Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Saving Lives in Fragile and Post-Conflict States
March 29, 2013
Highlights

Liberia Launches Accredited Medicine Store Program 


Liberia Launches Accredited Medicine Store Program Adapted to suit Liberia's emerging country context, the newly launched Accredited Medicine Store (AMS) program will increase the quality of pharmaceutical services in more populated urban areas, and lead to improved access to essential medicines, basic pharmaceutical services, and health care referrals in the more remote areas of the country.

 

Reviving Santo: Sudanese Refugee Accesses TB Treatment   


Reviving Santo: Sudanese Refugee Accesses TB Treatment Santo is one of over 110,000 Sudanese refugees living in South Sudan; he was diagnosed correctly for the first time at a hospital recently trained on TB infection control by USAID's TB CARE I.
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New Treatment Centers, Staff Training, and Referral System Strengthen HIV Care in Haiti   


Marie received HIV testing & counseling, and ongoing antiretroviral therapy (ART), thanks to a new treatment center, staff training, and referral system. She is one of more than 3,665 individuals who've received ART.
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Joint Trainings Prepare Afghan Pharmacy Students for Future Success   


Joint Trainings Prepare Afghan Pharmacy Students for Future Success Access to quality medicines and appropriate use of those medicines are critical to good patient care and a functioning health system. To ensure that public sector pharmacists in Afghanistan can better manage their stores and to promote improved prescribing and medicine use, Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) Afghanistan conducts Managing Drug Supply and Rational Medicine Use trainings, in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Afghan educational institutions.
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Rebuilding Basic Health Services in Liberia with Performance-Based Financing: A Conversation with Floride Niyuhire 


Floride Niyuhire MSH contributes to health systems strengthening in Liberia through Rebuilding Basic Health Services (RBHS), a USAID-supported project, led by John Snow, Inc. (JSI). We spoke recently with Floride Niyuhire, MD, MPH, a Performance-Based Financing Advisor for RBHS.
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More MSH News

"Health for All" Campaign Launches in Ethiopia 


Health for All Campaign Launches in Ethiopia The Health for All campaign, the campaign for universal health coverage in Africa, officially launched in Ethiopia March 14.    

MSH and over 60 Organizations Call on Delegates to Support Universal Health Coverage at the Botswana High Level Dialogue on Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda  


MSH joined over 60 civil society organizations in supporting universal health coverage in a sign-on letter to delegates meeting in Botswana in March at the High Level Dialogue on Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

#HowtoStopTB MSH commemorated World TB Day 2013 with a blog series on what works to stop TB, called #HowtoStopTB.

Video: Overcoming Barriers to Health Care for Women in Afghanistan 


Overcoming barriers to health care for Afghan women
"We realized that educating the community was something we had to focus on," says Madina, a trained Afghan midwife, as she describes involving elders and religious leaders in helping to improve access to family planning and perinatal care for women in Khost province.

 

 
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Leadership at All Levels: The Backbone of Rwanda's Health System Successes
Leadership at All Levels: The Backbone of Rwanda's Health System Successes

The development of Rwanda's health system over the last decades exemplifies MSH's philosophy for rebuilding health systems in so-called "fragile states" -- countries affected by conflict or crisis, or by collapsed or repressive governments.


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Democratic Republic of the Congo-Integrated Health Project (DRC-IHP)

Increasing TB detection and treatment in DRC

In the Nyangezi health zone where traditional healers have discouraged TB patients seeking medical attention, the DRC-IHP team uses behavior change communication strategies to encourage people who are coughing to visit the health facility.
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Delivering Medicines to Improve Maternal & Child Health in Dekese, DRC

The DRC-IHP team is tackling the daunting task of delivering critical medicines and other health care supplies to people, particularly mothers and children, living in the health zone of Dekese.
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Led by MSH with partners, and supported by USAID, DRC-IHP is working to improve the basic health conditions of the Congolese people in 80 health zones in four provinces.
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