Approval of the Health Care Financing Strategy -/10/2012
Following an intense one-year development process, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) approves the Health Care Financing Strategy (HCFS) 2012-2032, 'Expanding Social Protection for Health: Towards Universal Coverage'. The Health Economics Unit of the...
The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen asks for support from the P4H Network
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Summary of P4H telco -/09/2012
Participants: EC: Peter Herzig, Christopher Knauth, Andrea Milkowski; WHO: Joe Kutzin, Solomon Kagulula; WB: Jack Langenbrunner; CHAI: Catarina Andrade, Jan Willem van den Broek; GIZ: Holger Thies; P4H CD: Michael Adelhardt. The telco served to connect the key...
Work begins on Chad’s first national health accounts
In line with the P4H joint support plan, WHO starts providing technical support (scheduled to run from 1st September 2012 to 30 April 2013) to the Ministry of Health to establish the first national health accounts (NHA) in Chad. The NHA will allow for a better...
National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations
The peer-reviewed study aimed to gather preliminary insights into the preferred components of the National Health Financing Policy (NHFP), such as its vision, objectives, and mechanisms for revenue collection and provider payments. Key findings highlight support for...
Interministerial Steering Committee and NHA launched -/08/2012
A high-level Interministerial Steering Committee (ISC) for the development of a Health Financing Strategy (HFS) is launched under the leadership of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) and strongly supported by P4H partners. Chaired by the Permanent...
Adoption of the national health financing strategy for the CUS – August 2012
Following the national consensus workshop held in Niamey from May 10 to 12, 2012, the MSP publishes the national health financing strategy for Niger. See below: 2012_08_20_Strategie_Nationale_financement_sante_vers_CUS_finale
MoH Cameroon – CSU mutual workshop report – Kribi, July 2012
SUMMARY REPORT National workshop on the role of mutual health insurance in universal health coverage in Cameroon Kribi (Hôtel le Paradis), July 10 and 11, 2012
GIZ – assessment of P4H engagement
P4H support process somewhat stalled due to staff changes at MoH; though P4H CD kept on monitoring the situation on the ground GIZ - assessment of P4H support in 4 selected countries also included an assessment of the joint support process to Uganda (on p.6 ff. of the...
Planned Social Health Protection EAC Conference – June 2012
The Ministry of Health (MoH) requests GIZ’s assistance in the development of a concept paper for a regional conference among countries in the East African Community (EAC). The overall objective of the conference is to highlight various approaches for the development...
Dissemination of the FBP feasibility study in Niger’s healthcare sector – June 2012
The aim of the study is to establish a baseline situation for the health system with regard to performance-based financing (PBF) and to propose actions to be developed on a pilot basis as part of the drive to strengthen the supply of health services, including the...
Regional forum on health-care financing -/05/2012
Several P4H partners are involved in a regional forum which takes places in May 2012 in Phnom Penh. The objectives of the forum are to bring together stakeholders active in health financing in the Mekong area in order to share country experiences, to stimulate...
P4H Annual Review 2011-2012
The second P4H Operations Review becomes annual and covers the period from May 2011 to April 2012.
Multi-stakeholder group works on UHC policy – April 2012
A multi stakeholder group, comprising approximately 50 officials meet for a series of seven workshops to discuss universal health coverage challenges including revenue collection, benefit package design, the role of private health insurance, and the integration of...
Analysis of benefit incidence – March 2012
The Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) is currently analysing the data from the National Living Standard Survey and other sources to estimate the monetary value of services (benefits) received, broken down by different wealth quintile, ethnic group,...