Higher Health Council Law No. 9
The law established the High Health Council. The council’s mandate is also to organize and develop the health sector as a whole so as to extend health services to all citizens according to the most advanced methods and scientific technology. It publishes the National...
Orientation Workshop on the Alignment Framework 25-27 July
Between 25-27 July, an orientation workshop was organized to introduce health sector stakeholders to the Alignment Framework. The Framework comprises two linked processes. The first is a diagnostic exercise that assesses a country’s status against the Domains of One...
Tajikistan – Germany financial cooperation agreement funds construction of hospitals
A new tuberculosis (TB) hospital worth 11 million euros will be built in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan, the city of Kulyab, the press center of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Tajikistan reports. The construction of a hospital in Kulyab is...
Saudi Arabia funded and delivered mobile clinics to Tajikistan
As part of the Foili Khair charity program, mobile clinics were delivered from Saudi Arabia to Tajikistan. New mobile medical clinics donated by Saudi Arabia were sent to the south of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population reports. ...
Law on Social Security Schemes
"This law has the objectives to define common principles, procedures, mechanisms and administration system of social security schemes of the Kingdom of Cambodia such as Pension, Health Care, Occupational Risk and Unemployment Schemes."
Does the informal sector in Kenya have financial potential to sustainably prepay for health care? Implications for financing Universal Health Coverage in low-income settings
In this article, the authors critically examined the financial potential of informal sector entities, assessing their ability to prepay for health care and influence decisions regarding the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) financing approaches in Kenya. Data were...
Households forgoing healthcare as a measure of financial risk protection: an application to Liberia
This paper explores financial risk associated with access to healthcare services in Liberia. It also proposes a method to complement the standard financial risk protection measures in the WHO/World Bank global monitoring framework for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)....
WHO Country Office has initiated to develop the concept note on the high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness
WHO together with the P4H country focal person initiated the preparation of a concept note for conducting a high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness with technical inputs from the P4H Coordination Desk. The draft concept note was shared...
Deliberations on the guidance notes for national budgetary dialogue as well as the relevance for health financing and COVID-19 work was discussed with the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person conducted a meeting with technical staff of the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team to deliberate the relevance of the guidance note as well as work around COVID-19 and health financing. The guidance note was...
The P4H CFP undertakes activities to develop joint ownership with the development partners on national budgetary dialogue
October 2021 – March 2022 WHO together with the P4H country focal person held discussions with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) UK, Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the World Bank, in particular how a high-level policy dialogue between the...
Ethiopia considers to conduct a high-level policy dialogue around health financing for pandemic preparedness
In the continued dialogue with MOH on health financing for COVID-19, it was discussed that the numerous pieces of work conducted in the country along with the learnings from COVID-19 and other health emergencies now presents an opportunity for the country to conduct...
The process guide for national budgetary dialogue was introduced to the P4H Country Focal Person in Ethiopia
The ACT-A Health System Connector – Process Guidance for National Budgetary Dialogue was introduced by the P4H Coordination Desk in a (virtual) meeting with the P4H Ethiopia Country Focal Person (CFP). The P4H Coordination Desk explained the importance as well as the...
Strengths and weaknesses of strategic health purchasing for Universal Health Coverage in Rwanda
Rwanda in part attributes its progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to the implementation of Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI). Some evidence shows that in Rwanda, CBHI has led to increases in health service utilization and better financial protection...
Exploring for-profit healthcare providers’ perceptions of inclusion in the Zambia National Health Insurance Scheme: A qualitative content analysis
In 2019, Zambia introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as a healthcare financing strategy to increase universal access to health care services and ensure financial risk protection. The NHI Management Authority is exploring accrediting the private for...
Strategic Health Purchasing in Nigeria: Investigating Governance and Institutional Capacities within Federal Tax-Funded Health Schemes and the Formal Sector Social Health Insurance Programme
Strategic purchasing has the potential of increasing equity in access to quality services and ensuring financial protection through deliberate effort to purchase services with the best value for money. This study examines the purchasing arrangements in schemes funded...