Welcome to Health Systems 20/20, USAID’s global health project working to strengthen health systems in developing countries. Strong health systems are critical to the achievement of better health outcomes. Health Systems 20/20 uses an integrated approach to address the financing, governance, operational, and capacity constraints in a health system that impede access to and use of life-saving priority health services. Read more in the project brief.
The Health Systems 20/20 project is a Leader with Associates cooperative agreement for 2006–2011 funded through USAID’s Health Systems Division within the Global Health Bureau serving all offices including maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS.
Health Systems 20/20 Work in Haiti
In December 2009 project staff were in Haiti working on estimating program costs for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services.
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Health Systems 20/20 Contributes to GLOBAL HEALTH Magazine Blog
Catherine Connor debunks misconceptions about health systems in her blog post, "Health Systems Strengthening: True or False?" Read the blog and post a comment at http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/guest_blog/
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Governorate Health Account Data in Amran, Yemen – A Powerful Tool for Decision-makers
Health Systems 20/20 recently disseminated the results of National Health Account/Governorate Health Accounts (GHA) work in Yemen at a conference held in Amran.
Click here to watch a video clip of the Amran GHA conference.
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Health Systems 20/20 Awarded Certificate of Appreciation in Yemen
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.
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Health Systems Strengthening Tools Cited in USAID 2009 Report to Congress
Two innovations from the Health Systems 20/20 project for measuring progress in health systems strengthening are cited in USAID's first Health Systems Report to Congress. More...
Meeting Health Workforce Needs in Luxor, Egypt
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.
