Health for All: Transforming economies to deliver what matters
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has released its final report on reimagining how to put Health for All at the heart of government decision-making and private sector collaboration at regional, national and international levels.The WHO's Council on...
African countries are making the transition from donor-funded HIV programmes to government-led initiatives
African countries are witnessing a transition from donor funding to domestic resource mobilization for their response to HIV. This article summarizes various studies on the public financing of HIV programmes in many African countries to explain the shift from...
Pakistan needs an equitable investment in the health system and collaborative efforts
In the February 2023 issue of The Lancet Global Health, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study Pakistan Collaborators published a comprehensive report analysing the health trends and burden of disease in Pakistan from 1990 to 2019. This study asserts the need to...
Пакистану необходимы справедливые инвестиции в систему здравоохранения и совместные усилия
В февральском номере журнала The Lancet Global Health за 2023 г. коллабораторы исследования Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study Pakistan опубликовали комплексный отчет, в котором проанализированы тенденции в области здравоохранения и бремя болезней в Пакистане за...
Why Health Taxes Matter: A Mechanism to Improve Health and Revenue Outcomes
This Factsheet is first of the Knowledge Note Series of the World Bank's Global Tax Program. The purpose of this note is to provide policy makers an overview of an economic framework for setting health taxes, with a specific focus on taxing tobacco, alcoholic drinks,...
Informal employment and catastrophic health expenditures: Evidence from Pakistan
This research article published by Wiley, estimates the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) and impoverishment across the households in formal and informal employment and their key determinants in Pakistan. Abstract Workers in informal employment...
Неформальная занятость и катастрофические расходы на здравоохранение: Данные по Пакистану
В данной научной статье, опубликованной издательством Wiley, оценивается распространенность катастрофических расходов на здравоохранение (КРЗ) и обнищание населения среди домохозяйств с формальной и неформальной занятостью, а также их основные детерминанты в...
Empleo informal y gastos sanitarios catastróficos: Datos de Pakistán
Este artículo de investigación publicado por Wiley, estima la incidencia de los gastos sanitarios catastróficos (GSC) y el empobrecimiento en los hogares con empleo formal e informal y sus principales determinantes en Pakistán. Resumen Los trabajadores del sector...
Ethiopia’s Minister of Health calls for sustainable health financing to address demands in health systems
Dr. Lia Tadesse emphasizes adequate health financing and solidarity for universal health coverage, highlighting the interconnectedness of health and the need for global prioritizationThe Minister of Health in Ethiopia, Dr. Lia Tadesse has stressed the importance of...
Côte d’Ivoire-Webinar on strategic purchasing for primary healthcaré lessons from national workshops.
The Global Financing Facility (GFF), the World Bank and the World Health Organization are working together to organize country workshops to help ministries of health tackle this crucial political and technical agenda for the CSU. A webinar is scheduled for Thursday...
Zanzibar Health Services Fund Act 2023
Zanzibar makes accelerated efforts to attain UHC The government of Zanzibar is dedicated to ensuring that every citizen has access to affordable and high-quality healthcare, aiming to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). As part of its ongoing efforts towards UHC,...
Analysis of the changing trend of economic burden of patients with chronic diseases under the Integrated Medical and Health Service System in China
This article is originally published in BMC Public Health, aiming to examine the effects of the integrated medical and health care service system on chronic disease patients' health care behavior and the trend of changes in their financial burden and the composition...
Анализ тенденции изменения экономического бремени пациентов с хроническими заболеваниями в рамках интегрированной системы медицинского и оздоровительного обслуживания в Китае
Данная статья, первоначально опубликованная в журнале BMC Public Health, направлена на изучение влияния интегрированной системы медицинского и оздоровительного обслуживания на медицинское поведение пациентов с хроническими заболеваниями и тенденции изменения их...
Análisis de la tendencia cambiante de la carga económica de los pacientes con enfermedades crónicas en el marco del Sistema Integrado de Servicios Médicos y Sanitarios de China
Este artículo se publica originalmente en BMC Public Health, con el objetivo de examinar los efectos del sistema integrado de servicios médicos y de atención médica en el comportamiento de atención médica de los pacientes con enfermedades crónicas y la tendencia de...
How public health insurance expansion affects healthcare utilizations in middle and low-income households ?: an observational study from national cross-section surveys in Vietnam
This article is originally published in BMC Public Health, aiming to examine the impacts of compulsory public health insurance made through the law amendment on the enrollment, healthcare utilization, and out-of-pocket expenditures of middle- and low-income households...