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Conditional cash transfers to improve health in Guatemala
Conditional cash transfers to improve health in Guatemala
Guatemala

Guatemala's Ministry of Social Development grants social bonds to vulnerable families in exchange for commitments to participate in health and education services.In April 2025, the Guatemalan Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) delivered financial assistance under...

How Japan could shape the future of the NHS
How Japan could shape the future of the NHS
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

To help deal with its ageing population, Japan offers super bespoke health programmes for individual citizens, which aim to do a better job at predicting and preventing illnesses and make emergency care less necessary.The Health Secretary is taking a bold step forward...

Dominica Macro-Fiscal Context and Health Financing Factsheet
Dominica

Macro-Fiscal Context and Health Financing Factsheets developed by the World Bank provide graphical representations of 14 key indicators linked to the larger macro fiscal environment in which a health system operates. This fact sheet on Dominica shows historical data...

Swiss Citizens’ Assembly backs sugar tax in health push
Swiss Citizens’ Assembly backs sugar tax in health push
Switzerland

The Citizens’ Assembly in Switzerland has proposed a tax on sugary foods and drinks as part of six reforms aimed at improving public health, which also includes higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco, enhanced health literacy, and stricter advertising restrictions. The...

The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
Canada

The Canadian healthcare system, while publicly funded and perceived as free, involves significant wait times for medical services due to a mismatch between demand and supply, effectively rationing care. This inadequacy leads to substantial economic costs, estimated in...

How India’s tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention
How India’s tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention
India

India's tobacco governance reveals a stark contradiction, as the government collects over Rs 75,000 crore in tobacco taxes yet allocates less than Rs 50 crore annually to tobacco control programs, resulting in a chronic underfunding of health initiatives. This...

HGPI highlights the role of data in advancing UHC and health financing
HGPI highlights the role of data in advancing UHC and health financing

The HGPI report highlights the critical role of data in advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health financing, emphasising the use of international databases for effective policy development and global comparison. The Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)...

Decree Law 2763 – creation of FONASA in Chile
Chile

The Chilean government created the National Health Fund (Fonasa) by decree law in 1979 (among others). Fonasa is the public health insurance that provides coverage for health services to the population. It is an alternative to the Instituciones de Salud Previsional...

Guyana implements vouchers to extend financial access to UHC
Guyana implements vouchers to extend financial access to UHC
Guyana

Guyana institutes universal health care vouchers to cover a range of diagnostic tests not covered under the public free care program.Guyana operates a universal healthcare system where citizens and residents have access to public health facilities at no cost. However,...