The push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) must focus on designing a Health Benefits Package that is sensible, fair and evidence based – this was the take-home message from IDSI’s visit to Washington DC this week. The US capital was the setting for three days of meetings and events to mark UHC Day and the release of ‘What’s In, What’s …
Monitoring Value for Money of donor expenditure: learning lessons from the iDSI Reference Case
How do donors in international development make sure they are not wasting money? Doing so is harder than it may initially seem. Money is spent thousands of miles away from headquarters, in settings where information is poor, politics complex and staff turnover rapid. In practice, many use Value for Money (VfM) analysis to try and stay on top of this …
China: Nov 2012 – Sept 2015
iDSI has been collaborating with China (through NICE International’s earlier engagements with CNHDRC) since 2012. See below for further information on events and work that took place between November 2012 and September 2015. NICE signs MOU with CNHDRC during UK-China health talks September 2015 NICE International developed and delivered a two-week study tour programme for a senior delegation from China. …
Institutional strengthening in health: Lunch seminar at the Department for International Development
NICE International were invited to speak at the Department for International Development (DFID) “brown bag” lunch seminar, discussing issues in international health with DFID Health Advisers. Dr Ryan Li and Laura Morris, in conjunction with Rob Lloyd, Itad (our partners on monitoring and evaluation), presented our approach to institutional strengthening. The discussions focused on our practical support to decision makers …
Cuba
Learning from the Cuban experience in medical education April 2017 Members of a collaborative Cuba-UK-South Africa project exploring the value of Cuban-training for South African medical students met this year to discuss how the programme can promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The ‘South Africa-Cuba doctors programme’, which offers bursaries to South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds to study medicine in Cuba …