Understanding people’s needs is key to making health systems more equitable. To that end, it’s important to include civil society organizations and vulnerable populations in the design of new strategies.

In the final episode of Pathways to Accelerate Health Equity, Nathan talks with medical professionals in Togo and Benin about ways they engaged with civil society organizations (CSOs) to improve progress toward universal health coverage. We also hear about a tool used to support advocacy for community health budgets in Guinea.

You can learn more about The Accelerator and its work here.

It’s one thing to develop ideas for improving health equity, but how do we find out if that idea is working as intended? That’s where implementation research comes in. In our work with the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator, we saw firsthand how implementation research leads to important course corrections and progress.

On this episode of Pathways to Accelerate Health Equity, Nathan talks with two medical professionals in Ghana and Guinea about how implementation research helped them learn what was and wasn’t working in their efforts.

You can learn more about The Accelerator and its work here.

When The Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator began six years ago, the goal was to partner with countries to build more resilient, high-performing health systems that benefit vulnerable populations. Since then, the Accelerator has worked in 17 countries in Asia and Africa. In this first episode we introduce the Accelerator and what it means to make healthcare more equitable.

Guests include a health systems expert at USAID and a physician-scientist in Benin. Both discuss a common challenge to healthcare equity: the cost of health care.

You can learn more about The Accelerator and its work here.