UNICEF Budget Briefs 2018 Tanzania and Zanzibar published
"The health sector was allocated Tanzanian Shillings (TSh) 2.22 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017/2018. This represents a 34 per cent nominal increase on FY 2016/2017 or a 28 percent increase once adjusting for inflation. The health budget accounts for 7 per cent of...
Recommendations of the 24th session of the annual review of the health sector
The work of the 24th session of the steering committee of the Ministry of Public Health on the annual health review was held from December 12 to 15, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in N'Djamena. At the end of the four days of work, the participants formulated...
UHC Survey for strengthening UHC policies
In preparation of the High-Level Meeting on UHC in September 2019, UNAIDS is supporting an UHC survey initiative aiming at collecting data on experiences, needs and priorities of communities living with, affected by, and who care about HIV. Click here...
Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC: Declaration for the high level meeting on UHC
Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC (CSEM) is the Civil Society constituent of the International Health Partnership for UHC 2030. It raises Civil Society voices in UHC 2030 to ensure that UHC policies are inclusive and equitable, particularly for...
Stories from the field # 5
Welcome to the latest issue of 'Stories from the field', all about how countries are working to achieve universal health coverage. In Issue 5 we share an inspiring feature from Niger on how strengthening the health workforce aims to provide health services to an...
P4HC+ Session “Universal Health Coverage for the Cambodian informal sector population: finding the right solution for the missing middle”
On the 2019 International Women’s Day representatives from HP+, GRET, UNFPA, UNICEF, ILO, GIZ, JICA, Swiss Development Cooperation, UNAIDS and WHO headed for the World Bank office to attend a P4HC+ facilitated discussion on UHC for the informal sector population. To...
AHAIC 2019 regional Conference on UHC took place in Kigali
Day one was primarily dedicated to setting the UHC scene. The discussions started around the need of strong primary health care (PHC) systems as frontline for achieving UHC. AHAIC 2019 took forth conversations initiated at the Astana conference on PHC to...
USAID HEALTH INSURANCE PROFILE: RWANDA
Extract from the Country Profile Introduction: "Rwanda has made substantial gains in the health and welfare of its population over a relatively short period of time, including stand-out achievements on the Millennium Development Goals (see Table 1). Universal access...
UNICEF 2017/18 Health Budget Brief Rwanda
This health budget brief explores the extent to which the Government of Rwanda addresses the health needs of children under 18 years of age and mothers in Rwanda. The brief analyses the size and composition of the budget allocation for the 2017/18 fiscal year, and the...
ILO Country Note Rwanda: Progress towards Universal Health Coverage
"The Government of Rwanda has made significant efforts to develop its health-care system at the national and community levels, making it possible for most people in the country to access affordable health care. This has helped to achieve near universal health...
WHO scoping mission for UHC in Cameroon
Objectives: Supporting Cameroon's commitment to advance its UHC agenda. When: From 25th to 29th March
The launch of the Cambodian NCD Alliance
The event will officially launch the Cambodian NCD Alliance by bringing together a wide range of stakeholders interested in supporting the alliance as members. With support from P4H and GIZ, and in collaboration with WHO, Louvain Coopération and MoPoTsyo, the founding...
Africa: Amref Health Africa and Rwanda Ministry of Health Host the First-Ever Global Conference Focused on Universal Health Coverage in Africa
"The conference, co-hosted by Amref Health Africa and Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, has brought together over 1,200 participants from more than 35 countries, including health ministers, private sector leaders, civil society and representatives from multilateral...
Report on the study of free health care mechanisms in Chad and how they relate to the health insurance system.
The study on free health care programs and their link with the health insurance system currently being developed in Chad was carried out with technical and financial support from the WHO. It was led by Mr. Alexis Bigeard, Health Financing Policy Advisor for the CSU at...
Concept note for the national health financing strategy development process
In order to guide the reform of the current healthcare financing system in terms of (i) resource mobilization, (ii) pooling resources, (iii) strategic acquisition of services, (iv) the structuring of services and the (v) governance, in order to influence progress...