Implementing UHC in the Philippines: Is the glass half full or half empty?
Christian Edward Nuevo¹, Maria Eufemia Yap¹, Matt Boxshall², & Nirmala Ravishankar² ThinkWell, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines ThinkWell, Washington DC, United States of America Correspondence to Christian Edward Nuevo (email: ian.nuevo@gmail.com)...
Policy and Implementation Insights on Provider Payment Reforms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
Dredge, R., Nuevo, C. E., Paterno, A. R. (2021) The Philippine Universal Health Care (UHC) Law of 2019 introduced system-level reforms on health financing, particularly for the provider payment mechanisms of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
Ethiopia Public Expenditure Review
Ethiopia’s remarkable socio-economic transformation over the last decade has been marked by: a reorientation of expenditure from recurrent to capital; a significant devolution of resources from Federal Government to Regions; and a clear prioritization of...
Terms of Reference – Support for the mapping of PNDS and DI resources, Côte d’Ivoire National Consultant
In support of the Ministry of Health, the World Bank and the GFF plan to recruit an international firm, in collaboration with a national consultant, to provide direct support to the government and the unit dedicated to budget analysis. The Ministry of Health will...
Fiscal space for health in Malawi and revenue potential of innovative financing
Malawi has considered significant health financing and organizational reforms since 2013 to increase access to quality health services through increased domestic financing to the health sector. The health reform process consists of four areas, namely: (1) Establishing...
Indicator systems for monitoring and evaluation of the operation of Vietnam’s social security industry
https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?ItemID=9912&CateID=198
An ideal public health model? Vietnam’s state-led, preventative, low-cost response to COVID-19
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/06/29/an-ideal-public-health-model-vietnams-state-led-preventative-low-cost-response-to-covid-19/
Niger: CSU National Strategy adopted
On Friday July 23, the Council of Ministers adopted the draft decree adopting the National Strategy for University Health Coverage (SNCSU 2021-2030). The overall aim of the strategy covered by this draft decree is to improve physical and financial accessibility to...
Malawi receives an additional consignment of 192,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
The government of Malawi has received a new consignment of 192 000 AstraZeneca vaccine. It is expected that in total the country will receive 1 345 600 doses of assorted COVID-19 vaccines between now and September, secured through the COVID-19...
What is a Mutuelle de santé?
Given Madagascar's socio-economic situation, studies by national and international experts show that only 8% of the population would be able to contribute to a "mutual health insurance scheme", in the highest hypothesis. If the Malagasy government were to choose to...
Madagascar : Contents of the bill on financial protection in healthcare for all users
Basically, the bill aims to protect the 90% of the Malagasy population (24 million people) not yet covered by health insurance. That's why it mainly institutes a non-contributory system of state assistance/affiliation (which may be supplemented by certain...
Why is it so urgent to reform FANOME, abolish the equity fund, and support SALAMA’s strategic plan?
The main aim of the Malagasy national pharmaceutical policy is to "ensure the long-term availability and physical and financial accessibility of quality essential medicines and medical consumables in the Malagasy health system". However, a number of malfunctions have...
Why shouldn’t the response to the COVID-19 pandemic be pitted against the CSU?
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be coherent and long-term. The risk is of taking a truncated approach, focusing only on short-term needs and interests, and pitting health safety and CSU against each other. Responding adequately to pandemics is a key...