Global Financing Facility – Tanzania
After several consultations by the GFF business development team with stakeholders in Tanzania, it was decided to largely channel the funding towards the implementation of RBF. This was considered in line with the draft Health Financing Strategy and the priorities of...
NHI implementation update -/09/2015
Source: GIZ i. The implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) was targeted nearly a year ago (November, 2014) with design features including draft Standard Operating Procedure in hand. However the lack of legal basis has led to delayed...
Kick-off workshop: study on innovative financing mechanisms for the CSU
Rapport atelier_final LIST OF TAXES On September 3 & 4, 2015 was held, in the WHO meeting room, the workshop to introduce the study on mobilizing domestic resources through innovative financing mechanisms for the health sector for...
Prime Minister signs national CSU strategy
A very important milestone was reached in Chad on September 3, 2015: the Prime Minister signed the national CSU strategy, thus politically validating the work accomplished by the technical group between 2013 and early 2015. 2015_09_03_PM_Tchad-Strategie_CSU_signee...
First Results Based Financing Steering Committee Meeting held
The first meeting of the RBF Steering Committee took place on 1st September 2015 under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The Ministry is currently implementing its RBF pre-pilot in Shinyanga Region at Kishapu...
A proposal for a national social protection policy is circulated
See the draft document below and the ToR for the related roundtable scheduled for September 7-11, 2015. 2015_08_31_Gouv_RDC-Politique_nationale_protection_sociale 2015_08_31_TDR_table_ronde_protection_sociale_RDC
Summary of the joint WHO/WB/GIZ mission on CSU and GFF
The mission's main conclusions are as follows: 1/ the 2016-2020 PNDS is the most urgent project for the MSP in the DRC; 2/ the GFF investment framework needs to be improved and 3/ the health financing strategy will need to be supplemented by an implementation plan...
Presentation of the results of WB support for the health care basket and simulations of health financing in the DRC
The presentation of the results took place with the MSP team and the partners of the joint P4H mission. See PPT below. 2015_08_26_BM-Presentation_strategie_financement_support_RDC_final 2015_08_27_BM-Presentation_simulations_financement_sante_RDC
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Process update -/08/2015
Source: P4H Country Focal Point (GIZ) A major activity was the formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, a consultative process that commenced at the start of this calendar year. Attention was paid to carefully integrate elements of the Health Financing...
Report on the evaluation of SNP in Niger, WHO mission
Dr Hyppolite Kalambay, WHO, carried out a specific support mission to assess Niger's national health policy. You will find Among other things, the report includes important data on healthcare financing and exemption from payment (slides 7 to 10, 20 & 23)....
Proposed Technical Assistance on Health Financing in Malawi
The report summarizes a scoping mission undertaken by the World Bank regarding proposed technical assistance on health financing in Malawi. The mission aimed to understand the Malawian government's request for support in health financing and to establish a process for...
Two requests – one mission
The Government of Malawi is in the process of undertaking a series of reforms aimed at restructuring the health system and assessing financing options to ensure a more efficient, transparent and equitable health system. Two requests. In this context, a...
Health Care Strengthening Act 2015
The following extract from a case study by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work describes the Preventative Health Care Act of 2015. In 2015, Germany passed an act to strengthen health promotion and preventive healthcare, the Act to strengthen health...
Malawi – Notes of P4H teleconference
This report is a summary of a teleconference meeting hosted by P4H discussing health financing (HF) reforms in Malawi, attended by representatives from various organizations including WHO, GIZ, USAID, the World Bank, and others. The meeting covered several topics,...