The South Africa National Health Insurance bill
In 2019, the South African government committed to establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected from catastrophic expenditures from medical expenses to attain universal health coverage. This NHI Act,...
Cameroon: 5th International Mutuality Day
The 5th International Day of Mutuality in Cameroon will take place from April 26 to 28, 2022 under the theme : " Sécurité Sociale: Une Commune, Une Mutuelle". The JIM 2022 celebration will take place at Douala Town Hall, according to the...
Training workshop on strategic purchasing mechanisms (out put financing) for the CSU
Workshop objectives Enable the various stakeholders in healthcare financing to better understand the operating principles of each strategic purchasing mechanism (out put financing), its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. Obtain proposals on the practical...
Health Financing Training in Kep, 29.03-01.04.2022
Fruitful Health Financing Training in Kep with GS-NSPC, WHO, GIZ and P4H!
A new document on the transition to Program Based Budgeting and its implication on health has been posted on the Uganda country page
The report describes Uganda's transition process to programme-based budget, as a means to better align with public policy priorities and enhance accountability and transparency. It also discusses what the implications are for the health sector. The report...
Ethiopia: 8th round of NHA dissemination workshop
The Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop to disseminate the results of the 8th round of National Health Accounts (NHA) to relevant stakeholders and carry out a policy dialogue on selected topics based on the findings of the NHA study. Event Time : 12 Apr 2022...
Domestic resource mobilization and sustainable financing of PHC in Côte d’Ivoire in a context of transition
This document contains the following information: Context: Accelerating sustainable healthcare financing Priorities defined by PNCFS TWG 3 and the Partners' Health Funding TWG. Opportunities and next steps : Gavi FPP, transition of certain partners
Côte d’Ivoire: Working session between the Health Financing TWG and the Sustainable Internal Financing TWG3
Event Time : 07 Apr 2022 8:00 am to 07 Apr 2022 9:30 amTimezone: UTC±00:00Event is Conference : No
Webinar Series for Awareness-building on DRG for UHC
TARGET PARTICIPANTS: This e-learning course aims at building up knowledge and learning experiences for participants from countries that want to pursue the universal health coverage policy with payment to acute inpatient care with diagnosis-related group tools. The...
Côte d’Ivoire: Workshop on the analysis of the national health financing system
To address the issue of health financing, the Ministry of Health initiated a series of reflections which led to the choice of moving towards Universal Health Coverage, through equitable and optimal health financing capable of supporting health in a sustainable way....
The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control
NITI Aayog suggests extending PMJAY coverage to ‘missing middle’
In a NITI Aayog report titled ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’, the institution highlights that 30% of the population is devoid of health insurance, often termed as the 'missing middle' and has suggested three models for increasing the health insurance...
Evaluating Health Insurance Programmes: An Insurance Cascade Framework
Catastrophic health spending in India has remained high over the past 15 years despite the introduction of large and comprehensive social health insurance schemes (Pandey et al 2018, 2018b). Understanding why these schemes have not improved financial risk protection...
Health issues and health care expenditure among elderly in India
The study synthesises the empirical research studies and discusses the health need of the elderly population, healthcare utilization and healthcare expenditure. Despite an increasing feminization of India's older population, women's health in later life and the health...
Going Granular: Equity of Health Financing at the District and Facility Level in India
Health financing equity analysis rarely goes below the state level in India. This paper assesses the equity and effectiveness of public spending on health in the state of Odisha. It identifies the weak link between district spending and district need, proxied by...