Agenda CIS webinar on April 20_English final
Advancing Universal Health Coverage: What Developing Countries Can Learn from the Israeli Experience?
This working paper documents Israel’s experience in implementing universal health coverage amid challenges of insufficient coverage, cost containment, health system equity and a growing private sector. The Israeli health care system has benefited greatly from its...
Niger: CR of Meeting 2 TFP Health Financing Working Group
On April 29, 2022, the 2nd meeting of the Working Group of technical and financial partners in the health financing sector was held. The agenda was as follows: 1. Follow-up on action points 2. TOR and tools under review Finalization of the ToR for the cost and...
A role for user charges? Thoughts from health financing reforms in Cambodia.
"The article examines how Cambodia has reformed its health financing system to ensure access without removing user fees."
Extending Social Health Protection in Lebanon
This study explores possibilities for strengthening the Lebanese health insurance model and extending social health protection to uncovered workers, including those in the informal economy. The situation assessment analyses the health system and the health financing...
Somalia economic update: Investing in health to anchor growth
The sixth edition of the World Bank Somalia economic update series made several policy recommendations that would set the country up for economic recovery. These include; Investing in health and social safety nets would help improve health outcomes and human capital...
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Summary Russian (March 16, 2022)
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Summary English (16 March, 2022)
Transition to program budgeting in Uganda: status of the reform and preliminary lessons for health
To make sustainable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), public health financing is very critical. Uganda has taken major budgetary reforms to optimize budget planning, transparency, and accountability since the early 2000s. The two major reforms over...