Health financing for women and children amid climate change
The article published in BMJ Global Health explores the risks climate change poses to women children and adolescents, particularly in the most affected regions, and suggests ways to bridge health and climate finance to protect these groups. Women, children, and...
Gambia National Health Policy 2021-2030
The National Health Policy of The Gambia aligns with the country's development goals outlined in the National Development Plan. It aims to improve living standards by transforming the nation into a dynamic middle-income economy. This policy focuses on achieving...
Human Rights Watch on Insufficient Healthcare Funding by African Governments
African governments are failing to meet their commitments to prioritise public spending on healthcare, leading to significant disparities in healthcare access and outcomes, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and the Kampala-based Initiative for Social and...
Financing the future: IDA’s Role in the Evolving Global Aid Architecture
The document "Financing the Future: IDA’s Role in the Evolving Global Aid Architecture" focuses on key trends in official financial flows, the need for rebalancing the global aid architecture, and the International Development Association's (IDA) comparative...
Health Financing Strategy, 2017-2027: Towards UHC for Zambia
The Health Financing Strategy (HFS) 2017-2027 for Zambia aims to enhance the country's health financing framework in line with national health goals. Developed through a participatory process led by the Ministry of Health and the Health Financing Technical Working...
Chile: Advances in Health in 2 years of Government
Zero co-payment implementation is highlighted as the main health care financial protection measure Since its implementation in September 2022 until November 2023, the Zero Copayment program in Chile has benefited 1,209,417 people, which has generated total savings...
Technical Note on Health System Financing in Colombia
The National Association of Colombian Businessmen (ANDI) and the Colombian Association of Integral Medicine Companies (ACEMI) presented a technical note to contribute to the debate on the financing of the healthcare system and its sustainability.The health system in...
Funding from the Ministry of Health of Argentina in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Health of Argentina implemented several interventions in 2020, with the objective of expanding the response capacity of the Health System.Investments were made in the operational capacity of the provinces, complementing the investments made by the...
Health Financial Protection before and during COVID-19 in Paraguay
An analysis is presented from the perspective of excessive, catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket expenses in the National Health System.Public health spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product was equal to 1.8% between 2000 and 2009 and 2.8% between...
Financing of Universal Health Coverage in Paraguay
In Paraguay, 49.4% of total healthcare spending came from people's pockets, in 2017. For the population in the poorest income quintile, this represented a high proportion of household income.The budget of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare grew at an...
Federal Health Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation reported its performance outcomces for 2023
The Mandatory Health Insurance Fund of Russia reported about its activities in 2024, summarizing it has fullt fulfilled it social health protection obligations. Actual MHIF budget revenues last year amounted to 3 trillion 290 billion rubles, while its expenses were 3...
Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020
The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020 report highlights significant reliance on international funding, urgent need for domestic investment, and disparities in healthcare access across regions.The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2020 details the economic...
Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2021
The Afghanistan National Health Accounts 2021 report reveals a critical underfunding in healthcare, stressing an urgent need for increased domestic and international investment to improve public health infrastructure and services.The Afghanistan National Health...
Afghanistan Health Financing Strategy 2019-2023
The Health Financing Strategy 2019-2023 serves to guide the Afghanistan health sector to strategically address major financing gaps to become more responsive to the health needs of the population.The Afghanistan Health Financing Strategy (AHFS) 2019-2023 was designed...
National Health Policy 2017
The National Health Policy 2017 has been formulated to address the current and emerging challenges necessitated by the changing socio-economic and epidemiological landscapes in IndiaThe primary aim of the National Health Policy 2017 is to inform, clarify, strengthen...