Health Systems Strengthening

  • Dr. Eqab Al-Rawahna was the director of the Emergency Department at Al Bashir Hospital, Jordan’s largest public hospital, when COVID-19 arrived in the country. / Mohammad Magayda for USAID

    Building a Healthy Future for Jordan: USAID assistance to build a new ER department will help Jordan's largest public hospital save lives and relieve suffering.

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    Read how USAID uses a systems approach to help countries cope with health challenges and crises.

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  • Woman in Nigeria sits on mat and uses mobile phone for digital health. Photo credit: KC Nwakalor, USAID

    A new USAID technical brief on how digital financial services (DFS) provides health programs with opportunities to accelerate progress toward global health goals and outcomes.

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  • Learn how USAID helps build high performing health institutions that provide accountable, affordable, accessible, and reliable health care.

    Learn how USAID helps build high performing health institutions that provide accountable, affordable, accessible, and reliable health care.

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  • Learn how one midwife in Mali extends her training beyond the health facility to improve the quality of health care for her community.

    Learn how one midwife in Mali extends her training beyond the health facility to improve the quality of health care for her community.

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  • Graphic of a hand holding up a barbell with icons of health systems such as infrastructure and medical personnel

    What is Health Systems Strengthening?

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USAID programs have supported health systems strengthening (HSS) for decades with critical resources, technical expertise and global leadership to sustain gains in global health.

Our aim is to help countries, their people and institutions, improve health outcomes over the long term. We do this by providing technical assistance to help countries identify and take ownership for investments in their health systems. In partnership with the public and private sectors, we seek to ensure affordability, quality and delivery of health care in an equitable and sustainable manner, ultimately protecting people against unforeseen shocks.

These actions help USAID reach our three priority global health goals of Preventing Child and Maternal Deaths, Controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and Combating Infectious Disease, which directly contributes to the Global Health Security Agenda.

Learn more about how we apply a systems-thinking approach to improve health systems outcomes in support of more sustainable and robust overall health results in these areas:

SPOTLIGHT

Roadmap for Systematic Priority Setting and Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

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Building an Evidence Base

Changing Health Seeking Behavior

Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Enabling a Health Workforce

Fostering Country Ownership

Improving Quality of Health Care

Health Finance and Mobilizing Domestic Resources

Promoting Resilience

Strengthening Community Health Systems

Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems

 

Learn more about our health systems strengthening work: 

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The Role of Digital Financial Services in Accelerating USAID's Health Goals

How USAID and Our Partners Advance Primary Health Care

Community Health Roadmap

USAID's Vision for Health Systems Strengthening