The OECD report provides a comprehensive summary of the high-level meeting on global public goods (GPGs) for health, convened by the OECD and the Global Health Centre (GHC) on 27 November 2024 in Geneva. It captures key discussions on the challenges of financing GPGs,...
Hospital financing: lessons learned from over 25 years of experience with the revision of the case-based payment system in Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz diagnosis related group (DRG) system has played a vital role in health system reforms in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on improving service delivery through careful data management and stakeholder engagement. The evolution of this domestically developed DRG system...
Budget execution in health : from bottlenecks to solutions (English)
The World Bank report Budget Execution in Health: From Bottlenecks to Solutions explores challenges in health budget execution and offers practical solutions for policymakers. It examines financial management trends, policy responses, and a structured approach to...
Opportunities and Challenges in Health Financing in India
India’s current landscape encompasses various government-financed and private insurance schemes. While there has been significant expansion in recent years, coverage gaps remain, slowing progress towards universal and equitable coverage. This paper analyses the...
Health systems in action: Tajikistan
Tajikistan’s health system offers a publicly financed basic benefits package, but many individuals remain ineligible for coverage. Most healthcare services are publicly managed by the government. Initiatives like 'Health for All' and the 'Universal Health Coverage'...
Stepping stones towards social protection and climate resilience in the Maldives
The report examines the connection between social protection and climate change policies in the Maldives, emphasizing that these two areas are often not integrated despite their potential benefits. It highlights the growing risks faced by vulnerable populations in...
Optimizing health financing: digital solutions against health care inefficiencies, waste, abuse, and fraud
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) presents Optimizing Health Financing: Digital Solutions Against Health Care Inefficiencies, Waste, Abuse, and Fraud, a comprehensive report addressing the critical challenges of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in health financing...
Fostering inclusion: Advancing social health protection for persons with disabilities in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam
Advancing disability-inclusive social protection is essential for achieving universal access to social health protection, which fosters social inclusion and economic participation for persons with disabilities. A holistic approach is needed to ensure that social...
Malta: health system summary 2024
Malta has a tax-based national health system that provides nearly universal access to its citizens, with significant out-of-pocket spending accounting for 30% of total health expenditure in 2021. The country is focused on enhancing healthcare infrastructure and...
Luxembourg: health system review 2024
Luxembourg's health system, based on statutory health insurance and public financing, provides universal access and low out-of-pocket expenses, while facing challenges in workforce shortages that the government is addressing through domestic training programs and...

Resourcing climate and health priorities: A mapping of international finance flows from 2018–2022
The Rockefeller Foundation's report, Resourcing Climate and Health Priorities: A Mapping of International Finance Flows from 2018–2022, provides a critical analysis of global financing trends addressing the intersection of climate change and health. Highlighting the...
Building blocks for lifelong health: Why we must prioritize children
UNICEF’s report, The Urgent Need to Invest in Children’s Health: NCDs and Mental Health, highlights a pressing global crisis affecting over 2.1 billion children and adolescents. Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions—often...
Blueprint to close the women’s health gap: How to Improve lives and economies for all
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, has published Blueprint to Close the Women’s Health Gap: How to Improve Lives and Economies for All. This report talks about the societal and economic benefits of addressing disparities in...
Health systems in action: United Kingdom
Key Insights The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) provides universal health coverage, primarily funded through general taxation, ensuring access to comprehensive care based on need rather than the ability to pay. Health and social care responsibilities...
Health Systems in Action Insights – Uzbekistan
Key Points Uzbekistan's health system currently provides a basic set of publicly financed health services, but it does not cover all essential services or medicines. The Ministry of Health oversees the organization and management of the largely public health services,...