The interaction of healthcare service quality and community-based health insurance in Ethiopia.

Community-based health insurance (CBHI) as a demand-side intervention is presumed to drive improvements in health services quality, and the quality of health services is an important supple-side factor in motivating CBHI enrollment and retention. There is, however, limited evidence on this interaction. This study examined the interaction between quality of health services and CBHI enrollment and renewal.

Where will the money come from? Alternative mechanisms to HIV donor funding.

Background: Donor funding for HIV programs has flattened out in recent years, which limits the ability of HIV programs worldwide to achieve universal access and sustain current progress. This study examines alternative mechanisms for resource mobilization.

Methods: Potential non-donor funding sources for national HIV responses in low- and middle-income countries were explored through literature review and Global Fund documentation, including data from 17 countries.

Cost efficiency in maternal and child health and family planning service delivery in Bangladesh: implications for NGOs.

The main goal of the health reform programme recently initiated in Bangladesh is to reduce costs and improve cost efficiency of the service delivery systems, and thereby ensure the sustainable provision of essential health and family planning services. With significant dependency on external funding, attainment of this objective is more critical for non-government organization (NGO) programmes. The paper analyzes costs of the NGO service delivery systems for maternal and child health and family planning, and identifies areas for increasing efficiency, especially through reducing labour costs and increasing service outputs.