In the Huffington Post, R4D President David de Ferranti and Senior Program Associate Aarthi Rao co-authored a blog post on lessons learned for successful capacity building in global development.

Written on the heels of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the article draws on lessons learned from three R4D programs: the Transparency and Accountability Program, Joint Learning Network, and Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health.

Conversations on Health Care interviewed R4D Managing Director Gina Lagomarsino for the “Tech Report” on their weekly public radio show broadcasted on NPR member stations in the New England region, featuring the Center for Health Market Innovations’ recently released Highlights 2011 report.

Also appearing on the program was Gail Wilensky, economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE.

The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) released its first year report, highlighting key observations about innovative, market-based health programs based on CHMI’s initial phase of operation. Download the full report here.

Recent progress includes:

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In the British Medical Journal (BMJ), R4D Managing Director Robert Hecht co-authored a commentary on global vaccine price transparency, with Miloud Kaddar, group leader, Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals Department, World Health Organization (WHO); and Sarah Schmitt, consultant to the WHO on vaccine price and procurement, Geneva.

R4D Program Director Amanda Folsom and Senior Program Associate Aarthi Rao, along with Hortenzia Beciu and Alison Ion, co-authored an issue brief on “Improving Country Capacity for Aid Coordination,” for the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI). 

The Joint Learning Network is gaining momentum in its next phase, focusing on the four technical tracks for JLN members— provider payment mechanisms (PPM), quality, information technology (IT), and expanding coverage.

The Joint Learning Network (JLN) for Universal Health Coverage held its third workshop, “Expanding Coverage to the Informal Sector,” in Mombasa, Kenya on June 6-10, 2011. The workshop brought together country level policymakers and practitioners from both Asian and African countries for in-depth discussions and problem-solving on issues related to covering the informal sector in universal health coverage schemes.

The Center for Health Market Innovations kicks off a blog series with NextBillion and Ashoka called Advancing Healthcare With the BoP. Blogs will highlight success stories on what is making a real and lasting impact in market-based solutions for healthcare delivery.

Also join us on Wednesday, February 23 from 3-5 PM ESTfor a real-time Twitter-based discussion on social entrepreneurship #SocEntChat.

The Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health (MLI) launched a blog to spotlight the views of global leaders and health development practitioners on the vital role that effective health ministry leadership and strong country ownership play in improving health outcomes.

Senior staff from Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population attended a Negotiating Health Development Leadership Training Program facilitated by MLI August 9-12, 2010. The course, which built upon a pilot training in September 2009, helped advance and refine the staff’s capacity to manage vital relationships, mitigate potential conflict and conduct negotiations related to health. CMPartners, a premiere conflict management and negotiation firm, conducted the training and emphasized negotiation theory, analysis and preparation and hands-on application.