Heloise Widdig
- Department
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Title
- Junior Advisor
- Phone
- +31 20 568 8244
- h.widdig@kit.nl
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Heloise Widdig, MSc, is a junior advisor in the health systems strengthening team at KIT. With a background in anthropology, global health, and health economics, she uses an interdisciplinary toolkit to approach her work.
Heloise completed her MSc thesis research under the umbrella of the Health Pooled Fund operational research agenda led by KIT. In this project, she investigated the political economy of the priority-setting processes determining service provision within the Health Pooled Fund in South Sudan.
She has also worked as a Knowledge Officer within ASCEND, a project working to achieve global targets for the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). She is currently working on a Global Fund Strategic Initiative sub-component focusing on policy planning for human resources for health.
Projects
Publications
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The political economy of priority-setting for health in South Sudan: a case study of the health pooled fund
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Research article
In fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) such as South Sudan, where health needs are immense, resources are scarce, health infrastructure is rudimentary or damaged, and government stewardship is weak, adequate health intervention priority-setting is especially important. There is a scarcity of research examining priority-setting in FCAS and the related political economy. Yet, capturing these dynamics […]
- Year of publication
- 2022
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Policy Brief: Priority Setting of Health Interventions in the Context of the Health Pooled Fund in South Sudan
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Policy Brief
The priority-setting process in the context of the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) is challenged by data limitations, minimal stewardship of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and competing interests among donors, HPF management, MoH, local authorities and implementing partners. A study was initiated to analyse the priority-setting occurring at the national and local level of the […]
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