ERAT Named 2023–2024 Thinking and Working Politically Case Competition Winner by USAID 

USAID highlighted ERAT’s support of Indonesia’s Barru District in their drive to achieve universal health coverage, naming ERAT a 2023–2024 Thinking and Working Politically Case Competition Winner.  

Read Resource Mobilization and Alliance Building: Supporting Barru’s Journey toward Universal Health Coverage, about the effort. 

USAID ERAT worked with local government authorities to map issues relating to health insurance coverage, identify key actors, analyze their interests and incentives, and build networks and communication channels to discuss and resolve challenges to UHC. As a lack of district-level population data made it difficult for local governments to target subsidies for health insurance premiums for the poor, USAID ERAT identified village governments as partners of local government for collecting the data that would inform the health insurance targeting. Subsequently, when the analysis of this data collected by village governments revealed that the approach of providing subsidies for the poor would be insufficient for reaching UHC in Barru, local governments engaged the local private sector and philanthropic institutions to cover health insurance premiums for formal and informal workers.  

In addressing both challenges, USAID ERAT recognized that understanding the roles and influence of government and private actors within the district and developing alliances among them would be essential for developing sustainable and impactful universal health care in Barru.