Beyond Legal Coverage: Assessing the Performance of Social Health Protection
Short Abstract: Social health protection (SHP) is a primary objective of achieving universal health coverage; however, the challenge that remains is defining a comprehensive measurement of SHP performance. This article proposes a more innovative mechanism for...
A Political Economy Model Of Health
Short Abstract Interest group politics is known to have growing influence on the health policy-making process. This paper utilizes a political economy model to examine how the organization of industry can shape insurance coverage and public involvement in the...
P4H Steering Group Meeting, 18-19 September 2018, Paris
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted P4H Steering Group Meeting in Paris from 18-19 September 2018. Steering group members discussed among other topics P4H annual review for 2017-2018, work plan for 2018-2019, and P4H collaborative activities implemented with...
User fees collection and use remains highly complex in Mozambique
An analysis carried out by the Ministry of Health with 2017 data confirms that user fees are collected at public health units with a high administrative complexity: Funds are registered as revenue, so they have to be declared at a Provincial Tax Office, then to the...
National Health Indicators Handbook for Monitoring Health Sector Performance
The new National Health Indicators update a previous list of 110 National Health Indicators released in 2003. The current list was adapted taking into consideration the current Malawi Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) priorities as outlined in the Health Sector...
Assessment of the current state of District Health System Decentralization
This report presents the findings of an assessment on the decentralized district health system which was carried out by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) between 21st and 31st May 2018. The assessment was designed mainly to measure progress made by District...
Health sector resource mapping FY 2017/18 – FY 2019/20
Executive Summary The Government of Malawi (GoM) aims to have the highest possible level of health and quality of life for its citizens. The provision of equitable and quality healthcare is largely dependent on the availability of adequate resources. However, planning...
ILO: Only 6% of Mozambique’s economically active population pays social security contributions
Social protection schemes in Mozambique increase covered population over time. As social protection platform advances, it can be a catalyst to reach comprehensive social health protection in Mozambique, as contribution schemes could be shared in the future. Only 6% of...
What get’s measured get’s done: Malawi releases National Health Indicators Handbook for Monitoring Health Sector Performance
As part of the 2017-2022 Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Malawi released an updated set of National Health Indicators and accompanying targets. hese indicators support monitoring for the Ministry of Health and...
Status Quo: Decentralization of public health service provision
The Decentralization programme has been going on in Malawi for 20 years now. Indeed a lot has happened considering that the first phase in the late 1990s was for laying the ground works relating to addressing capacity gaps and this was followed by the second phase...
Findings Resource Mapping FY 2017/2018: Malawi’s health financing mainly comes from external sources and is highly fragmented
Malawi’s health sector programs are financed and implemented by hundreds of organizations. In the past, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has found it challenging to track and coordinate the activities of all partners. To address this challenge, and in the...
Follow-up event in Cote d’Ivoire postponed
The follow-up event in Cote d'Ivoire (CIV) scheduled for beginning of October has been postponed to accomodate political developments in the country. A new date for end of 2018/beginnning of 2019 will be found. CIV is there first case in which L4UHC closely...
Workshop on Public Social Health Insurance Design for Mozambique
An Inter-Ministerial Workshop was held in Maputo from 12th to 14th September, 2018, with the objective of aligning perspectives and start designing options for a possible Public Social Health Insurance. Over 30 participants from different Ministries included in the...
Operational Review of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund: recommendations for institutional reforms (ILO, 2017)
This report reviews the operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of Cambodia in order to assess its current capacities and institutional constraints as it continues to grow. This is done in the context of the launch of the National Social Protection...
Practical Options For The Extension Of Social Protection To Workers In The Informal Economy In Cambodia (ILO, 2018)
Overall, the report highlights that existing legislative provisions, as well as administrative and operational procedures implemented by the NSSF, present key challenges to expanding social protection coverage to informal workers. These are based on a “formal...