Harvard University
For A Project To Study The Effects Of Transparency Interventions On The Quality Of Health Services
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Amount$2,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2012
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Term60.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
This grant to Harvard University would advance a multi-donor effort to determine how transparency and accountability interventions can improve the quality of health services for the poor and, ultimately, health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The two-phase, five-year study would begin by partnering with civil society organizations in Africa and South Asia to design an intervention with a high probability of improving service delivery in community-level health facilities. The first phase of research involves evaluating the intervention effects on health care quality and outcomes, and on community power relations in two countries. The second phase seeks to determine if the intervention can be replicated. Harvard also plans extensive and targeted dissemination of findings and lessons to groups working to improve health, accountability, and citizen participation. Together with our peer funders, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.K. government’s Department for International Development, we believe that this collaborative research effort will contribute to the field and help build the body of evidence for applying transparency and accountability approaches to service delivery work.
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