Vaccine Procurement and Financing Benefits from a Coherent Approach
Nepal has largely been dependent on its neighbours India and China for its supply of COVID-19 vaccines both purchased and received as donations as the two countries’ attempt to use vaccine diplomacy to strengthen their influence on the small Himalayan...
2021 Health sector gets 32 percent more budget compared to previous year
The Nepal government has allocated Rs 90.69 billion for the health sector for the upcoming fiscal year, around 32 percent more than previous fiscal when Rs 68.78 billion was set aside under the heading. Although the health sector’s share of the pie has increased to...
Nepal focuses on health spending to fight COVID-19 in annual budget
The Parliament of Nepal saw a substantial increase in the share of budget expenditure on health in FY 2021, significant compared to other South Asian countries. The country saw increased spending in health infrastructure to primarily combat the onslaught of the Corona...
Covid-19 and Nepal’s Health Financing: Insights and recommendations based on local government response during full lockdown
The public healthcare system in Nepal is a shared responsibility between the federal, local and provincial governments with the latter usually at the forefront of handling outbreaks such as COVID-19 on ground. The financing for their operations was mixed as well where...
Nepal boosts drugs availability – August 2020
Nepal has made significant progress in improving drug availability in districts. Pukar Malla, an executive coach at the Nepal Leadership Academy, explains how L4UHC helped create a safe space to innovate, and the importance of starting small and thinking big. Nepal...
The power of a systemic approach towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nepal
The team of Nepalese leaders participating in the L4UHC programme tackled one of the country’s major health-care bottlenecks: the lack of essential drugs in primary health facilities. The story of this initiative illustrates that advancing toward UHC is not a simple...
NHI implementation update -/09/2015
Source: GIZ i. The implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) was targeted nearly a year ago (November, 2014) with design features including draft Standard Operating Procedure in hand. However the lack of legal basis has led to delayed...
Study visit to Thailand and the Philippines -/10/2014
The overall objective of the study tour was to improve the National Health Insurance Policy (including appending guideline and act) as a major reform document on the path towards universal health coverage. The specific objectives were to: Observe and learn from the...
NSHI update -/09/2014
Source: GIZ Nepal Update on the National Social Health Insurance (NSHI) in Nepal The NSHI Policy has been endorsed by the cabinet on June 2014 The NSHI Guideline has been approved by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and sent to the cabinet for endorsement...
Implementation Guidelines for Social Health Insurance finalised -/08/2014
Source: GIZ Nepal The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) finalises the implementation guidelines for the national social health insurance (NSHI) in Nepal. The attached document is in Nepali, a translation into English is in preparation. (The English version...
Update on NHI design features -/05/2014
Source: GIZ Nepal GIZ shares a presentation outlining the design features of the proposed national health insurance in Nepal. On 22 May 2014, the attached presentation was presented in a meeting under the chair of Joint Secretary Mr Adikhari to the members of the...
National UHC workshop and CD visit – Apr 2014
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and WHO organise a workshop on Moving towards UHC in Nepal, on 20-21 April 2014 in Kathmandu. The CD has been invited by WHO to attend this event, which turns out to as a good opportunity to catch up with current...
Update on HF and HI – April 2014
Source: GIZ The GIZ team in Nepal provides an update on the activities they are currently supporting in health financing /health insurance in Nepal. The updated is particularly addressing the “global” colleagues [supporting Nepal] as in most activities the...
Costing of Essential Health Package – Feb 2014
WHO shares first cost estimates of the proposed Essential Health Package (EHP). [This refers to one of the 10 work packages outlined in the previous Intranet entry on 2.12.13] Dear all Kindly find the 1st excel sheet sent by Shakti [Public Health Foundation India,...
NHI: proposed institutional and organizational set-up -/01/2014
GIZ shares a report for the proposed institutional and organizational set up for the National Health Insurance (NHI) of Nepal along with its functions and functionaries. [This refers to one of the 10 work packages outlined in the previous Intranet entry on 2.12.13]...