In a recent commentary article in Health Policy and Planning, authors Jarno Habicht (World Health Organization Office for Ukraine), Mark Hellowell (School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), and Joe Kutzin (Independent...
The meta-regression analysis provides crucial, country-specific cost-effectiveness insights for HIV/AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis interventions, aiding national decision-makers in optimising health financing and resource allocation. Published in The Lancet...
Health equity is inconsistently defined and operationalised within high-income countries' health service and delivery systems, highlighting the need for a unified, system-wide approach with robust accountability mechanisms. The JBI Synthesis Analysis report titled...
The Ethiopian government's recent healthcare financing reform, which piloted performance-based financing (PBF) in health facilities, aimed to improve efficiency. However, new research reveals that PBF has not achieved the expected productivity gains. Key Findings:...
Colombia adopted a section on healthy taxes in the 2022 tax reform. Healthy taxes refer to a progressive and differentiated rate on ultra-processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages starting in November 2023. It is applied in order to discourage the consumption of...
The article explores the connections between human rights, social rights and structural problems in Brazilian society, focusing on health and social security. Brazil' s 1988 Federal Constitution plays a fundamental role in guaranteeing income in situations of...
The CGDev Note proposes Gavi's New Compact for country-led vaccine prioritisation and financing reforms to strengthen health systems amid COVID-19 challenges and fiscal pressures, aligning with global health goals. Health aid is fragmented and burdensome, lacking...
Paper highlights the need for a comprehensive, globally coordinated approach to pandemic preparedness and response financing, emphasizing equity, innovation, and robust legal frameworks, while evaluating financial instruments.Researchers from Tecnológico de Monterrey...
A recent peer-reviewed study reveals the potential of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax to significantly enhance healthcare financing in Nigeria. The study utilized a mixed-methods political economy analysis, including a robust modeling exercise to predict the...
Effective devolution, health financing, and public financial management are crucial for advancing universal health coverage, and targeted policy solutions can address existing challenges in these areas across seven Asian and African countries. This paper published in...
The results of the analysis of the impact of Brazil's Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on the health of non-beneficiary households living in poverty are presented.It analyzes whether the health requirements of the Bolsa Familia BF program lead to a...
The long-term effects of the health insurance program called Seguro Popular, now eliminated and replaced by the Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (INSABI) on the equity of out-of-pocket spending in the Mexican poor population are analyzed. It highlights that the...
The Lancet Correspondence suggests using national health insurance to cofinance immunisation in low- and middle-income countries, emphasising the need for self-reliant health systems post-COVID-19. In the global health arena, sustainable immunisation financing poses a...
Published in the May WHO Bulletin, the article emphasises the health sector's role in climate change and calls for integrating mitigation and adaptation measures into health financing policies. The health sector significantly contributes to climate change, responsible...
There is a need to change the language of health financing to include a health for all mindset. The article advocates for a health taxonomy to guide public and private investments, enhancing global health system resilience and equity.The COVID-19 pandemic, frequent...
