Workshop on monitoring and evaluation of the social health insurance schemes
ILO, with P4H, facilitated an event from 11-14th December 2023 to train NHIMA staff to monitor social health insurance schemes. NHIMA drives UHC efforts in Zambia via NHIS, extending coverage to vulnerable populations. Effective monitoring is crucial for pilot phase...
Zambian Team completes Leadership for UHC programme – Mar 2015
Source: GIZ, on behalf of Leadership for UHC team From 9 to 12 March, we completed the 9-month joint GIZ / World Bank program “Leadership for UHC” with the third module hosted in Istanbul. We would like to give you a last update on what we heard from the Zambian...
P4H CD visit: advancing P4H support to HFS development -/10/2015
The P4H CD was given the opportunity to join a WB mission from 19-23 Oct in Lusaka and connect with various national and development partners to discuss the potential role of the P4H Network in moving the HF for UHC agenda forward, in particular regarding the HF...
Leadership for UHC: High Level Policy Dialogue – Feb 2016
Following last year's participation in the P4H Leadership for UHC (L4UHC) program in Africa, the Zambian Ministry of Health - together with the L4UHC faculty - organized a High Level Policy Dialogue from 17-19 Feb 2016, in Chisamba, to create a high-level and...
Social Protection Week in Zambia
(Update 1 Jun 2016): SP_Week_SHI_session_summary_final ----------- The first National Social Protection week took place from 16-20 May 2016. The Social Protection Week comprises a series of sessions to share information and engage citizens in a public debate on the...
A new document has been added to the Zambia country page
The Zambia 2018 National Health Insurance Act has been added to the country's document section. The Act provides guidance on the implementation and management of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Zambia. The full document can be found on the link below
The National Health Insurance Management Authority provides an update on the performance and status of the Zambia National Health Insurance Scheme
The board of the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) was established in 2019 to facilitate the implementation of the country’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In this circular, the NHIMA provides an update on the milestones attained and...
Zambia gets additional financial support of $24 Million to procure and equitably distribute COVID-19 Vaccines
The government of Zambia has been approved to get additional financing of $24 million to acquire and equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Of the total amount, $14 million is credit provided by the International Development Association (IDA), and $10 million is...
Leading the Charge: Insight into Zambia’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy in Universal Health Coverage Financing Reforms
Access to affordable family planning is an essential component of universal health coverage (UHC) as it is one of the most effective interventions that have shown to reduce maternal and under- mortality rates. For Zambia, to include Family Planning (FP) in the...
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The mission of the department of Health Systems Governance and Financing (HGF) and its units at WHO HQ is to support member countries to develop and/or sustain health financing systems that ensure access to needed health services while avoiding catastrophic...
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX
Zambia gets 1st 228,000 vaccine doses from COVAX East African country so far has confirmed 90,064 COVID-19 infections, 1,227 deaths 12.04.2021 Read the published information here
PFM-COVID-19 -18/05/2020 / Zambia
The Zambian government has announced a release of 2.64 billion-kwacha (0.75 percent of GDP) to clear arrears and pay contractors. The government had set up an Epidemic Preparedness Fund amounting to 57 million kwacha (0.02% of GDP) and had approved a COVID-19...
Health Insurance Bill presented to Parliament of Zambia last Friday
Health Minister of Zambia Chitalu Chilufya presented The Health Insurance Bill to Parliament. The first reading took place on Friday 8th of December and the bill was deferred to the Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services. Second and third...
MoH informs about the Government’s intention to start implementing SHI starting with coverage of workers in the civil service.
MoH informs about the Government's intention to start implementing SHI starting with coverage of workers in the civil service. This is announced as a way to start implementation of the SHI scheme in the absence of a legislative basis, and in line with the...
EU-SPS-OECD mission in Zambia
The EU-SPS-OECD mission, in collaboration with the ILO and supported by the P4H is meeting MoH and key partners to identify analysis required to further inform extension of SHI coverage to workers in the informal economy. The expected outcome of the mission is the...