We design and deliver customized, evidence-based healthcare solutions in low- and middle-income countries.
Named after Aceso, the Greek goddess of the healing process, we are a non-profit organization committed to promoting strong health systems and affordable, high-quality care to produce better health outcomes for all.
Aceso Global was founded by global health experts, Maureen Lewis and Jerry La Forgia. With more than 30 years of experience each, they have strong track records of innovation and performance at the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Urban Institute. Aceso Global also leverages a global network of experts to address the unique needs of each client. The team has provided advisory services worldwide and to clients spanning governments, for-profit companies and non-profit organizations.
The Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage commitments require significant investment and refocusing of efforts in healthcare systems. We develop reform options, localizing international best practice to create innovative delivery and financing arrangements.
Aceso Global’s deep experience in the emerging market healthcare sector can help investors and private operators identify opportunities, mitigate investment risk and increase margins by reducing costs, optimizing resource usage and driving revenue through quality-based improvement.
Donors and development banks play a unique role in solving global health challenges. Our services help forward-thinking clients meet their strategic goals by providing research, assessments, technical advice and implementation support.
La República Dominicana ha logrado importantes avances hacia una generación sin VIH. Mientras que la prevalencia del VIH en la …
The Dominican Republic has made important strides towards an AIDS-free generation . While HIV prevalence in the Dominican Republic continues …
Sebastian Garcia Saiso, the General Director of Quality and Education in Health at the Mexican Ministry of Health, discusses the …
What Makes Brazil’s Healthcare system so different? Prof. Maureen Lewis of FGV-EAESP shares her take on the unique mixed public and private …
AM: Value-based Health Care (VHBC) is progressively disrupting health markets by creating space for improving quality, reduce costs and paying …
This report summarizes the findings of the Transition Readiness Assessment for the Dominican Republic carried out by Aceso Global and APMG Health, with financial and technical support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It aims to support the Dominican Republic to undertake transition planning as the Global Fund winds down its financial support for the national tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS responses.
Aceso Global was tasked by the Global Fund to develop a tool to help countries through the transition process as …
Aceso Global has partnered with the Council for Social Responsibility (CONSOCIAL) in the state of São Paulo to design a Network model for SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde), the Brazilian public healthcare system.
Aceso Global worked with nine public hospitals in Mexico to pinpoint inefficiencies arising from poor patient flow across hospital departments. Through site visits, focus groups and review of available hospital data, the Aceso Global team found that patient flow mismanagement is common, with negative implications for patient safety and satisfaction.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
In partnership with the Government of Saint Lucia, Aceso Global conducted a rapid assessment of options for the management, governance …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
Aceso Global helped to create the investment case for National Health Insurance (NHI) in Jamaica, drawing on the available data …
Aceso Global has developed an innovative learning program to support sustainable quality improvement at the primary healthcare level, in partnership …
Aceso Global’s case study on Brazil assesses the transition process from Global Fund support to full domestic responsibility for the …
Aceso Global implemented a pioneering Transition Readiness Assessment (TRA) with the Government of Paraguay, and subsequently worked with Panama and …
As part of ongoing efforts to improve the sustainability of the national HIV response in the Dominican Republic, Aceso Global …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
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The Vertical Integration/Network Diagnostic and Readiness Tool is designed to help stakeholders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess readiness and review current policies and initiatives relating to vertical integration. The tool is also designed to collect data and information on existing vertical integration pilots.
Aceso Global CEO Maureen Lewis presenting in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2019. This presentation discusses the role of payment systems …
There is often confusion surrounding discussions on innovative financing in the context of global health. This summary of a past …
Healthy China: Deepening Health Reform in China is a book published jointly by the World Bank and WHO, in collaboration …
As COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic, countries’ needs have rapidly shifted. The novel virus has sent policymakers and …
Gerard La Forgia, Aceso Global’s CTO, was cited in a Bloomberg Business article regarding China’s rural poor and the high …
A new World Bank report, issued in collaboration with the Government of China and the World Health Organization, urges adopting …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
Over the past decade, many low- and middle-income countries have made expanding health coverage a national priority. The push toward …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
Aceso Global participated in a convening of roughly 50 Indonesian policymakers centered on Innovative Financing to Achieve Sustainable Universal Health …
Aceso Global supported five low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in increasing their knowledge, analysis, design and testing of healthcare integration …
In support of Medtronic’s investment strategy to address chronic disease in emerging markets, Aceso Global conducted a landscaping exercise of …
Aceso Global is working with the Philippines’ Department of Health to assess ongoing efforts to implement Service Delivery Networks (SDNs), …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
CTO & Founding Director
CEO & Founding Director
Health Economist
Senior Non-Resident Associate
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This paper analyzes informal payments in Eastern European and Central Asian (ECA) public healthcare systems. Informal payments comprise any purchase …
As COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic, countries’ needs have rapidly shifted. The novel virus has sent policymakers and …
The Vertical Integration/Network Diagnostic and Readiness Tool is designed to help stakeholders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess readiness and review current policies and initiatives relating to vertical integration. The tool is also designed to collect data and information on existing vertical integration pilots.
