Publications

Featured Publications
	Learn more about the new Health Systems Report to Congress: Sustaining Health Gains, Building Systems - October 2009.
	Download the Health Systems Assessment Approach: A How-To Manual.

Health Systems-Specific Publications

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• Health Information
  • Bulletins
  • Compendium of Tools
  • Manuals
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  • Technical Reports
  • Workshop Summaries
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• Pharmaceutical Management
  • Drug Management
  • Drug Quality and Information
    

General USAID Publications

• Health-Related Research and Development Strategy 2011-2015 – December 2012
  This report provides an overview of the Agency’s 2011-2015 strategy on health-related research and development used to stimulate the development and introduction of key products.
  
  
• Global Health and Child Survival: Progress Report to Congress 2010-2011 – May 2012
  In the last 20 years, the world has saved more than 50 million children's lives and reduced maternal mortality by one-third. This report details those successes for the time frame of 2010-2011.
  
  
• Report to Congress: Health-Related Research and Development Activities at USAID - October 2010 [PDF 1.4MB]
  With this report, USAID provides its final update on the Agency’s 2006–2010 health research strategy for using research funds to stimulate the development and introduction of key products. Significant progress has been made in many areas, influencing policies and programming on the ground in real time. Learn more.
  • FY 2009 Report [PDF, 447KB]
    
  • FY 2008 Report [PDF, 1.2MB]
  • FY 2006 Report [PDF, 881KB]
    
    
• Measuring the Impact of Health Systems Strengthening: A Review of the Literature [PDF, 1.2MB]
  This literature review summarizes current efforts in measuring health system performance and highlights the indicators and performance benchmarks most frequently used by the global community. The review also aims to serve as a resource for health system experts working on building consensus around a core set of indicators for monitoring and evaluating health system performance.
  
  
• Health Systems Report to Congress: Sustaining Health Gains, Building Systems - October 2009 [PDF, 3.2MB]
  Strengthening the health systems of developing countries is a central goal of USAID health programming. Achieving this goal is critical to sustaining improvements in outcomes in health- or disease-specific areas and is a significant factor in supporting overall development in partner countries. Learn more
  
  
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