The Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator (Accelerator) was a six-year global initiative led by Results for Development (R4D) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with co-funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, that expedited progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries.
The program advanced equity, quality, and resource optimization by:
- Supporting local leaders to apply a systems lens to complex health systems issues
- Connecting local innovation and global knowledge
- Strengthening local ownership and system improvement processes
- Building countries’ ability to drive lasting health system improvements
The Accelerator was responsive to local priorities and worked on various health systems issues, from improving health financing and strengthening community health to integrating rehabilitation, mental health, and psychosocial support services into primary health care, among other complex challenges.
The Accelerator’s core consortium of R4D, ICF, and the Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation (HSDF) was supported by several other global, regional, and local partners, including CERRHUD (Benin), Curatio International Foundation (Georgia), Global Challenges Corporation and RIP+ (Côte d’Ivoire), Comité Jeunes Mon Avenir d’Abord (My Future First Youth Committee, or CJMAD) (Guinea), and the Liberia Association for Psychosocial Services (LAPS) and Phebe Hospital (Liberia) among others, and a network of local experts.
