The path to universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya: Repositioning the role of national hospital insurance fund (NHIF)
The NHIF was given a mandate by the Ministry of Health of Kenya to implement UHC in October, 2012. This generated controversy among key stakeholders concerned about allegations inefficiencies and precarious financial sustainability of the initiative. However, the...
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage (UHC): a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya
In light of the centrality of UHC in driving current health policy in Kenya, this paper examines the value interests that influence agenda setting in the country’s health financing space. Given the plurality of Kenya’s health policy levers, the authors aimed to...
National Social Health Insurance Strategy
Social health insurance is a health financing mechanism that pools the risk of its members, and their financial contributions. The major contributors are the households, enterprises and government. These contributions serve to pay for health services, thereby giving...
Kenya health financing system assessment, 2018: Time to pick the best path
This report assesses the Kenyan health financing system in light of ongoing reforms and the Government of Kenya’s (GOK’s) ambitious commitments to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through multiple initiatives. International experience suggests that effective...
Kenya health financing profile
This brief 2016 discusses Kenya’s the health financing profile, exploring the main health sector source of financing.. It also look at the health financing reforms that the country had undertaken with the goal of moving towards universal health coverage. The reforms...
Indicators for universal health coverage (UHC): Can Kenya meet the proposed post-2015 monitoring recommendations?
UHC, referring to access to healthcare without financial burden, has received renewed attention in global health spheres. UHC is a potential goal in the post-2015 development agenda. Monitoring of progress towards achieving UHC is thus critical at both country and...
Health care financing reforms in Kenya
The overall objective of the Kenyan’s health sector is to attain universal coverage of critical services that positively contribute to the health of the population. The government of Kenya recognised the critical role that health financing plays and embarked on...
Examining purchasing reforms towards universal health coverage (UHC) by the national hospital insurance fund (NHIF) in Kenya
Kenya has prioritized the attainment of UHC through the expansion of health insurance coverage by the NHIF. In 2015, the NHIF introduced reforms in premium contribution rates, benefit packages, and provider payment methods. In this study, the authors examine the...
A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in Kenya: The case of micro health insurance
Strategic purchasing can ensure that financial resources are used in a way that optimally enhances the attainment of health system goals among them the attainment of universal health coverage. A number of low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya, have...
Laos plans Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged 12 to 17
Laos plans to vaccinate children aged 12 to 17 years, aiming to reopening schools. Schools across the nation have been closed due to the new wave of COVID. Several students have difficulties with online learning facilities. Previously, students in the final year of...
Timor-Leste prioritizes human capital development in the 2022 fiscal year
Timor-Leste approves the fiscal year 2022 budget of $1,675 billion and now waits for the Parliament’s approval on October 15, 2021. The budget will be allocated to 43 programs in the Perimeter of 2022 State budget with six national priorities:...
State’s spending on Covid-19 efforts remain relatively unchanged in Maldives
The Maldives’ Covid-19 spending remains largely unchanged from the previous week. The total health and social spending stood at MVR2,109.4 million (MVR2.1 billion). While the total disbursements for the Economic Response Plan schemes remained at MVR1,773.4...
Kenya secures $130 million for COVID-19 vaccines
On 28 June, the government of Kenya secured financing for the Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project to facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for Kenyans. This additional financing will enable Kenya to procure more...
Philippines passed the national budget for 2022 with increase allocation to health
The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved the final reading of the proposed PHP5.024-trillion for the 2022 budget, which is 11.5 percent higher than this year's PHP4.506 trillion. The budget proposal is developed based on three main pillars strategy:...
Budget boosted for jab campaign in Bangadesh
Bangladesh will spend approximately Tk 17,000 crore in this fiscal year to procure Covid-19 vaccines, aiming to secure around 24 crore doses from multiple sources. The budget includes transportation and other costs related to vaccine administration. According to...