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The Health Systems Podcast USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)
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The Health Systems Podcast brings you conversations on the issues shaping health systems in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Produced by the USAID-funded Local Health System Sustainability Project, the podcast shares learning from the project's work toward a future in which all people have access to affordable, quality, essential health services. The Health Systems Podcast was made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of the producers and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.
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Mental Health Matters: Serving Migrant Women and LGBTQ People (In Spanish)
Title in Spanish: La Salud Mental Importa: Sirviendo a Mujeres Migrantes y Personas LGBTQLos migrantes enfrentan barreras significativas para acceder a los servicios de salud mental, exacerbadas por la discriminación, las barreras culturales y lingüísticas, la falta de información sobre sus derechos y el miedo a la detención y deportación. Las mujeres migrantes y la población LGBT son especialmente vulnerables debido a la violencia de género y la discriminación por identidad de género.En este...
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What We Mean When We Talk About Resilience
Since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) has assisted governments with their prevention, detection, response, and vaccination efforts. But we’ve done more than help with immediate needs. Through all our support, LHSS has worked to strengthen countries’ capacity not only to fight COVID-19 but also to respond effectively to the health emergencies of the future. We’ve improved their resilience. In this episode, three LHSS ex...
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Powering Resource Optimization and Quality Improvement Through Workforce Reforms
Resource optimization and health service quality are key desired outcomes under USAID's Health System Strengthening Vision 2030. In a thoughtful and engaging conversation, LHSS Project Senior Technical Advisor for Human Resources for Health Kate Greene and LHSS Kyrgyz Republic Country Director Cholpon Asambaeva explore how a new approach to nursing -- called the Universal Nurse Model -- is achieving both of these outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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Systems Thinking: What It Is and Why It Matters
Systems thinking is essential to the LHSS Project’s work with governments to co-design and co-implement effective measures to strengthen country health systems. But what exactly do we mean by systems thinking? In this episode, LHSS Technical Director Midori de Habich shares her well-honed understanding of systems thinking -- what it is, why it leads to more successful programs, and how to recognize when it is or is not needed. Following Ms. de Habich, LHSS-Colombia Chief of Party Miguel Pulid...
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Making it Last: Sustainable Approaches to Health System Strengthening
USAID’s new Vision for Health System Strengthening 2030 calls for health systems that are not only high-performing but also sustainable. How can we get there? Lisa Tarantino, director of sustainability and transition for USAID’s Local Health System Sustainability Project, describes the project’s pioneering approach to collaborating with host countries towards health system improvements that will continue long after the project ends. This episode of the Health Systems Podcast explo...