COVID-19: Partnerships to Protect People
Today, more than 4.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including more than 310 thousand deaths were reported to WHO globally. Unfortunately, these numbers are not estimates, behind each number, there is a real person. The impact of COVID-19 goes beyond health. It...
Strategic purchasing and involving the private sector for an effective COVID-19 response
Agenda Opening: Manoj Jhalani, SEARO-WHO Purchasing priorities to respond to COVID-19: Inke MathauerHQ-WHO, TsolmonTsilaajav SEARO-WHO Country experiences: Indu Bhushan NHA-India, Albert Domingo Philippines-WHO Closing: Peter Cowley, WPRO-WHO Moderation: Valeria de...
Webinar on Health Financing in times of COVID 19 – the case of Germany
# The case of Germany – a show case model for resilience? # Germany’s support to LMICs for health system strengthening Followed by a discussion how this applies to various settings (LMIC, HIC) Chair: Irina Nikolic, Senior health advisor at the World Bank,...
Burkina Faso L4UHC team meeting on May 13, 2020
Agenda: review of the collective action initiative roadmap
Coherent health financing for the COVID-19 response: a perspective from the Philippines
MAKING PURCHASING FIT FOR PURPOSE In the Philippines, the COVID-19 response has called for rapid adaptation of purchasing arrangements. In early 2019, the Philippines passed a Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that envisions the national health insurance agency...
New blog on Kenya: There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
You can read the blog on the public blog page: https://p4h.world/en/global-pandemic-still-lack-fuel-and-airtime
There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
Governments around the world are scrambling to get their hands on personal protective equipment, test kits, ventilators and oxygen. But on the frontlines of service delivery in Kenya, we are also hearing about local health officials and facility managers needing money...
How to purchase health services during a pandemic? Purchasing priorities to support the response to COVID-19
As countries around the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, their attention is focused on organizing and reconfiguring health care delivery, e.g., testing measures, home care, and increases in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity, to meet the changing needs of...
P4H Webinar on COVID-19 and Health Financing in South Korea and China
You can find the recording of the webinar with the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i3syxBO9Xg
Creation of the National Orientation Council of RAMU Burkina Faso
The Council of Ministers adopts the decree on the National Orientation Council for the Universal Health Insurance Scheme (CNO-RAMU). Chaired by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, the Conseil national d'orientation du Régime d'assurance maladie universelle is...
How to budget for COVID-19 response? A quick scan of the budgetary mechanisms in the most affected developed countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic requires sufficient public funding to ensure a comprehensive response. The reprioritization of public spending to protect the economy and strengthen the health system's response requires timely action by government leaders and a favorable...
Priorities for health financing systems in response to COVID-19
To date, every country in the world has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Action is urgently needed, but the response must be coherent. It will do no good if the urgency of the moment leads to chaos in the response of both countries and the international...
Priority health financing challenges to combat COVID-19
On April 02, 2020, the Health Financing Team of WHO shared views on Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19 that reflected collective effort and thinking of WHO's health financing experts working in WHO's Headquarters and Regional Offices. This...
Priority health financing challenges to combat COVID-19
On April 02, 2020, the Health Financing Team of WHO shared views on Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19 that reflected collective effort and thinking of WHO's health financing experts working in WHO's Headquarters and Regional Offices. This...
Priorities for the Health Financing Response to COVID-19
By now, every country in the world is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to act is urgent, but the response must be coherent. It will be of little help if the urgency of the moment leads to chaos in how countries and the global community respond. This...