The guide provides an overview of how patient pathway studies can be designed and implemented to meet this goal. The studies featured in the guide offer a wealth of insights and lessons from research carried...
This report summarizes the methodology, key findings, and learning from three patient pathway analyses (PPA) conducted in Bangladesh cities and districts in Ghana and in Gujarat State between 2021 and...
The global prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to escalate, leading to a substantial burden of disease. NCDs account for 74 percent of all global deaths, causing approximately 41 million...
Globally, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are confronting a rapid shift in the NCD burden. Recent estimates suggest that 82% of premature deaths from NCDs occur in LMICs6—countries that are also...
Bangladesh’s rapidly expanding urban population has put an enormous strain on the local healthcare system. A poorly coordinated and fragmented urban health system leads to gaps in healthcare service delivery...
Bangladesh’s rapidly expanding urban population has put an enormous strain on local healthcare systems. A poorly coordinated and fragmented urban health system leads to gaps in healthcare service delivery...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has transitioned from a predominately communicable to noncommunicable (NCD) disease burden. In 2019, the six leading causes of death, ischemic heart disease, stroke...
North Macedonia, an Eastern European nation of 1.836 million inhabitants, has a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). An aging population and high levels of NCD risk factors are mainly responsible...
This practical, interactive guide walks health program implementers through how to use cascade analytics to improve service delivery and client outcomes. For policy-makers, it explains the power of the...
Countries are increasingly defining health benefits packages (HBPs) as a way of progressing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Resources for health are commonly constrained, so it is imperative to...
Armenia is an upper-middle-income (UMI) country in the South Caucasus region. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and a regional crisis have resulted in the real economy's contraction following rapid growth...
Armenia is an upper-middle-income (UMI) country in the South Caucasus region. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and a regional crisis have resulted in the real economy's contraction following rapid growth...
Mozambique is one of the thirty highest tuberculosis (TB) burden countries in the world with respect to total incidence. Active case finding programs in Mozambique have been expanding, and community-based...
Samoa needs to intensify the response to the growing non-communicable disease burden. This study aimed to assess bottlenecks in the care continuum and identify possible solutions. The mixed-methods study...
This brief summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency analysis using the Optima TB model and highlights opportunities to improve Malawi’s TB response. The study adopted an innovative design by...
Ukraine is amid a comprehensive health sector reform to transform the current unaffordable and inefficient system into a modern, more efficient, and affordable one. The country’s health system is not addressing...
This Optima TB modeling analysis was conducted to project the trajectory of the future epidemic and to estimate how existing and additional resources might be optimally allocated to maximize the impact...
This brief provides a description of the Cascade Analysis Tool (CAT) and a summary of an early application of the tool in Poltava Region, central Ukraine. The CAT is a mathematical model with a generic...
The Samoan Ministry of Health and the World Bank jointly conducted a cascade analysis to systematically identify the gaps and bottlenecks in the delivery of hypertension care (as a tracer condition for...
The importance of non-communicable diseases (NCD) for the health status of Samoa’s population cannot be overstated - NCD causes are responsible for 7 of 10 pre-mature deaths with 3 of 10 due to cardiovascular...