Active Collaborative : Contracting Organizations for Health-Related Services (Management Sciences for Health)

Purpose

The Contracting Organizations for Health-Related Services Collaborative aims to strengthen countries’ ability to design, implement, and expand effective contracting arrangements within mixed health systems, with a particular focus on engaging NGOs, civil society organizations, and the for-profit private sector. Using tuberculosis services as an illustrative example, the initiative equips participants with the practical knowledge, skills, and foundational systems needed to improve contracting across a range of health services.

Expected Outcomes

The collaborative is focused on supporting participating countries in developing clear strategies, actionable steps, and improved institutional readiness for contracting health related services, as well as a shared understanding of how to implement and scale contracting models that strengthen national health system performance.

12 Participating Member Countries

🇧🇩 Bangladesh, 🇧🇼 Botswana, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇮🇳 India, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇱🇷 Liberia, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇵🇭 Philippines, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇺🇬 Uganda

Progress

  • The collaborative launched in February 2024 and ran through January 2025 when the halt in US foreign assistance caused the termination of USAID’s HS4TB Project. Over the course of the year, members participated in 5 virtual learning sessions and one in-person workshop in New Delhi, India in October 2024 
  • After an 8-month pause, the JLN Network Manager supported a final capstone meeting in November 2025 to close the collaborative and document its work, including action plan implementation by 10 participating member countries.

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Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Denise Silfverberg , Principal Technical Advisor

Jacob Hughes , Senior Technical Director

Natsumi Ellis , Senior Project Associate

Sara Wilhelmsen , Portfolio Manager

Technical facilitation for this collaborative was provided by USAID’s Health Systems for TB Project (HS4TB) which was led by Management Sciences for Health.

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