HEALTHQUAL at ISQua 2018 - Kuala Lumpur

The 35th International ISQua Conference will be taking place in Kuala Lumpur - 23-26 September 2018

Lancet Global Health Commission Report

A report from the Lancet Global Health Commission on high quality health systems in the SDG era. Read the report.

QI Coaches Training in Thailand To Accelerate HIV Epidemic Control

In June 2018, UCSF-HEALTHQUAL convened a QI coaches training in Thailand with key stakeholders from the Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs (BATS), Hospital Accreditation (HA), and selected ART sites who were joined by HEALTHQUAL’s Director, Dr. Bruce Agins, Dan Ikeda, Senior Program Manager, and master...

Training QI Coaches to Achieve 90-90-90 in Lao PDR

In April 2018, UCSF-HEALTHQUAL convened a QI coaches training in Lao PDR with stakeholders that included the Center for HIV/AIDS and STI (CHAS) and ART sites who were joined by HEALTHQUAL’s Director, Dr. Bruce Agins, Dan Ikeda, Senior Program Manager, and master QI coaching trainer Kathleen Clanon...

HEALTHQUAL at AIDS 2018

Quality improvement Collaborative work from Namibia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria will be on display at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam - 23-27 July 2018. Improvement Collaboratives Led By Ministries of Health to Achieve Global 90-90-90 Targets

AIDS 2018: Satellite Symposium on HIV-Related Stigma Reduction in the Healthcare Setting

On July 23, 2018 a Satellite Symposium will be convened at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam showcasing regional efforts to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the healthcare setting. 

HEALTHQUAL Coaching Certification

HEALTHQUAL, working with national QM programs in Haiti, Zimbabwe and Namibia, has developed QI Coaching Certification Standards. These standards define specific QI Coaching knowledge and skill criteria that acknowledge a higher level of coaching expertise and set an expectation to conduct...

Lessons from Patient Involvement in HIV Care: A Paradigm for Patient Activation and Involvement across Health Systems

We are please to announce the publication of Healthcare Systems - Future Predictions for Global Care, which includes a chapter authored in partnership with HEALTHQUAL/UCSF and the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia focused on patient involvement in HIV quality of care programs.

WHO Handbook for National Quality Policy and Strategy

From the WHO: The “WHO handbook for national quality policy and strategy” outlines an approach for the development of national policies and strategies to improve the quality of care.

NAMPROPA Collaborative Brief

The aim of the NAMPROPA quality improvement (QI) Collaborative was to improve retention of patients in HIV care and attain VL suppression at 24 facilities in three high-burden regions; Khomas, Ohangwena and Zambezi to reach 90-90-90 goal by 31 August 2018. In addition, integration of hypertension...