Health Systems Strengthening Training and Development

Each project reference below leads to a one-page description, which also has links to related project reports (where available). Access to all projects on a specific topic is best done through the Search function at the top of the webpage, limiting the search to Projects by using the appropriate selection button.
Project: South Africa's Sustainable Response to HIV/AIDS (SA SURE)
STATUS: Current - October 2011 to September 2016 FUNDER/S: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through PEPFAR PARTNER/S: Health Systems Trust (Lead partner); Department(s) of Health (National, Provincial, District); Management Sciences for Health (MSH), University of Witwatersrand (WITS) Centre for Rural Health, Centre for Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER) at University of Cape Town (UCT), AURUM, AREA:
Project: Health Systems Strengthening Technical Assistance (HS-A-012-09)
STATUS: Current (October 2009 – May 2013) FUNDER/S: The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) in Lesotho with funding from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the US Government PARTNER/S: National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) of Finland, Health Systems Trust (HST) of South Africa and In-Develop of Sweden AREA: Lesotho DESCRIPTION:
Project: Health Information System For Data Capturers (HISDC)
STATUS: Current (August 2008 to September 2011) , extended for a further year to Sept 2012 FUNDER/S: South African Department of Health PARTNER/S: Continuing Education at the University of Pretoria (lead partner), Health Systems Trust and Health Information Systems Programme AREA: South Africa: all nine provinces DESCRIPTION:
HIV Counseling and Testing Strengthening Project
STATUS: Ongoing (March 2011 – February 2012) FUNDER/S: NDoH NGO Co-ordination unit PARTNER/S:   AREA: South Africa: six provinces (EC, NW, KZN, LP, GP, MP) DESCRIPTION: The project offers support and capacity building in information management and planning to identified facilities, and the districts within which
Strengthening Health Information Systems in the Western Cape Province (WC HMIS)
STATUS: Current (April 2011 – March 2012) FUNDER/S: Western Cape Department of Health PARTNER/S:   AREA: Western Cape province DESCRIPTION: The South African Department of Health (DoH) contracted HST from 2005 to 2007 to strengthen the District Health Information System at both the National and Provincial levels.
Strengthening District and Sub-district Management (KZN)
STATUS: Current (February 2011 – January 2012)  FUNDER/S: Atlantic Philanthropies PARTNER/S: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health AREA: KwaZulu-Natal province: all 11 health districts DESCRIPTION: HST was contracted by Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen district and sub-district management capacity in planning,
Project: Strengthening sub-district health management teams capacity for service delivery
STATUS: Current (February 2011 – January 2012)  FUNDER/S: Atlantic Philanthropies PARTNER/S: National (and Provincial) Department(s) of Health and Health Systems Trust AREA: South Africa: two provin
Project: Strengthening the district health information system (DHIS) in the Western Cape province
STATUS: Ongoing project since 2007.
Improve health outcomes in maternal, neonatal and child health and nutrition, through quality improvement strategies in health facilities (supply-based) and community-based interventions (demand-based) in seven selected districts (Archived)
STATUS: Completed (July 2009 – September 2010) FUNDER/S: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) PARTNER/S: National (and Provincial) Department(s) of Health and Health Systems Trust    (implementing agency)
Project: District Health Barometer
STATUS: Annual FUNDER: South African Department of Health PARTNERS: Nil AREA: South Africa DESCRIPTION: The District Health Barometer (DHB) is produced annually and illustrates important aspects of the health system at district level through analysis of a selected range of health indicators.
Project: South African Health Review
STATUS: Annual FUNDER/S: South African Department of Health PARTNER/S: Nil AREA: South Africa DESCRIPTION: The South African Health Review (SAHR), an annual publication of HST since 1995, provides a South African perspective on prevailing local and international public health issues.

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