The paper explores strategies to enhance the efficiency of Botswana’s health system as part of the country's Health Care Financing Strategy. This comprehensive report assesses current inefficiencies in Botswana's health financing, resource allocation, and service...
White Paper on Universal Health Coverage
This universal health coverage (UHC) white paper developed by the UHC unit at the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, provides key policy directions and strategies for achieving UHC in St Lucia. It outlines various aspects of UHC interventions, in...
Policy paper on a landscape analysis of conditioned domestic ‘co-financing’
The Center for Global Development's policy paper, "Conditioned Domestic 'Co-financing' Policies in Global Health: A Landscape Analysis," provides an in-depth examination of co-financing policies in global health. These policies, which refer to the domestic financing...
Guidance note: Health financing in the Gabonese Republic
This guidance note follows on from the book Le financement de la santé en République gabonaise, which presents a comprehensive assessment of the country's health financing. This book examines the health financing situation following the introduction of a national...
Advancing Crisis-Resilient Social Protection Through a Hybrid Social Protection Scheme in Pakistan
The objective of this paper is to summarize analysis conducted to provide inputs to the Hybrid Social Protection Scheme (HSPS) pilot. The empirical findings suggest that financial literacy, digital inclusion, and family support are key drivers of saving demand....
Health financing options towards UHC in Namibia
The policy brief, 'Health Financing Options Towards Universal Health Coverage in Namibia', published by the LHSS Project, examines Namibia’s current health financing mechanisms and explores ways to enhance resource allocation and expand health coverage. Despite...
Recommendations for setting up a mixed provider payment system
The Health Policy Plus project assessed the strengths and weaknesses of CANAM's current provider payment system in light of the opportunities presented by the introduction of RAMU to harmonize the various health insurance schemes consolidated under this insurance...
Evaluation of the payment system for compulsory health insurance providers
This evaluation aims to remedy the lack of systematic examination of the AMO provider payment system, and provides information on reforms designed to link the AMO system, and subsequently the UHIP system, more closely to the principles of strategic purchasing. To...
Efficiency of financial resources devoted to health in Mali
Mali's overall healthcare system faces budgetary and allocation inefficiencies, but the country's drug policy and administration are also a source of technical inefficiencies.This policy brief aims to address the following research objectives: Identifying budgetary...
Strengthening climate-resilient health systems: opportunities and challenges – policy brief
The policy brief titled "Strengthening Climate-Resilient Health Systems: Opportunities and Challenges," published by ReBUILD for Resilience in 2024, addresses the growing threats climate change poses to global health systems. Highlighting the impacts of...
Feasibility study for the implementation of a social protection scheme for farmers and the informal sector
One of the major provisions of the Loi d'Orientation Agricole (LOA) is the introduction of specific social protection for the agricultural sector.By including this provision in the LOA, the legislator is correcting a social injustice affecting the agricultural sector,...
ToRs Training workshop for managers on CSU, social protection in health and gender
The P4H network, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, ILO, the World Bank and the L4UHC group, is organizing a training session on universal health coverage, social health protection and gender in the context of the implementation of CSU in Cameroon.To achieve the above...
A public debate on the future health priorities of the European Union: Outcomes, insights and ideas for action
The European Commission and DG SANTE are seen as vital for health leadership, calling for stronger actions on long-term issues like ageing and climate change, and advocating for improved implementation of existing tools and new initiatives. The European Observatory...
European and African financing for health and universal health coverage
Paper reviews European and African health financing efforts and recommends quality investments aligned with local needs to achieve universal health coverage.The document explores the current landscape of health financing efforts in Europe and Africa, focusing on...
Bangladesh Position Paper on UHC 2023
Bangladesh has made significant strides in healthcare but faces persistent inequalities, especially in rural and marginalized communities. Collaboration between stakeholders is essential to achieve UHC, ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare for all citizens...