There is often confusion surrounding discussions on innovative financing in the context of global health. This summary of a past …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
CEO & Founding Director
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Associate Director
The Vertical Integration/Network Diagnostic and Readiness Tool is designed to help stakeholders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess readiness and review current policies and initiatives relating to vertical integration. The tool is also designed to collect data and information on existing vertical integration pilots.
As COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic, countries’ needs have rapidly shifted. The novel virus has sent policymakers and …
There is often confusion surrounding discussions on innovative financing in the context of global health. This summary of a past …
Aceso Global designed and implemented a training for government officials and healthcare managers in Qatar on Incentivizing Quality Improvement through …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
Over the past decade, many low- and middle-income countries have made expanding health coverage a national priority. The push toward …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
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Senior Non-Resident Associate
CEO & Founding Director
India’s immense socioeconomic, ethnic, epidemiological and demographic diversity creates fertile ground for innovation, and this holds true in the healthcare …
The recent rollout of PM-JAY – a government-subsidized health insurance scheme that aims to provide inpatient coverage up to 500,000 …
Since Government’s endorsement almost 15 years ago as a potential solution to deficient health service delivery, healthcare public-private partnerships (PPPs) …
NITI Aayog, a Government of India think tank, recently released Health System for a New India: Building Blocks – Potential …
As COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic, countries’ needs have rapidly shifted. The novel virus has sent policymakers and …
Since independence, India has struggled to provide its people with universal health coverage. Whether defined in terms of financial protection …
This presentation explores the role of state and central government health insurance schemes in achieving universal health coverage in India. …
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There is often confusion surrounding discussions on innovative financing in the context of global health. This summary of a past …
The Vertical Integration/Network Diagnostic and Readiness Tool is designed to help stakeholders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess readiness and review current policies and initiatives relating to vertical integration. The tool is also designed to collect data and information on existing vertical integration pilots.
Increasingly, evidence in India suggests that the delivery of health services suffers from not only a shortfall in trained health …
Aceso Global CTO Jerry La Forgia is interviewed by Shubho Roy of India’s National Institute of Public Finance and Policy …
Public hospital autonomy reforms emerged out of frustration over poor hospital performance, citizen distrust of public care and evidence from …
Aceso Global analyzed options for how to raise public hospital performance in India through autonomy reforms. The analysis considered three …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
Aceso Global is advising the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on how to restructure the healthcare delivery system to provide timely, effective and affordable care to India’s population.
Aceso Global designed and delivered trainings for Indian officials covering two related strategies to raise public hospital performance, and that …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
CTO & Founding Director
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Associate Director
The Vertical Integration/Network Diagnostic and Readiness Tool is designed to help stakeholders in low and middle-income countries to successfully assess readiness and review current policies and initiatives relating to vertical integration. The tool is also designed to collect data and information on existing vertical integration pilots.
As COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic, countries’ needs have rapidly shifted. The novel virus has sent policymakers and …
There is often confusion surrounding discussions on innovative financing in the context of global health. This summary of a past …
Aceso Global served on the WHO’s Inter-Regional Taskforce on Hospitals, providing advisory and technical support on its activities and outputs. …
Over the past decade, many low- and middle-income countries have made expanding health coverage a national priority. The push toward …
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has made planning for transition from Global Fund support a top …
Aceso Global supported five low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in increasing their knowledge, analysis, design and testing of healthcare integration …
Aceso Global is engaging with the Government of Mozambique to kick-off a long-term sustainability planning process for the national HIV …
Aceso Global is working in Eswatini to develop a Sustainability Strategy for HIV, TB and Malaria to help the country …
Aceso Global partnered with the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) to conduct a rapid assessment of its healthcare costs and …
The Flagship Program on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing, developed and implemented by the World Bank and other partners, …
The COVID-19 pandemic required health systems to rapidly rethink patient journeys. New protocols and patient flows needed to be implemented …
CEO & Founding Director
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Health Economist
Health Economist
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Senior Non-Resident Associate
Associate Director
