Past Sponsored Research Projects

Partners for Health Reformsplus (The PHRplus Project)

Dates: September 2001 – September 2006
Funding Source: USAID
Tulane’s Role: Subcontractor
Prime: Abt Associates; other subcontractors are Development
Associates Inc. (DA),  Emory University Rollins School of Public Health,  Philoxenia International Travel Inc.,  Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Social Sectors Development Strategies (SSDS), Training Resources Group (TRG), and University Research Co., LLC  (URC).
Countries: Global
Value: The contract is valued at more than $90 million over five years
Principal Investigator: David R. Hotchkiss, PhD
Website: http://www.phrproject.com/

PHRplus is the US Agency for International Development's global flagship project on health sector reform and health systems strengthening. Through the project, USAID aims to: strengthen the policymaking process; improve health care financing and financing systems; restructure organizational and management systems; and reorganize information systems.

Many developing countries around the world are faced with multiple threats to the health and survival of their populations: inadequate access to basic health care, gaps in maternal and child health, high-cost hospital care, government funding constraints, rapid population growth, and the spread of HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases. The project strives to improve people's health in these countries by improving health system performance to increase the use of high-quality, sustainable priority health services, particularly by those at greatest risk: women, children, and the poor.