The study examines primary care facility autonomy in executing Direct Facility Financing (DFF) in Tanzania. While facilities possess financial management knowledge and some autonomy, challenges like fund disbursement delays and procurement complexities hinder...
Two members of Kenya's technical teams reflect on the progress made toward universal health coverage during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s second term, highlighting the importance of timely decision-making and balancing technical and political pressures. They offer three...
After the 1994 Genocide, Rwanda focused on rebuilding its health system with global aid. However, coordination issues led to inefficiencies. The 2011 formation of the Single Project Implementation Unit aimed to enhance planning for universal health coverage, but...
The Kenyan government launched a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot project in 2019 across four counties—Isiolo, Kisumu, Machakos, and Nyeri—to eliminate user fees and address healthcare gaps. A mixed-methods study revealed that the pilot increased healthcare...
The Philippine UHC law, enacted in 2019, aims to enhance equitable access to quality health services by reforming the PhilHealth and supporting local government units through a Special Health Fund. Despite facing implementation challenges, the initiative highlights...
In Pakistan, healthcare utilization is linked to out-of-pocket payments (OOP) which disproportionately affect low-income households. The study investigated socioeconomic inequality in OOP and catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs), and the contribution of...
In Nepal, lack of shared understanding of health equity across sectors hinders coordinated policy efforts. There is an urgent need to expand climate change responses to consider specific health vulnerabilities. By positioning health equity as a key element of...
In South Korea, the "Moon Care" policy was implemented in 2017 with the goal of reducing co-payment rates for healthcare costs by expanding national health insurance coverage up to 70%, in order to protect citizens from financial hardship due to healthcare...
Aotearoa New Zealand has restructured its health system with the aim of addressing inequities in access to healthcare services and health outcomes, particularly among the indigenous Māori population. In July 2022, two new organizations, Health New Zealand and Māori...
Risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) have been introduced to allocate risk between payers and pharmaceutical companies, often taking the form of outcome-based or financial-based models. This study seeks to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders within Singapore’s...
Despite the implementation of public health insurance schemes for migrant workers in Thailand, coverage gap exists within this population. The M-FUND is a low-cost, not-for-profit health protection scheme designed specifically for migrant workers in Thailand,...
Bhutan is currently transforming its health system and has updated its Health Technology Assessment (HTA) framework. This revision is designed to prioritize health initiatives and ensure the sustainability of the health system. The framework outlines the stages of the...
This study examines the impact of health insurance and social safety net programmes on maternal health service utilisation (MHSU) in Pakistan. It recommends that expanding access to health insurance can provide comprehensive coverage for maternal healthcare services....
This study aims to gain insights into the socio-economic and political determinants of ill health and access to healthcare in North Korea. Findings indicate that, despite the Public Health Act’s claims of a comprehensive free care system, respondents reported high...
In this article, researchers analyze the impact of the 2023 Sudanese conflict on the country’s fragile health financing system through interviews with key policymakers. Findings reveal that while the conflict has exacerbated resource allocation challenges,...
