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Global Knowledge and Local Wisdom: World Bank Group Academy launches Health ...

Knowledge for Impact. The Pacific Health Systems Flagship Course is part of the new World Bank Group Academy, a strategic learning platform to empower government officials and private sector leaders to deliver transformative development solutions. The academy operates across a range of thematic areas including sustainable management of natural resources, fostering economic growth, harnessing digital technologies, and building human capital through investments in education, social protection, gender equality, and health.

Frontline health outreach in Lao PDR addresses high-risk pregnancy, ...

Health outreach services play an important role in connecting people in rural, remote, or underserved communities with information and resources that can improve their health. In Laos, the outreach guidelines for staff at frontline health facilities were revised recently so they are better prepared to deliver maternal and child health and nutrition services for children during their first 1,000 days of life.

The Advance UHC Multi-Donor Trust Fund

The fund supports policy-relevant analytical work, targeted in-country technical assistance, and global/regional knowledge sharing activities. It also co-finances health system strengthening interventions and all work to support countries' advance toward UHC.

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Improving public health through women's leadership in Samoa

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for more than 75% of the disease burden in Samoa—and the figure has been increasing, creating challenges for communities, the healthcare system, and the economy. To tackle the problem, the government developed a whole-of-country approach to improve the prevention, management, and control of NCDs. Its focus has been on decentralizing health resources, strengthening outreach services, and empowering community development by implementing a package of NCD interventions known as PEN Fa’a Samoa—led by local women's committees.

Advance UHC Newsletter, August 2025

Using data to build better healthcare policies

Advance UHC supports the development of unique training workshops to improve analysis of existing healthcare claim databases that country already have, using them to detect disease patterns and formulate policies that strengthen UHC.