GAVI joint mission
The joint GAVI Alliance mission to Abidjan took place from September 10 to 14. Joint missions are a review and pre-programming of Alliance support, including technical support. WHO, Unicef and the World Bank are all members of the Alliance. Côte d'Ivoire is about to...
Civil society workshop on health financing
A workshop organized by the NGO ASAPSU, with support from the Global Fund, WHO, the World Bank and the French Embassy, was held in Abidjan from September 19 to 21. The aim was to prepare civil society to create a platform and strengthen its skills to engage in...
World Bank mission to Côte d’Ivoire
A mission to prepare for the World Bank's new Strategic Procurement and Harmonization of Health Financing and Skills project in August 2018. It is made up of around 10 experts. Event Time : 27 Aug 2018 7:00 am to 14 Sep 2018 12:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : No
Document sharing: CNAM care for the indigent and a study of the fiscal space in Côte d’Ivoire
Although there is a lot of movement in Côte d'Ivoire, progress is still timid. Nevertheless, both documents provide useful facts and perspectives to share.
Presentation and round table discussion on adjusting management styles for dynamic and complex environments
The Cambodian National Institute of Public Health and P4HC+ facilitated a one-day workshop for senior managers of institutes engaged in social health protection, including the Ministries of Health, Labour and Economy and Finance. The objective of this event was to...
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...