Ghana introduced the NHIS in 2003 to reduce out-of-pocket payments for health care. Over a decade of its implementation, challenges about the financial sustainability of this pro-poor policy remain despite its critical role in attaining UHC. The authors conducted this...
This article outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
This Journal of Global Health publication aims to describe the opportunities within Jordanian health care system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic during March-May, 2020. The authors look at five core dimensions of health care system performance: Equity, Quality,...
'The aim of this paper was to explore the opportunities, challenges, and necessary conditions for Vietnam in transforming toward a patient-centered care model to produce better health for people and reduce health care costs.'
Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, which adopts a tax-based health system with free health care at the point of service. However, Timor-Leste has not yet achieved elimination of inequalities in the utilisation of health services. This study aims to assess the...
Indonesia has developed the National Health Insurance System (NHIS), aiming to achieve the Universal Health Coverage. However, there was deficit problem during 2014 to 2019. The trend is likely to increase. This study aims to evaluate and plan further policies with...
Bhutan is country which has a good control of COVID pandemic with reported 957 cases of COVID-19 and one death, while 94 percent of adults population has been vaccinated in April 2021. This article aims to describes the challenges and enabling factors leading...
Universal health coverage (UHC) improves the equity of the health system. With UHC, the poor and vulnerable populations could access quality and essential health care without financial barriers or the risk of catastrophic health expenditure. To close equity gaps,...
Universal health coverage (UHC) protects the households from falling into poverty due to catastrophic health spending. Malaysia, an upper middle-income country, has achieved UHC through tax-based financing model similar to the Sweden model. This study measures the...
This article aims to analyze the design, expected benefits and challenges of realizing the goals of UHC through the recently launched social health insurance (SHI) in Nepal. On top of the earlier free health‐care policy and several other vertical schemes, the SHI...
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Scheme in terms of its accessibility and in providing financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. The data collection process was implemented in hospitals of two...
Given Madagascar's socio-economic situation, studies by national and international experts show that only 8% of the population would be able to contribute to a "mutual health insurance scheme", in the highest hypothesis. If the Malagasy government were to choose to...
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be coherent and long-term. The risk is of taking a truncated approach, focusing only on short-term needs and interests, and pitting health safety and CSU against each other. Responding adequately to pandemics is a key...
Three priority actions: ► Adopt the Health Financial Protection for All Bill (Pillar 2 of the CSU) currently under preparation. ► Adopt a genuine healthcare financing strategy ► Enable free access for the entire population to a priority basic care package at the CSB...
