Online Course Series
Delivered in partnership with Last Mile Health’s Community Health Academy, this course draws on cases and lessons learned from practitioners worldwide. We present an in-depth look at the financing pathways crucial to building well-designed, adequately resourced, and sustainable health systems.
The courses in the series
The series contains 7 courses, each can be taken as a distinct unit with a certificate at the end.
Costing
Understand importance of costing to help policymakers, managers, planners, and providers make rational, evidence-based decisions about the financing and delivery of health care.
Making the case
Explore how and why a convincing case for investing in community health systems is critical to mobilizing more resources in the space.
Sources of Funding
Identify new sources of funding that are crucial when financing community health systems.
Political Prioritization
Learn political prioritization of community health — at the country and global levels — as a prerequisite to building, financing, supporting, launching sustainable community health systems.
Public Financial Management
Learn public financial management (PFM), its role in community health, and effective practices for successful PFM.
Resource Mapping
Conduct a multi-year resource map to analyze the resources available for a community health system & gap analysis to indicate the funding required for the implementation of a Community Health System.
Investment Planning & Creating Systems for Sustainable Financing
Compile learnings from other courses and create an investment plan: a guide that helps the government align funding actors, set vision & target for the mix of financing, and provide a platform for accountability to funding commitments.