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Following the successful Rwanda HIV/Performance-Based Financing project, the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP) is assisting the Rwanda Ministry of Health in widening its scope to the strengthening of information systems and human resources management in a decentralized structure. Institutionalizing the practice of systematic quality improvement, the Project will work to support the government's efforts to extend quality public health services to the entire country.

In November, 2010, the project facilitated a panel on the impact of the Rwandan Performance Based Financing (PBF) program at the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research held in Montreux, Switzerland. The panel, moderated by Dr. Yogesh Rajkotia, a senior health economist with USAID, Rwanda, included presentations made by representatives of the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). They were made on behalf of the MOH under the guidance of Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Permanent Secretary. Dr. Ludwig de Naeyer of IHSSP was a substantial contributor to much of the research. 

The presentations are below:

Choice of Indicator and Amount in the Performance Based Financing [PowerPoint 1MB]
Presenter: Cedric Ndizeye, USAID/IHSSP Rwanda
Authors: Cedric Ndizeye, USAID/IHSSP Rwanda; Dr. Louis Rusa, Ministry of Health, Rwanda; Ludwig De Naeyer, USAID/IHSSP Rwanda; Kathy Kantengwa, MD, MPA, MSH

For Health The Impact of Performance-Based Financing on the Cost of Health Services in Rwanda [PowerPoint 652 KB]
Presenter: David Collins, MSH
Authors: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health (MOH), Rwanda; Dr.  Bonaventure Nzeyimana, MOH, Rwanda; Dr. Richard Gakuba, MOH, Rwanda; Dr. György Fritsche, World Bank; Thomas McMennamin, University of California, Berkeley; Christine Mukantwali, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda; David Collins, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda

Performance Based Financing for Health In Rwanda [PowerPoint 1020KB]
Author: Dr. Louis U. Rusa, Ministy of Health, Rwanda

Influence of PBF Indicators on Health Coverage [PowerPoint 1MB]
Presenter: Kathy Kantengwa MD, MPA, MSH
Authors: Cedric Ndizeye, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda; Ludwig De Naeyer, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda; Kathy Kantengwa, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda; David Collins, USAID/IHSSP, Rwanda; Steven Karengera, MOH, Rwanda