Search

The private sector is a key provider of priority health-care services. But too often it is overlooked or not fully integrated into the health system. The public sector frequently does not have accurate information about the size and scope of the private…

Medicaid provides critical assistance that enables people with limited resources and incomes to access acute and preventive medical care and long-term services and support. Innovations that simultaneously improve care for beneficiaries and promote…

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health-care referrals, and nutrition education. The beneficiaries:  nearly 8 million low-income pregnant,…

West Africa is one of the world’s poorest regions. Business and trade there face chronic obstacles such as spotty product quality, inaccessible loans, bureaucratic blockages, and donor dependency. The region’s leading midsized firms—those with the…

More than six in 10 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. involve an opioid, and an estimated 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the homeless who survive an opioid overdose and…

The misuse of opioids is a national crisis. One aspect of the larger problem relates to prescription opioids for Medicare beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) needs to evaluate trends to fight potential fraud, waste, and…

Many Americans struggle in the labor market even when overall economic conditions are good. Unemployment is persistently high for some demographic groups and in certain geographic areas, and a large proportion of working-age adults – about one in five in…

Ethiopia has made much progress in the design and implementation of health care financing (HCF) reforms. These reforms address growing needs for health services, health sector resource constraints, quality of care concerns, and financial barriers to…

Despite progress in health indicators, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains among the lowest-ranked countries in health outcomes such as maternal and neonatal mortality and vaccination coverage. Root causes include fiscal and capacity…

Achieving the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s ambitious targets to reduce maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality by more than half requires substantial investments at the woreda (district) level. The ministry’s challenges include insufficient government…