Launching new knowledge product: An overview of Jordan’s social health protection reforms
From introducing health insurance for the Jordanian Armed Forces in 1963 to a full-fledged civilian health insurance programme amended as recently as January 2022, Jordan has come a long way in strengthening social health protection. The Jordan country page now...
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. The...
Health Financing Policy and Implementation in Fragile and Conflict-affected Setting: A Synthesis of Evidence and Recommendations
This paper is the product of a comprehensive review of both published and unpublished literature, and an extensive process of peer review and consultation. We extend our appreciation to the many comments we received on earlier versions of the paper at a number of...
Cameroon: Workshop to define a financing mechanism for the CSU pilot phase
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO and with the support of the P4H Focal Person, is organizing a workshop from May 04 to 07, 2022 in Douala to define the financing mechanism for the CSU pilot phase, scheduled to start in 2023. This workshop will...
Social protection in Mali: Creation of a unified social security system
The Minister of Health and Social Development presented a report on a draft decree instituting the Unified Social Register which the Council of Ministers in its meeting of April 20, 2022 adopted. Data on the various vulnerable strata recorded on several registers were...
Burkina Faso: CSOs build capacity on global health financing mechanisms (GFF)
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou to prepare a roadmap for the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), on the initiative of the association SOS Jeunesse et Défis, in the Global Funding Facility (GFF) process in Burkina...
Burkina Faso: CSOs build capacity on global health financing mechanisms (GFF)
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, a workshop was held in Ouagadougou to prepare a roadmap for the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs), on the initiative of the association SOS Jeunesse et Défis, in the Global Funding Facility (GFF) process in Burkina...
New publication: WHO Step-by-step guide to conducting a cross-programmatic efficiency analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a diagnostic approach to enable countries to look across health programmes that are part of their health system to detect “cross-programmatic” inefficiencies. The approach uses applied health system analysis to unpack...
A role for user charges? Thoughts from health financing reforms in Cambodia.
"The article examines how Cambodia has reformed its health financing system to ensure access without removing user fees."
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...