Cicely Thomas
@cicelysimone
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Working to support Universal Health Coverage efforts. Thoughts are my own.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2014
#ahff2023 brilliant pathway to form guidance on how to get to a more strategic provider payment system
@WBG_Health @LSHTM Kara started off the #AHFF2022 with an exciting, practical discussion of #financingPHC Capitation – rooted in equity, an equal fixed payment per person, adjustment based on health needs, pays providers to manage pop health, prioritize health promo & prevention
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#Capitation is the way to go with some element of blended financing to manage inherent risks and incentivizing performance at the #PHC level. @TheLancet
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@results4dev @SPARC_Africa
@mattjowett @cashin_cheryl @asoucat @chimaonoka @H_S_Global @AfHEA_Africa
#FinancePHC
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Today is International Women’s Day! 👩🏻👧🏿👧👵🏼👩⚕️🧕🏽👩🏾🎓👩🏽🔬👩🏻💻👩🏿🏫👱🏻♀️ The 🌍 🌍 🌏 needs more women and girls 💪 to create sustainable futures where ALL people can flourish. #WomensDay
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Needed and helpful analysis for moving forward #localizingdevelopment
Our latest piece explores solutions on the demand side of localizing development: 💡 How can we expand the capacity of domestically registered organizations to receive funding? 👇 Read it here: https://t.co/5b2OfqSpU7
#localizingdevelopment
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In 4 days, the #AfHEA2022 Conference will be taking a dive into UHC, politics, policy processes, and reforms during the covid-19 pandemic. Join us by registering with the link below: https://t.co/EzbUPqkmjH
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Register for this next webinar on Scale and Integration in #DigitalHealth Ecosystems on 28 Feb, 11:30am GMT via: https://t.co/W8SMfRdhPt to explore emerging lessons for strengthening integrations of digital technologies into health services https://t.co/AhqSQtr3hR
#HSR2022
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Read this blog if you are interested in how better public-private engagement has bolstered COVID resilience in Kakamega County, Kenya
Through our Strengthening Mixed Health Systems project with @MerckforMothers, we've aimed to fill gaps in the 🌍evidence base around public-private engagement. Here, @LyndonMarani and R4D's Chloe Lanzara share 5⃣ lessons from our engagement in Kenya.
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Read this if you are involved in public-private engagements in health. Practical ideas based on interesting factor analysis from my R4D colleague Emily Adams @MerckforMothers
Public-private engagement is vital to achieving a strong #healthsystem & #UHC. In the latest blog on our mixed health systems work w/@MerckforMothers, R4D's Emily Adams unpacks the factors that affect public-private engagements (& linkages between them).
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So excited to share this important experience in strengthening mixed health systems
In many #LMICs, people rely on both public & private providers to deliver essential health services. Strengthening these mixed #healthsystems requires improving how providers engage with each other—& building better pathways. Learn more. ⬇️ https://t.co/RwMyLX8755
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I’m thrilled to see @USAIDGH investing in this innovative partner network approach working to support health market development! Congrats @results4dev @Chemonics @PathfinderInt @Zenysis and especially to my friends and colleagues who make up the 16 partner network!
HUGE CONGRATS to @Chemonics, my colleagues @results4dev, recent brains of our mixed health systems work @cicelysimone, new PD @EldridgeCynthia & all the other amazing partners in this new consortium. This won't be business as usual, can't wait to see!
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New analysis providing sobering picture of the "real" COVID impact in India https://t.co/qTk1zMBgSM
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During the almost 7 years I’ve had the honor of working with and calling @ChrisAtim1 a mentor his focus has been on EQUITY. Have a look at this excellent piece. Opinion: 5 ways to decolonize global health and build greater equity | Devex
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In addition to promoting allyship in high-income countries, here are steps the development community can take to decolonize global health and contribute to greater equity across the world.
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In their latest blog, R4D's #ACS4UHC team shares insights from a rapid feedback assessment of communications around Benin's new health insurance scheme. Find out what they learned & how they're working w/the Gov't of Benin to adapt their comms strategies.
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The African Collaborative for Health Financing Solutions team shares lessons learned from their first learning cycle in implementing Benin's health insurance communication plan.
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We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Tanya Jones as our newest managing director. Dr. Jones will play a key role in implementing R4D’s strategy, and she will work alongside Dr. @cashin_cheryl and Dr. @ChrisAtim1 to oversee R4D's programmatic work. https://t.co/MV2RUddmt4
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@UgHealthcreFed member @IHK_Uganda has been accredited by @MinofHealthUG to administer the #AstraZeneca vaccine at no cost. Inclusion of more private facilities in the national response expands government efforts to increase uptake through convenient service points
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What is needed in and for India NOW. India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action
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India's current COVID-19 surge is an unprecedented public health crisis. With exponential growth in the number of daily COVID-19 cases since March, 2021, India reported more than 400 000 new cases...
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Please register for May 10th webinar. Eager to share our learnings from the last 2+ years of work on the Strengthening Mixed Health Systems project from @MerckforMothers @results4dev @ACCESSHI @ngrgitonga @LyndonMarani
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On May 10, 2021, colleagues from Results for Development, Insight Health Advisors in Kenya and ACCESS Health International in India convened for a dynamic
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