Regional forum on health-care financing -/05/2012
Several P4H partners are involved in a regional forum which takes places in May 2012 in Phnom Penh. The objectives of the forum are to bring together stakeholders active in health financing in the Mekong area in order to share country experiences, to stimulate...
Multi-stakeholder group works on UHC policy – April 2012
A multi stakeholder group, comprising approximately 50 officials meet for a series of seven workshops to discuss universal health coverage challenges including revenue collection, benefit package design, the role of private health insurance, and the integration of...
Analysis of benefit incidence – March 2012
The Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) is currently analysing the data from the National Living Standard Survey and other sources to estimate the monetary value of services (benefits) received, broken down by different wealth quintile, ethnic group,...
Health Insurance Regulation Study – December 2011 – March 2012
P4H is supporting a review of the regulatory framework of health insurance in Tanzania, looking in particular at regulation governing social health insurance. Tanzania has a number of health insurance institutions and oversight bodies, which have enabled the country...
P4H (External) Review of the Draft Health Financing Strategy – March 2012
The government of Kenya calls for health sector development partners to independently review both the content and development process of the draft strategy and to provide a road map for finalization and implementation in support of national health policies and...
Distribution of the P4H roadmap by the Ministry of Social Development – March 2012
Following the joint P4H mission carried out in November 2011, the MDSSPA is releasing the final version of the roadmap proposed as part of the support provided by the P4H network. 2012_03_13_MDSSPA_Mali-Feuille_de_route_P4H_Mali
Training on SHP for HFU Staff and District CBHI Managers – February 2012
Recognizing the need for basic understanding of social health protection (SHP) and Health Financing (HF) principles, concepts and best practices, the Ministry of Health (MoH) asks P4H partners for a curriculum on SHP for its technical staff at central level (e.g....
MoH needs help in development of a Health Financing Strategic Plan – February 2012
Rwanda is currently developing its Health Sector Strategic Plan III(HSSP III) for the period 2013 to 2017. Strategic priorities for the next five years have been identified based on health financing functions and the Rwanda Health Financing Policy. To implement the...
Strategic Planning Retreat on Health Financing for HSSP III – February 2012
Following the sector-wide Health Sector Strageic Plan III (HSSP III) retreat on strategic priorities, the health financing stakeholders propose to further develop a logframe for key result areas, including resource generation, pooling, purchasing and stewardship...
Course on health financing and social health protection – February 2012
A 10-day course on Health Systems Strengthening and Sustainable Financing, organized by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), GIZ, USAID and the World Bank, and partially funded by P4H, takes place in Kathmandu. The course, attended by sixty participants from...
Development Policy Options meeting in Nay Pyi Taw – Feb 2012
The first Development Policy Options meeting in Nay Pyi Taw (February 2012) unanimously placed poverty reduction as a key objective of Myanmar’s new development agenda, with health and education at the centre of the effort. Further, there was unanimous commitment to...
HFU calls for Organizational Planning Retreat on Health Financing – January 2012
31 January 2012 -Under new leadership, the Health Financing Unit (HFU) in the Ministry of Health (MoH) is in the process of strengthening and developing its core processes and operating functions. In view of its challenging mandate as the implementing arm for the...
A delegation from Chad attends the PMAC conference on universal health coverage
Delegates from the Chad Ministries of Health, Social Affairs, Finance, Planning and Civil Service attend the 2012 Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference is devoted to Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and attendance is one of the...
HFWG as platform for HF Policy Implementation – January 2012
The Health Financing Working Group (HFWG) is the main platform for coordination, sharing and discussion of health financing issues between the government, Development Partners and other stakeholders. Established in 2010, it became fully functional in 2011 with GIZ as...
Government officials attend Bangkok P4H event – January 2012
A group of eight government officials, 4 from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 3 from the National Planning Commission Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour, and an academic expert from the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, attend the Prince...