Chad: Ordinary meeting of P4H network partners, N’Djaména 09 Dec. 2021
On December 09, 2019, a meeting of P4H network partners in Chad was held in the meeting room of the Swiss Cooperation Office in N'Djaména. The meeting's agenda was to take stock of the process of implementing the National CSU Strategy in Chad, share information...
Chad: Visita de estudio de una delegación chadiana a Ruanda, del 10 al 18 de diciembre de 2021
Bajo los auspicios de la Unidad de Coordinación Interministerial de la Estrategia Nacional de la CSU, y con el apoyo técnico y financiero de la Red P4H, las partes interesadas de la CSU llevaron a cabo una misión de estudio sobre la organización y gestión del seguro...
Chad: Study tour of a Chadian delegation to Rwanda, Dec 10-18, 2021
Under the aegis of the Cellule Interministérielle de Coordination de la Stratégie Nationale de la CSU, CSU stakeholders, with technical and financial support from the P4H Network, carried out a study mission on the organization and management of health insurance in...
Challenges Faced by the Iraqi Health Sector in Responding to COVID-19
Iraq’s health system has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 emergency since the first case appeared in the country in late February 2020. This report explores the inadequate financing to the health sector as well as a COVID 19 response plan among other challenges in...
Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage
Health insurance reforms like the Health Transformation Program (2014) in Iran have had an impact on equity, efficiency, sustainability and quality of health care. This influences the country’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). This study documents...
Equity and determinants in universal health coverage indicators in Iraq, 2000–2030: a national and subnational study
This study aims to examine inequality and determinants associated with Iraq’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) targets. The authors used nationally representative population-based household surveys in Iraq conducted between 2000 and 2018. The analysis...
Presenting documents on universal health coverage and the COVID 19 response in Iraq
Here’s presenting a research paper on the factors that influence financial risk protection and health services as barriers to universal health coverage for vulnerable families in Iraq. Another research article lists out the health financing challenges that Iraq faced...
ToR for CFP in Kuwait: Technical Support for Health Financing Review, Establishment of Health Economics & Financing Unit, and related Capacity Building
As P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) for Kuwait, Henrik Axelson will provide support to the government and development partners in carrying out a health financing assessment using the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), establishing a Health Economics and Financing...
Iran receives 90 million USD to support COVID 19 response
Iran will reportedly receive $90 million from the World Bank for measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The loan will be utilized only for procuring additional lifesaving, essential medical equipment to strengthen Iran's pandemic response. In May 2020, the World...
Côte d’Ivoire/ Social protection: more than 65,000 self-employed workers enrolled
Sixty-five thousand (65,000) self-employed workers have been enrolled by the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS) in six months, under the Social Scheme for Self-Employed Workers (RSTI), said Simon Adou, head of coordination of the social scheme for...
Côte d’Ivoire/ Health financing: For a more dynamic PNCF
The Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Pierre Dimba, has called for the Plateforme nationale de coordination du financement de la santé (PNCFS) to make a difference to the health of the population of Côte d'Ivoire. As a reminder,...
Health policy in Côte d’Ivoire: A specialist’s view
Dr François A. ADOH is a consultant economist in health economics and hospital management. A former lecturer in health economics at the universities of Bouaké and Cocody, he was Technical Inspector for the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Health, and a former hospital...
Health policy in Côte d’Ivoire: A specialist’s view
Dr François A. ADOH is a consultant economist in health economics and hospital management. A former lecturer in health economics at the universities of Bouaké and Cocody, he was Technical Inspector for the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Health, and a former hospital...
Политика в области здравоохранения в Кот-д’Ивуаре: взгляд специалиста
Доктор Франсуа А. ADOH - экономист-консультант в области экономики здравоохранения и управления больницами. Бывший преподаватель экономики здравоохранения в университетах Буаке и Кокоди, он занимал должность технического инспектора Министерства здравоохранения...
Healthcare’s share of national budget in Iran surges twofold
The proposed budget in Iran amounted to about 24.357 quadrillion rials (about $580 billion), with a 20-percent rise from the current year’s budget. The health system accounts for approximately 17 percent of the total public budget. Over 90 percent of the health...