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NEWS September 23, 2025

Partilha de ideias e lições aprendidas: reflexões da primeira reunião presencial da colaboração JLN-CSHS em Marrocos, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal

JLN Network Manager

Representantes de Marrocos, São Tomé e Príncipe e Senegal, acompanhados por funcionários do Banco Mundial da  nos escritórios nacionais , participaram da reunião presencial inaugural da em Washington, DC, EUA, de 26 a 27 de fevereiro de 2024. A reunião contou com a participação de 20 países da África, Ásia, Médio Oriente e América do Sul e foi realizada para facilitar a partilha de experiências e lições aprendidas sobre a resposta às alterações climáticas e a resiliência dos sistemas de saúde. Os principais objetivos da reunião foram iniciar a colaboração, identificar áreas técnicas prioritárias e temas-chave, partilhar esforços, ferramentas e sucessos existentes, compreender e documentar as expectativas para atividades colaborativas e delinear em conjunto potenciais produtos de conhecimento que poderiam ser coproduzidos ao longo do período de colaboração de dois anos. Os participantes identificaram seis linhas de trabalho para foco da colaboração e concordaram em desenvolver em conjunto cinco produtos de conhecimento em 2024-2025, correspondentes às três primeiras linhas de trabalho: 1) Governança, 2) Financiamento e Maximização do Financiamento, 3) Dados e Responsabilidade, 4) Ação Multissetorial, 5) Envolvimento das Comunidades e 6) Modelos de Prestação de Serviços.

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Sharing Insights and Lessons Learned: Reflections from the First In-Person Meeting of the JLN-CSHS Collaborative in Morocco, São Tomé and Principe, and Senegal

JLN Network Manager

Representatives from Morocco, São Tomé and Principe, and Senegal, accompanied by World Bank  staff in the country offices, attended the inaugural in-person meeting of the in Washington, DC USA from February 26-27, 2024. The meeting was attended by 20 countries from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, and was held to facilitate the sharing of experiences and lessons learned regarding climate change response and healthcare system resilience. The primary goals of the meeting were to initiate the collaborative, identify priority technical areas and key themes, share existing efforts, tools, and successes, understand and document expectations for collaborative activities, and jointly outline potential knowledge products that could be co-produced throughout the two-year collaborative period. Participants identified six workstreams for focus by the collaborative and agreed to collaboratively co-develop five knowledge products in 2024-2025 corresponding to the first three workstreams: 1) Governance, 2) Financing and Maximizing Financing, 3) Data and Accountability, 4) Multisectoral Action, 5) Engaging Communities, and 6) Service Delivery Models.

NEWS September 15, 2025

From Fragmentation to Focus: Leveraging Strategic Health Purchasing Amid Conflict and Crisis

JLN Network Manager

Africa faces a persistent challenge in financing healthcare, often characterised by limited public spending, high out-of-pocket payments, low domestic funding, and fragmented donor and funding flows. To tackle these challenges, countries are turning to Strategic Health Purchasing (SHP)—a smarter approach to delivering better health outcomes for every dollar spent, ensuring more equitable and accountable use of both domestic and donor resources. “Strategic Health Purchasing can improve how a health system uses information on population health needs and provider performance to more effectively allocate resources to health providers—even in fragile settings.” – Boniface Mbuthia, Technical Director, Health Financing, Amref Health Africa

NEWS August 14, 2025

CCG Newsletter Spotlight: Dr. Kurudeven Tamil Chelvan, CCG Coordinator, Malaysia

JLN Network Manager

We are delighted to shine a spotlight on Dr. Kurudeven Tamil Chelvan, a pivotal member of the JLN Country Core Group (CCG) Coordinator Team for Malaysia. Dr. Chelvan’s dedication to […]

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New Country Member – Welcoming South Sudan to the JLN Family

JLN Network Manager

South Sudan  The Joint Learning Network for UHC is growing! Help us extend a warm welcome to our newest member, South Sudan!  Officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, […]