Webinar 3: Expanding social health protection coverage to the ‘missing middle’ populations in India
This is the third of the four-webinar series on Health Financing in India ( the 1st and 2nd webinars were held on August 18 and October 19, 2021, respectively) and is developed by health financing experts from ILO, WHO India, IHSC and ACCESS Health International....
Extending Social Health Protection in Lebanon
This study explores possibilities for strengthening the Lebanese health insurance model and extending social health protection to uncovered workers, including those in the informal economy. The situation assessment analyses the health system and the health financing...
Extending Social Health Protection in Lebanon: The role of national social security fund in achieving universal health coverage
This study explores possibilities for strengthening the Lebanese health insurance model and extending social health protection to uncovered workers, including those in the informal economy. The situation assessment analyses the health system and the health financing...
Oman MOH conducts workshop ‘Toward excellence and innovation in financial management in the Ministry of Health’
Oman’s Ministry of Health (MOH) conducted a three-day workshop titled ‘’Toward Excellence and Innovation in Financial Management’’ to discuss scientific methods for increasing the MOH fiscal space. Oman aims to get a high return on investing in people's...
Why Is Strategic Purchasing Critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Strategic purchasing is particularly important for countries in sub-Saharan Africa because public funding for health has often not kept pace with UHC commitments. This paper published in Health Systems and Reform underscores the importance of strategic purchasing in...
South Africa’s COVID-19 response Gets a $750 million boost
On 20 January 2022, the South African Government received a low-interest Development Policy Loan (DPL) of $750 million from the World Bank Group to support its efforts to accelerate the COVID-19 response aimed at protecting the poor and vulnerable from the adverse...
The Malawi parliament’s cluster committee on Health, HIV and Aids, and Nutrition pushes for an increase in health budget to ensure adequate financing for Universal Health Coverage.
In the budget presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe at the parliament earlier in March this year, the health sector was allocated the third-highest sectoral allocation behind education and agriculture, which amounts to about US$349...
Health insurance engagement in Sierra Leone: Project memo
The International Growth Center (IGC) Sierra Leone has been heavily involved in working with the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information (DPPI) at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in providing technical input into the design of the insurance programme as...
WEBINAR 2: Social Health Protection and Health Financing Reforms in the CIS
Join us as at we exchange knowledge and regional perspectives of Social health protection and health financing reforms in Commonwealth of Independent States.Our panelists will exchange lessons learned, key achievements, and progress made toward social health...
Strategy for free healthcare services for pregnant and lactating women and young children in Sierra Leone
This strategy describes the implementation process of the free healthcare initiative as announced by the Sierra Leone President at the 2009 United Nations General assembly. The full document can be accessed using the link below
Decision time: Cost estimations and policy implications to advance Universal Health Coverage in Cambodia
"The authors developed a modeling tool to facilitate the simplie, interactive estimation of cost and coverage for three policy alternatives, enabling decision-makers to simultaneously adjust for scenario options currently under consideration."
2nd meeting of the coordination framework for health TFPs in Cameroon
Event Time : 27 Apr 2022 1:00 pm to 27 Apr 2022 3:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : No
Cameroon: 1st meeting of the health TFP coordination framework
The 1st meeting of the coordination framework of PTFs in health in Cameroon was held on March 30, 2022 in virtual between 15:00 and 17:00 with the following adopted agenda: Main themes Cholera epidemic situation Pandemic update from Covid in Cameroon Activities...
Camerún: 1ª reunión del marco de coordinación del PTF sanitario
La 1ª reunión del marco de coordinación de los PTF sanitarios en Camerún se celebró el 30 de marzo de 2022 en virtual entre las 15:00 y las 17:00 horas con el siguiente orden del día aprobado: Temas principales Situación de la epidemia de cólera Información...
Does geographic spending variation exacerbate healthcare benefit inequality? A benefit incidence analysis for Indonesia
Indonesia has introduced the National Health Insurance System or Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) in 2014 to achieve universal health coverage by 2024. This study aimed to assess the benefit incidence of healthcare funding after the JKN implementation and its...