Newsletter 2.2

Newsletter 1.2
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event 2- L4UHC présentation
L4UHC Africa flyer FR and Presentation on UHC Tunisia
9 Madagascar Arrete
The Prime Minister has issued a Regulation to establish the comité de pilotage pour la mise en oeuvre de la Couverture Santé Universelle and nominated its members - 1st Meeting June 2017
Madagascar UHC Leadership Group invited together with P4H national partners and the Minister of Health at the residence of the German Ambassador for a working lunch
In February 2017, the Ambassador of Germany - organized by the P4H focal point - invited the Leadership UHC Group for a working lunch with the Minister of Health and the heads of the main P4H partners to foster further the political and inter-sectoral support for UHC....

The Ministry of Public Health in Madagascar launched their UHC program with a promotional information tour to the three districts (Vatomandry, Faratsiho, Manandriana) where the pilot implementation is planned
The Ministry of Public Health together with P4H partners visited the regional and district officials of the three districts that have been selected to pilot the national health insurance agency (on district level). All meetings were well attended and local...

Local P4H group launched and first meeting held in April and/05/2017. The next meeting will take place on 7 June 2017.
The local P4H group started to meet on a regular basis to prepare the comité de pilotage and to coordinate the support of all partners active in Madagascar in UHC and health financing. Partners nominated for the CdP are: France, Germany, WHO, WB, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID....

The Madagascar Delegation is about to leave for the last module of the Leadership for UHC program in France
The Madagascar UHC Leadership Group will take part in the last module of the program in France in May and proudly present the achievement of their first common goal, the adoption of the regulation on the establishment of national health insurance by the government...
Madagascar Delegation takes part in the P4H Leadership for UHC program with GIZ and the World Bank – first Module Tunisia
Since November 2016, Madagascar takes part in the Leadership for UHC program, and has formed an inter-ministerial group that is very active to support the progress of the reforms: the group defined their first joint goal as to support developing and adopting the legal...
Madagascar Delegation takes part in the Leadership for UHC program of GIZ and the World Bank – second module Morocco
The second Leadership for UHC module took place in January 2017. Since the first module, the Leadership Group accompanied the development of the regulation to establish the national health insurance agency. Workshops in November and December 2016 with representatives...

Sláintecare: Ireland’s 10-year plan to reform the health system
‘Sláintecare’ (published in 2017) is the Irish government’s 10 year health plan. The five interrelated components include population health; entitlements and access to healthcare; integrated care; funding; and implementation. The goals of this plan are to establish a...
Fostering leadership for UHC in Francophone Africa
NULL‘Our country has passed a law on Universal Health Coverage - but how do we make UHC a reality?’ In a spacious, well-lit room, high-ranking ministry officials, political leaders, civil society representatives and health professionals from Benin, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire...
Developing A National Health Financing Strategy: WHO Reference Guide
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a growing policy priority in many countries, as well as a significant and increasing focus of attention at the international level, forming one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 3. Currently, many countries have...