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Let Managers Manage: A Health Service Provider’s Perspective on Public Financial Management

This post originally appeared on the World Bank’s Investing in Health Blog. Below is an excerpt from the blog. In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), public financial management (PFM) reforms often consist of a standard set of interventions  to strengthen the overall strategic allocation and accountability of public funds. They are often not sufficiently customised or … Read More

Vaccine Hesitancy Workshop to be Held in Geneva November 18-19

LNCT and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Vaccine Confidence Project will be holding a workshop in Geneva, Switzerland on November 18-19 to support countries in addressing vaccine hesitancy. The two-day workshop will bring together participants from six countries – Armenia, Georgia, Ghana, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan – that have indicated vaccine … Read More

Practitioner Perspectives: 2019 Network-Wide Meeting Interview Series – Nigeria’s Community Engagement Strategy

During our network-wide meeting, which took place in Tangerang, Indonesia in July 2019, we sat down with a few participants to hear about their experiences related to topics around their Gavi transition experiences. This interview features the following LNCT members: Interviewer: Elseddig Eltayeb Elsamani, EPI Manager, Sudan Interviewees: Dr. Garba Bello Bakunawa, Gavi Focal Desk … Read More

Practitioner Perspectives: 2019 Network-Wide Meeting Interview Series – Ghana Interview on Takeaways from LNCT’s National Heath Insurance Workshop

During our network-wide meeting, which took place in Tangerang, Indonesia in July 2019, we sat down with a few participants to hear about their experiences related to topics around their Gavi transition experiences. This interview features the following LNCT members: Interviewers: Bouaphat Phonvixay, Deputy Director of National Health Insurance Bureau, Lao PDR Panome Sayamoungkhoun, EPI … Read More

Materials from Immunization Economics’ 2019 iHEA Pre-Congress Session Now Available

As part of the 2019 iHEA biennial world congress in Basel, Switzerland, the Immunization Economics Special Interest Group (SIG) organized a pre-congress session on July 13-14. The program, which focused on the generation and use of information surrounding immunization costing, financing, and value of vaccination, included: Featured updates on research findings, methodology, and cases; Concurrent … Read More

Practitioner Perspectives: 2019 Network-Wide Meeting Interview Series – Indonesia Interview on Challenges and Successes of their Gavi Transition

Georgia, Indonesia

During our network-wide meeting, which took place in Tangerang, Indonesia in July 2019, we sat down with a few participants to hear about their experiences related to topics around their Gavi transition experiences. This interview features the following LNCT members: Interviewer: Irine Javakhadze, Chief Specialist, Consolidated Budget Formulation Division, Ministry of Finance, Georgia Interviewees: Hashta … Read More

Innovative Fridge Protecting Vaccines from Power Outages

This article originally appeared in The Telegraph. Below is an excerpt.  Vaccines are often temperature sensitive, with inoculations for diseases including hepatitis, typhoid and polio sensitive to both high and low temperatures. This presents a major challenge for health workers dispensing vaccines across the world, particularly in areas with limited or unreliable electricity supplies. But Sure Chill, a British technology and … Read More

LNCT Member Newsletter July/August 2019

LNCT Updates Materials from 2019 LNCT Network-wide Meeting Now Available Earlier this month, the Learning Network for Countries in Transition (LNCT), in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Gavi, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, held its third network-wide meeting in Tangerang, Indonesia. The meeting brought together country delegates from 14 of the … Read More

Practitioner Perspectives: Tbilisi Vaccine Procurement Workshop Interview Series – Varduhi Grigoryan (2 of 4)

Armenia

During our regional vaccine procurement workshop, which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia in April 2019, we sat down with a few participants to hear about their experiences related to topics ranging from vaccine forecasting, vaccine budgeting, and vaccine regulatory issues. This interview (second in a series of 4) is with Varduhi Grigoryan, Head of Department … Read More