The story of two HFS drafts…June 2013
The MoH has been working on a HFS draft with support from WHO and the WB since 2012, though with varied levels of intensity. MoH draft HFS Section 1 and 2 At the same time, the Presidential Advisor on Health and Population has carried out a number of consultations...
P4H – joint scoping mission/05/2013
Please find below the finding's of the P4H network's joint scoping mission from 25 to 29 May 2013.
GIZ/P4H visit – support to HFS implementation plan and P4H+ meeting
Background: Visit of Roland Panea (part of P4H Team in GIZ Head Office) providing technical support to the MoHFW's efforts to develop an implementation plan for the HFS. Agenda - proposed topics for discussion as part of the overall HFS: Taylor-made capacity...
Formation of UHC Technical Working Group in/05/2013
To facilitate the drafting and finalization of the Universal Health Coverage Strategy paper, a Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Health Financing ICC was created in May 2013. Objectives and expected deliverables (for the period Jul - Nov 2013) - Define the...
Draft implementation plan
WHO/Dodo Banzon shares the draft implementation plan and presentation of the Bangladesh Health Care Financing Strategy to be presented to the Health Financing Resource Task Group (HFRTG) chaired by Secretary of Health on May 13 at 4 pm. After the meeting, the plan...
Request for support to HFS -/05/2013
Message from WR Uganda: 'Please find attached request for Technical Support to consolidate and finalize the HFS before close of the financial year 2012/13' Request for Support to Finalise the health Financing Strategy for Uganda
P4H CD visit 25 April – 3/05/2013
One of the P4H members – GER/GIZ – has been conducting a midterm evaluation of their social protection support programme to Indonesia from 25 April – 8 May 2013. The CD has been invited to join this mission to review the German contribution to the Indonesian SHP/UHC...
Health Financing Resource Group (HFRG) meeting – Apr 2013
See minutes of meeting and participants list.
1st ICC-HF meeting after elections
The Inter-agency Coordination Committee (ICC) on Health Financing (HF) meets the first time after the elections on 12 April 2013. Key issues are free maternal health and abolition of user fees at levels 2 and 3, as well as the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)...
Adoption of a social protection development plan in the DRC – March 2013
Under the aegis of the Ministry of Employment, Labor and Social Security (METPS), the government adopts the social protection development plan developed by a multi-sector working group. See below. 2013_03_METPS_RDCongo-Plan_dvpt_protection_sociale
Second support mission by the WHO sub-regional advisor – March 26-29, 2013
The main aim of this second mission is to support the work of the national health financing policy consultant.
P4H technical assistant’s first mission to Chad
The new P4H technical assistant's first one-month assignment focused on drawing up the ToR for the Technical Committee on Universal Health Coverage (CT-CUS) and defining its work program.
HF reform discussion with non-governmental stakeholders – March 2013
After establishing an Interministerial Steering Committee (ISC) to develop a health financing reform agenda, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), supported by P4H partners, launches the second stage of stakeholder consultations. In the first of a series...
Nepal moves forward on HI policy – March 2013
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) approves health insurance (HI) policy, advancing a health financing agenda, which, since early 2012 has been driven by the Prime Minister's commitment to developing a national HI scheme. Access to quality health care is a...
Roadmap for HFS development