[The Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator has been testing coaching — a new paradigm-shifting approach, which pairs technical assistance with coaching an mentorship for key staff. Find out how one Ghanaian coach is helping the government of Liberia develop and hone the skills needed to tackle health financing challenges and make continuous health system improvement — in this Medium blog by R4D’s Nkem Wellington, Katie Shepard, Stephanie McKay, and Agnes Munyua.]
“Coaching in Liberia was one of the best experiences of my life,” says Anthony Gingong. “I told them I was not coming as a foreigner. I was coming as one of them. That alone eased the tension in the room.”
Gingong is a health professional with almost 30 years’ experience within Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) where he established the Quality Assurance and Provider Payment units within the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) — the institution that oversees the operations of the NHIS. He is also an Accelerator Coach with decades of hands-on experience implementing health systems strengthening interventions.
Gingong is currently working with the Accelerator in Liberia to provide practical guidance to senior Ministry of Health (MOH) officials on how to adapt and use global evidence to establish their own version of national health insurance — the Liberian Health Equity Fund (LHEF) — drawing on the knowledge and skills he learned at the NHIA.
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