MoHSW considers P4H involvement – December 2010
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) issued a request to the P4H network to explore the possibility of P4H supporting Tanzania’s health financing strategy process. The World Bank (WB) contract with the consulting firm supporting the strategy process...
Ugandan State Minister of Health at UHC conference in Berlin – November 2010
The Ugandan Minister of State for Health, Dr. Richard Nduhuura, participated in a ministerial conference on health financing and universal coverage, as well as attending the P4H Open Forum in November 2010 in Berlin. Dr. Nduhuura expressed his appreciation for the...
National consultation workshop on the implementation of the national health risk coverage strategy – October 2010
A national consultation workshop on the implementation of the national strategy is taking place in Saly from October 26 to 28, 2010.
Initiation of health financing strategy process -/10/2010
In response to the recommendations of the Joint Review Mission (JRM), confirmed by the International Health Partnership (IHP) JANS assessment and based on the health financing review, the Ministry of Health Planning Department (MoHPD) initiated the health financing...
P4H and the health financing inter-agency committee – October 2010
P4H partners are now represented and active in the health financing inter-agency committee (ICC), formerly known as the Health Financing Task Group, which is working on the health financing agenda and particularly on the implementation of the health care financing...
The idea of a health financing strategy has been taken up
The P4H CD has been informed that 'following discussions between MoH, World Bank, Germany (GTZ) and P4H Coordination Desk in the Maldives', the development of a Health Care Financing Strategy is now part of the Government of Bangladesh's draft Health Population and...
ILO suggests developing an integrated national social protection policy in Kenya
Following an advisory mission to Kenya undertaken from 28 June to 3 July by Xenia Scheil-Adlung and Axel Weber, ILO suggests developing an integrated national social protection policy in Kenya. See the mission report below....
New report on SHP in Nepal – September 2010
GIZ and the Ministry for Health and Population (MoHP), produce a report, “Nepal at the Crossroads: Setting the Stage for Improved Social Health Protection”, that assesses the current policy environment and outlines some preconditions for new financing arrangements....
JANS – July 2010
One of the recommendations of the International Health Partnership (IHP) JANS assessment related to universal coverage and social health protection was to speed up the health financing strategy development process. Uganda_JANS_report_January_2011
Follow-up on Maldives Workshop
The World Bank and GTZ met with the Director General Health Services and on his recommendation sent the action plan the Government of Bangladesh developed in the Maldives to the Secretary as a first step in the process of engaging higher level policy makers and...
Nepal draws up timeline for health financing strategy – June 2010
Nepal Ministry for Health and Population (MoHP) officials participate in the South Asian Regional Forum organized by the World Bank in the Maldives at which the P4H CD makes a presentation on social health protection (SHP). The Nepali group discusses the importance of...
Adoption of a roadmap for extending health insurance coverage – June 2010
In order to accelerate the efforts undertaken as part of the national strategy to extend health risk coverage, the Ministry of Health adopted a detailed roadmap in June 2010. It is based on the three pillars of the national strategy.
“High-Level Forum on Health Financing in South Asia” in the Maldives
From 2-4 June 2010, representatives from Bangladesh, WB, GTZ and the P4H CD attended a "High-Level Forum on Health Financing in South Asia" in the Maldives. The objectives of the Forum were to jointly consider the broad concepts and policy implications of key issues...
NESC accepting the draft health financing strategy – April 2010
The draft healthcare financing strategy has been accepted by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC: national advisory agency for policy analysis and development – see website); both Ministries of Health are in the process of developing proposals for the...
Social Dialogue Programme – April 2010
Based on the recommendations coming out of a workshop held in December 2009, a social dialogue programme for 2010-2015 is submitted to the Health Insurance Council. The programme brings together representatives from government, trade unions and employers and is...