June 9, 2010
The LMS PRONICASS Project in Nicaragua Amends Health Sector Manual for Use by Ministry of Health Teams
PRONICASS has modified the Organization and Operation Manual for the Health Sector to be used by Ministry health field teams nationwide. …
June 3, 2010
LMS Nicaragua PRONICASS Celebrates Milestone in Strengthening the Development of Rural Education
In March 2010, 300 people from 145 communities came together from the department of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to celebrate the first municipal congress focused on education. …
April 14, 2010
LMS Nicaragua launches certificate program focused on Leadership and Management to achieve Results in Health
The LMS program in Nicaragua, PRONICASS, in cooperation with a local university and leaders from the local Ministry of Health, launched a four-month certificate program entitled "Leadership and Management in Health." …
September 21, 2009
Nicaragua Ministry of Health Announces Intention to Implement PRONICASS Family Registry Software Nationwide
The MOH of Nicaragua, as part of the implementation of the new family and community health care model, validated and adopted a family register in which vital characteristics of each family member and the family itself are collected and analyzed. …
January 26, 2009
Transfer of Pre-Service Leadership and Management Development Approach from Nicaragua to Guatemala
LMS is adapting and transferring the leadership and management pre-service modules developed for the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN CIES) to the Faculty of Medicine (FOM) at Mariano Galvez University in Guatemala. …
January 26, 2009
Mainstreaming of the Contraceptive Community Distribution Program in Nicaragua
Sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua, ECMAC is designed to reach couples living in isolated rural communities where health units are hard to reach. …
October 31, 2008
Guide for Training Community Leaders to Improve Leadership and Management Practices
This new resource is based on work developing leadership capacity at the community level in LMS programs in Nicaragua and Peru. …
August 8, 2008
Nicaraguan Local Education Development Plans Improve Health Indicators at the Municipal Level
Local Education Development Plans (PEDL), a planning methodology under the LMS PRONICASS project, has led to alignment and mobilization of planning and resources to confront health, education, and environmental challenges in Tuma La Dalia …
June 30, 2008
Increase in Contraceptive Coverage among Women in Rural Nicaragua
From September 2007 to February 2008, LMS conducted a Leadership Development Program for 35 Ministry of Health staff working in rural municipalities of Nicaragua. …
May 5, 2008
Medical School in Nicaragua Integrates Leadership and Management into Curriculum
The UNAN School of Medicine Board in Managua, Nicaragua, has approved the adapted medical school curriculum, which includes the integration of approaches to leadership and management development. …
March 7, 2008
Lessons Learned from the OGAC Pilot Experience with Executive Dashboards in Nicaragua, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Nigeria
In February 2008, LMS released “Strengthening Management and Oversight of Global Fund Grants: Lessons Learned from the OGAC Pilot Experience with Executive Dashboards in Nicaragua, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and Nigeria.” …
November 29, 2007
New Management and Leadership Program Launches in Nicaragua
Following a request from the Ministry of Health, LMS launched a management and leadership development program with 30 municipalities in Nicaragua. …
September 24, 2007
Nicaraguan Ministry of Education recognizes the work of PRONICASS
On September 7, Miguel De Castilla, Nicaragua’s Minister of Education, praised the contribution of PRONICASS to education during an Education Sector Coordination meeting. …
July 13, 2007
Management Dashboard Migrates to Honduras
The Management Dashboard, an electronic tool which links financial, managerial and performance data into a single presentation for Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM) oversight, initially developed by LMS for the Global Fund (GF) project in Nicaragua …
June 28, 2007
Nicaraguan Ministers of Education and Health Praise LMS’ Work
LMS is applying proven leadership and management approaches applied over the years with the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Education (MINED). …
May 4, 2007
Nicaragua: Adaptation of a Health Management Tool to the Education Sector
The LMS/Nicaragua project, PRONICASS, is working with the Ministry of Education (MINED) on strategic planning. …
May 4, 2007
Peru: South-South Transfer Between LMS Programs.
The Community Leadership Development (CLD) program developed by LMS/Nicaragua has been adapted for application in the LMS Healthy Communities and Municipalities (HCM) project in Peru. …
April 20, 2007
2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
LMS will present on “Strengthening Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms for Governance and Oversight: Lessons from Nicaragua, Honduras, Pakistan, Kenya, Zanzibar, and Nigeria.” …
March 9, 2007
PROFAMILIA/ Nicaragua Finalizes Its Strategic Plan
This NGO was one of the 10 organizations that participated in the first Virtual Strategic Planning Program (VSPP) offered by LMS... …
January 19, 2007
Nicaragua: Highlights of Recent Achievements.
LMS is implementing a large multi-sector program in Nicaragua called PRONICASS— Nicaragua Social Sector Reform Program. Its goal is to improve social sector efficiency and transparency. …
October 20, 2006
Nicaragua: LMS Completes First Technical Assistance Assignment for USG Support to the Global Fund.
LMS was requested by the Mission to provide TA to rapidly strengthen management of all GFATM projects being implemented in the country. …
October 5, 2006
Nicasalud Health Federation of NGOs in Nicaragua Certified to Administer Funds Directly from USAID.
A network of 28 Nicaraguan health NGOs formed by USAID in 1998 in response to Hurricane Mitch, Nicasalud was certified in August 2006 to directly administer funds from USAID. …
October 5, 2006
Nicaragua Program Continues to Achieve Important Benchmarks.
LMS is implementing a large and complex program in Nicaragua called PRONICASS — Nicaragua Social Sector Reform Program. …
September 21, 2006
Nicaraguan and Honduran Municipalities Successfully Complete the Business Planning Program for Health (BPH).
LMS hosted closing ceremonies in Managua and Tegucigalpa in September for the six teams enrolled in the program. …
July 14, 2006
MSH Staff and PROCOSI Facilitators Interviewed for Honduran TV
The USAID Latin America/Caribbean Bureau has provided LMS funding to work with municipalities in Honduras and Nicaragua on the development of business plans and cost-revenue analysis …
June 30, 2006
LMS Engaged to Provide Assistance to the GFATM
LMS has received scopes of work for Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)-related assistance to Nicaragua, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zanzibar. …
April 7, 2006
Nicaragua—Sustainability Achievements, Ministry of Social Welfare (MiFamilia)
The continuation of institutional development processes initiated by M&L has been incorporated into the work plan of the IDB-funded institutional development project. …
April 7, 2006
Nicaragua—Sustainability Achievements, Ministry of Health
The Regulation Directorate approved the Basic Services Package—a critical element for the MOH's implementation of its health care model. …
March 27, 2006
Latin American Health Sector Reform Initiative (LACHSRI) Launches the Business Planning Program (BPP) for Municipalities and CORE Plus
LMS and its program partner, PROCOSI (a Bolivian NGO network), held a 5-day "launch week" in Managua for teams from two Nicaraguan municipalities and four municipalities from the Copán area of Honduras. …
February 10, 2006
Institutional Capacity in Costing of Services Developed in the National Social Security Institution (INSS), Nicaragua
The INSS is one of several counterparts receiving assistance from LMS in leadership and management development. …
January 6, 2006
LMS Latin America/Caribbean Health Sector Reform Initiative (LACHSRI) launches field activities
During the week of December 12, 2005, the LACHSRI Team, composed of members from Nicaragua, Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala and Cambridge/USA, met in Managua to plan the application of the Business Planning Program (BPP) and the …
November 18, 2005
Nicaragua: LMS Program Builds on Results Achieved under the M&L Program
The reorganization process in the MOH started in 2003 reached an important milestone with the submission to the Office of the President of the modification for Law 290, which …
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