ThinkWell

03/05/2025

Today is your last chance to register for our launch of the new Health Systems and Reform special issue. We will be joined by the World Health Organization (WHO), Results for Development, Gates Foundation, Palladium: Make It Possible, and other partners to break down health financing as a key to universal health coverage in countries around the world. The special issue features research from 50 experts in 12 countries and offers valuable lessons for the future of effective for .

Register now: https://ow.ly/i0sh50V63Ex

02/26/2025

In a week, our teams will partner with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Results for Development to launch a new Health Systems & Reform special issue on objective-oriented health systems reform and universal health coverage. During the launch, we will welcome a panel of experts from major players in the global health economics space to show us the power of health financing in the push towards UHC in countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Learn more and join the conversation here: https://ow.ly/jo6B50V63lr

Webinar overview ThinkWell, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Results for Development (R4D), is hosting a webinar to launch the Health Systems & Reform special issue, “Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage.” ...

02/20/2025

Efforts to achieve universal health coverage are unique to each country and address nuanced issues and patient populations. But UHC is a global movement with huge implications. How does health financing reform influence the movement?

Join ThinkWell, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Results for Development on March 6 to hear insights from 50 authors across 12 countries of a new Health Systems and Reform special issue on “Objective-Oriented Health Systems Reform: Implications for Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage.”

Learn more and register here: https://ow.ly/B6Ry50V3vBE

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02/06/2025

When there are not clear and enforced rules about where patients should get primary care services, it can lead to them seeking this care at their local hospital where it likely will be more expensive and lead to long waiting times.

Gatekeeping is the process of guiding patients first to their local primary care providers to optimize efficiency and ensure continuity. We just released a series of reports analyzing how gatekeeping works in developing countries and how financial mechanisms, among other health systems levers, are essential to ensuring that it works well.

https://ow.ly/2H5z50UUt4C

02/05/2025

02/05/2025

Last week, ThinkWell Kenya joined the The Ministry of Health of Kenya to launch the development of a National Cervical Cancer Elimination Acton Plan. While Kenya has made progress against cervical cancer, this initiative will refocus efforts by developing a costed and prioritized action plan, an investment case for elimination, and an advocacy strategy to support policy changes and resource mobilization.

“Vaccinating our girls, early screening, and timely treatment save lives. Let’s ensure every girl and woman has access to these essential services," said MOH Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Ms. Mary Muthoni, at the launch event.

Visit our blog to read more about the project and event: https://ow.ly/H0gK50UU3bx

01/17/2025

We capped off 2024 with a celebration of our SP4PHC project completion in Uganda! For the last five years, our team has worked intensively with the Government of Uganda to achieve major progress towards universal health care in Uganda:

✅Filled evidence gaps around PHC financing, complex fund flows, and the impact of decentralization and national public financial management on the health system
✅ Laid out opportunities for donor engagement (which plays a large role in Uganda), including addressing the challenge of patient congestion at public PHCs in Kampala
✅ Helped the government design, implement, and evaluate its mainstreaming of a World Bank-funded RBF project, called the Uganda Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health Improvement Project

Read reflections from Angellah Nakyanzi, Country Manager, ThinkWell Uganda, in our latest SP4PHC newsletter here: https://ow.ly/iTx450UI3sJ

01/06/2025

We are thrilled to be a part of this new project in Tanzania. This ten-year endeavor will build a more robust and sustainable health supply chain and pharmaceutical management system for citizens across the country.

Take a look at the link below to learn more about the JSI-led initiative.

JSI is pleased to announce that we have been selected to lead the USAID NextGen Ugavi Bora, Afya Bora (Better Supply, Better Health) Activity in Tanzania.

12/23/2024

ThinkWell is hiring! The immunization economics team is seeking a Program Analyst or Senior Program Analyst to, among other responsibilities, support the design and implementation of immunization costing studies and related assessments, including the development of research protocols and data collection instruments for primary data collection, data review, cleaning, and analysis.

Apply now!

ThinkWell is a global health strategic advisory firm founded in 2011, specialized in health financing, and policy advice to support low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in achieving their public health goals. ThinkWell is seeking a Program Analyst ...

12/13/2024

On Universal Health Coverage Day, we celebrated by revisiting HSR2024 and making our presentation materials publicly accessible. Have a look at what our teams are doing across the globe from heatwave threats to local health services in Pakistan to capitation in Indonesia to objective-oriented global health reform.

Look back at the conference and learn about the innovative ways ThinkWell's health financing experts and their peers are moving towards broader and more effective health coverage everywhere: https://ow.ly/ern450UqXI5

Health Systems Global

11/27/2024

🚨NEW: “Delivering mpox vaccines in African countries is likely to be much more expensive compared to other vaccines.”🚨

What does it cost to deliver mpox vaccines? 💉

In this blog post, Laura Boonstoppel and Flavia Moi from ThinkWell examine what we know about vaccine delivery costs and learnings from COVID-19 and Ebola vaccine delivery to explain why getting vaccines from their arrival in a country into the arms of those who are most at risk might be more costly than delivering routine vaccines, or even compared with other outbreak responses.

📰 Read the blog post here: https://ow.ly/FOjk50Ugi0c

11/26/2024

Earlier this month, ThinkWell visited Pakistan to kick off our study on the cost of identifying and vaccinating zero-dose children, a collaboration with Precision Health Consultants Global. The team met with key stakeholders, carried out training, and piloted tools ahead of the data collection. You can read more about this multi-country study here: https://ow.ly/zlzl50UfUra