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...
A proposal for a national social protection policy is circulated
See the draft document below and the ToR for the related roundtable scheduled for September 7-11, 2015. 2015_08_31_Gouv_RDC-Politique_nationale_protection_sociale 2015_08_31_TDR_table_ronde_protection_sociale_RDC
Summary of the joint WHO/WB/GIZ mission on CSU and GFF
The mission's main conclusions are as follows: 1/ the 2016-2020 PNDS is the most urgent project for the MSP in the DRC; 2/ the GFF investment framework needs to be improved and 3/ the health financing strategy will need to be supplemented by an implementation plan...
Presentation of the results of WB support for the health care basket and simulations of health financing in the DRC
The presentation of the results took place with the MSP team and the partners of the joint P4H mission. See PPT below. 2015_08_26_BM-Presentation_strategie_financement_support_RDC_final 2015_08_27_BM-Presentation_simulations_financement_sante_RDC
Process update -/08/2015
Source: P4H Country Focal Point (GIZ) A major activity was the formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, a consultative process that commenced at the start of this calendar year. Attention was paid to carefully integrate elements of the Health Financing...
Report on the evaluation of SNP in Niger, WHO mission
Dr Hyppolite Kalambay, WHO, carried out a specific support mission to assess Niger's national health policy. You will find Among other things, the report includes important data on healthcare financing and exemption from payment (slides 7 to 10, 20 & 23)....
Two requests – one mission
The Government of Malawi is in the process of undertaking a series of reforms aimed at restructuring the health system and assessing financing options to ensure a more efficient, transparent and equitable health system. Two requests. In this context, a...
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...
The strategic orientations for CSU in Madagascar are approved by the ministers concerned
The strategic orientations for the CSU are presented to the Minister of Economy and Planning, the Minister of Finance and Budget, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, the Minister of Population, Solidarity and the Promotion of Women and the Minister of Health on...
Joint support to Malawi – assessing an NSHI option for Malawi – first info
The Malawian MOH's request for P4H support is part of a longer Deliberation process on health financing reforms for Malawi. The Malawi Ministry of Health published a health financing situation Analysis in May 2013 and drafted a Health Financing Strategy based on this....
Restitution of the BM support mission to the CSU process
WHO Kinshasa distributes the minutes of the WB short-term support feedback meeting on the following topics i) the CSU bill, ii) health financing strategy, iii) the care basket and iv) budgeting and implementation schedule....
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...
MoH request to comment on updated draft HFS – June 2015
The Ugandan Ministry of Health issues a request to the P4H Network to review the updated Health Financing Strategy. 2015_05_01_UGA_HFS_Draft 2015_06_10_UGA_MoH_request_HFS_review The preparations for a joint response can be viewed on the Ugandan Forum pages.