Improving the efficiency in spending for health: A systematic review of evidence
This article, published in the SSM-Health Systems Journal by Science Direct, delves into the critical issue of inefficiencies in healthcare financing and their impact on fiscal space within health systems. Through a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature, the...
Sources and Uses of Health System Financing in Colombia
The health system in Colombia is financed with contributions to the contributory system from workers and employers, and with revenues from fiscal sources that include the General System of Participations, contributions from the National Budget, resources from specific...
The government’s program for the health insurance branch
On September 27, the government said it knew how to reduce healthcare expenditure by 3.5 billion euros by 2024.According to the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) for 2024, without new savings measures, the national health insurance expenditure target (Ondam)...
WHO report on strengthening primary health care financing in Kyrgyzstan
WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published a report titled "Strengthening primary health care financing: policy considerations for Kyrgyzstan" in September 2023. The report describes how primary health care (PHC) is organized and financed in...
Long-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings: brief 3: how countries finance long-term care
Low- and middle-income countries rely on informal caregivers and private funds for LTC, leading to access disparities. High-income countries invest in public LTC, mainly funded by taxation and insurance, but challenges remain in countries with large informal...
Social norms and values impacting health expenditures in India
Household resource allocation in India is not just a pragmatic and calculative exercise, it also involves multi-layered tacit and explicit contestation, bargaining and negotiations that occur at the intersection of social norms, economic class, caste, gender, age, and...
ILO launches “Building social protection foundations for all” project in Burkina Faso
The project "Building Social Protection Floors for All: ILO global flagship program in Burkina Faso" was launched on August 28, 2023 in Ouagadougou by Bassolma Bazié, Minister in charge of Social Protection, in the presence of Frédéric Lapeyre, Director of the ILO...
A plea for Burkinabe companies to finance health care
Speaking to the press on December 28, 2023, the Organization for New Initiatives in Development and Health (ONIDS) took stock of the implementation of its project, which urged private companies to act for greater social responsibility in financing health care in...
AMU-Burkina: Pilot phase reviewed by stakeholders
From July 25 to 27, 2023, those involved in implementing the pilot phase of Universal Health Insurance (UHI). The meeting provided an opportunity to take stock of two years of implementation, and to make objective recommendations for the large-scale operationalization...
Financing investment in the healthcare sector
The Haut conseil pour l'avenir de l'Assurance maladie (Hcaam) assesses the state of France's healthcare sector and presents its recommendations.Last November, the Hcaam published five documents to shed light on the mechanisms of healthcare investment and its...
7th Annual health financing forum: Investing in health
The 7th Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF), hosted by The World Bank Group, USAID, and the Global Financing Facility (GFF), is scheduled to take place from April 15-17, 2024, in Washington DC and virtually. This forum stands out as a significant global gathering...
Decree determining the conditions of medical control -AMU
The decree issued in application of the provisions of article 33 of law no. 060-2015/CNT of September 5, 2015 on the universal health insurance scheme in Burkina Faso, determines the terms and conditions of medical control and medical expertise.The medical check-up...
Decree setting out the conditions for administrative control of RAMU
The present decree, issued in application of the provisions of article 37 of al loi n°060-2015/CNT du 5 septembre 2015 portant régime d'assurance maladie universelle au Burkina Faso, sets the terms and conditions of administrative control.The administrative control...
Decree approving RAMU agreements
This decree approves standard models for national and individual agreements. The standard models of national and individual agreements governing relations between universal health insurance scheme management bodies and public or private health care providers, in...
Adoption of the decree defining the universal health care basket
This decree is issued in application of the provisions of article 12 of law n°060-2015/CNT of September 5, 2015 on the universal health insurance scheme in Burkina Faso, defines the basket of care of the universal health insurance scheme.