetings to universal health coverage (UHC).1 With UHC2030 target deadlines fast approaching, amplified efforts and political commitments from the global health community will focus on the right to essential health-care services without impoverishment.1,2 Safe, timely, and affordable surgical care is an indivisible component of UHC, and achieving UHC underlies the surgical community’s core priorities.

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      “Safe, timely, and affordable surgical care is an indivisible component of [universal health coverage (#UHC)]...” Strengthen surgery to make strides towards achieving UHC, urge Kiana Winslow and colleagues: https://t.co/uoQAQnV43e

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    Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo - BMC Medicine - 7 month(s) ago

    Background Health systems’ weakness remains one of the primary obstacles towards achieving universal access to quality healthcare in low-income settings. Performance-based financing (PBF) programs have been increasingly used to increase access to quality care in LMICs. However, evidence on the impacts of these programs remains fragmented and inconclusive. We analyze the health system impacts of the PBF program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the largest such programs introduced in LMICs to date. Methods We used a health systems perspective to analyze the benefits of PBF relative to unconditional financing of health facilities. Fifty-eight health zones in six provinces were randomly assigned to either a control group (28 zones) in which facilities received unconditional transfers or to a PBF program (30 zones) that started at the end of 2016. Follow-up data collection took place in 2021–2022 and included health facility assessments, health worker interviews, direct

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      Evidence from #DRCongo by @SwissTPH @WorldBank @UniBasel_en suggests that performance-based financing improves most health system domains. Shapira, @Emma_C_Clarke @guenther_fink et al. with important #UHC #globalhealth findings. https://t.co/XaxkRJpt5C https://t.co/UD8x7av5ve

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    Tanzania to launch inclusive CHWs programme - Daily News - 9 month(s) ago

    SWITZERLAND, Geneva TANZANIA is intending to launch an inclusive programme of using Community Health Workers (CHWs) with the aim of speeding up access to better health services for all especially at primary health facilities. This was revealed recently by Minister for Health Ms Ummy Mwalimu in Geneva, Switzerland while taking part in a virtual meeting

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      Bravo @ummymwalimu investing heavily in Community Health Workers to accelerate progress towards #UHC in Tanzania https://t.co/z6fyeV96uc

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