Single National Health Insurance cabinet paper submitted
The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children recently submitted the cabinet brief on the Single National Health Insurance (SNHI) and the Health Financing Strategy to Cabinet. It is now awaiting feedback before it can go ahead...
Introduction of a ‘Better Budgeting Practices Tool’ – for better alignment of PFM with HF
Public Financial Management (PFM) and Health Financing (HF) systems aim to make use of public funds effectively. In health this means that funds are spent efficiently and equitably, and used to purchase quality interventions. Alignment between Budget Cycle/ PFM...
Single National Health Insurance legislative review kicks off
The WHO supported legislative review around the future plans to introduce a mandatory single national health insurance (SNHI) has started last week, aiming to be completed by end of March 2016. This legislative review will further shape the cabinet paper proposing...
New Health Minister communicates committment to boost Health Insurance System
The new Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Children and the Elderly, Ummy Mwalimu told The Citizen newspaper last week, that "the government is now looking into ways of bridging the gaps in healthcare delivery .....by helping the poor access prepaid...
Interministerial Steering Committee approves the Draft Health Financing Strategy
The Inter-ministerial Steering Committee guiding the development of Tanzania's Health Financing Strategy was reported by the chair of the Health Financing Technical Working Group to have met for the last time on Friday 4th December 2015. It approved the overall...
JAHSR techncial meeting Tanzania – Health Financing Priorities to be presented to Policy Meeting
During this year's joint annual health sector technical review meeting, the following health financing priorities were highlighted to be presented at the planned policy review meeting on the 8th of December 2015: Ministry of Health (Senior Management and particularly...
Delays in approval of Health Financing Strategy Draft
At the Health Financing Technical Working Group this week, the Ministry of Health informed members that the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee responsible for approving the Health Financing Strategy Draft and clearing the cabinet paper draft for the Single National...
Global Financing Facility – Tanzania
After several consultations by the GFF business development team with stakeholders in Tanzania, it was decided to largely channel the funding towards the implementation of RBF. This was considered in line with the draft Health Financing Strategy and the priorities of...
First Results Based Financing Steering Committee Meeting held
The first meeting of the RBF Steering Committee took place on 1st September 2015 under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The Ministry is currently implementing its RBF pre-pilot in Shinyanga Region at Kishapu...
Up-dates from this week’s Health Financing Working Group meeting
The cabinet paper for the SNHI legislation currently being finalized together with the Attorney General with aim to submit it to cabinet mid/end August (before cabinet is dissolved in October). The MOHSW HF unit is going to report during the next regular TWG...
P4H Coordinator Tanzania appointed to be member of RBF Steering Committee
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) is currently finalising its Health Financing Strategy, which is oriented towards the achievements of results and thus incorporates Results-Based Financing (RBF) to improve the sector's performance. The RBF system will...
Working towards the spirit of the Health Financing Strategy (HFS) Draft
The technical work on the strategy has completed. It is now with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) for finalisation and approval. The Ministry communicated, that instead of handing the strategy in for cabinet approval it will develop a cabinet paper...
GFF Tanzania up-dates
The WB approved a US$200 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to improve the quality of primary health care services in Tanzania, with a focus on maternal, neonatal, and child health services. The Strengthening Primary Health Care for Results...
Tanzanian Health Financing Strategy – Further Fiscal Space Assessment and Final Preparations
Satus up-dates on the Tanzanian HFS Development by P4H Focal Person Tanzania: In order to complete the HFS, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare involved Futures Group (currently undertaking also the costing for the HSSP IV) to conduct some additional fiscal...
Update on HFS, RBF, fiscal space study… -/12/2014
Below an update from the Health Financing Technical Working Group on various health financing issues. Source: P4H Coordinator, Tanzania Health Financing Strategy Work on the Health Financing Strategy (HFS) for Tanzania is in its final stages. In the coming two months...