Long-term care financing: lessons for low- and middle-income settings: brief 2: decisions about population coverage of long-term care
Countries can choose universal, selective, or mixed approaches to long-term care (LTC) for older adults, with many low- and middle-income countries starting with mixed models on the path to universal LTC coverage says WHO Centre for Health Development's policy brief....
Leadership for UHC: Participants’ Views
The P4H Network’s flagship programme, Leadership for UHC (L4UHC), has been held in fifteen countries to date. Conceived as a journey of reflection, discovery and action for senior leaders, participants have described the programme as “one of the best things that ever...
Aid and health system strengthening for Small Island Developing States
A new study in Health Policy and Planning argues that a "one-size-fits-all" approach to strengthening healthcare systems fails Small Island Developing States. Small island developing states (SIDS) face unique challenges due to their small size and remote locations....
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Theme: Addressing inequities in access to health care ITCILO, CONNECT for Social Health Protection and P4H Network is back with its annual Course on Social Health Protection for public health practitioners and researchers in March held online and in Turin, Italy.The...
Peru: Coverage for SIS policyholders financially guaranteed in 2024
The Public Sector Budget Law for Fiscal Year 2024 allocated resources to finance the continuity of Universal Health Insurance policies in Peru.In 2024, 25 million insured members of the Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) will be guaranteed the financing of their...
Revitalizing Ireland’s Healthcare System in 2024: A Resilient Path Forward
Ireland's healthcare landscape faces challenges in 2024, with medicine shortages, an ageing population, and the push for universal healthcare. Reforms, innovation, and empowering pharmacists are pivotal in this critical juncture. As Ireland approaches potential...
Rehabilitation in health financing: opportunities on the way to universal health coverage
The first World Health Organization resource on health financing for rehabilitation has been published in collaboration with the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator considering financing, challenges, and opportunities and offering guidance for...
Determinants of out-of-pocket health care spending, Covid 19 and health insurance in Peru
The results show that Peru's Seguro Integral de Salud reduces out-of-pocket spending as ability to pay for the poorest, while Seguro Social de Salud does so for the non-poor. On the other hand, it is concluded that contracting Covid 19 increases out-of-pocket health...
Social Health Insurance Fund: the percent of fully covered people remains at 84% since the launch of health insurance
The Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) of Kazakhstan has reported that since the launch of the national mandatory social health insurance on January 1, 2020: the number of fully insured people -- those who have access to both the guaranteed services basket and the...
Belize enhances financial access to health services
In the Americas, financial access to health services continues to be a challenge. Countries find different ways and strategies to tackle this issue. Belize has recently removed all fees charged in public hospitals in the country lifting the financial barrier to...
Building capacity to measure financial protection for UHC in the South-East Asia Region
WHO and World Bank organised South-East Asia UHC training on measuring financial protection highlighted varied forgone healthcare among older populations, and urged consistent measurement and data access.In a recent training on measuring financial protection for...
Pooling Reforms to Strengthen Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage
This LHSS brief focuses on how pooling arrangements—the way countries combine funding from different sources to spread the financial risk of needing to pay for health services—can be improved to accelerate progress toward UHC.The policy brief synthesizes the existing...
Building resilient health system for universal health coverage and health security
Reviewing strategies for Resilient Health Systems. Context-specific measures like redistributing health workers, political commitment and efficient health financing strategies are vital for achieving Universal Health Coverage and health security goals.In the pursuit...
Estimating potential impact of health tax on demand for unhealthy food, beverages and on tax revenue in India
This study evaluates health taxes on unhealthy foods in India. Taxes on high-fat, sugar, or salt foods could reduce demand by 5–24%, boosting government revenues by 12–200% for health initiatives against obesity and non-communicable diseases.Foods high in fat, sugar...
Classification and focus comparison of health financing frameworks: A scoping review
Published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management, this scoping review explores diverse frameworks for evaluating health financing systems. This scoping review explores the landscape of health financing frameworks, aiming to understand their...