National Strategic Plan for Community Health 2023-2027
The PNDS 2015-2024 considers Community health to be one of the levers for moving towards universal health coverage. This prioritization resulted in the development and adoption of a National Community Health Policy in 2017 and a National Community Health Strategy...
Impact of direct health expenditure on poverty and compliance of public and external health financing in Guinea
This document was produced by the World Bank and external contributors with the following objectives (i) measure the impact of DDS on extreme poverty in Guinea ; (ii) compare this impact with that of other categories of household expenditure; and (iii) assess the...
Vacancy: WHO PAHO seeks Advisor, Health Financing Policy, Primary Healthcare and Integrated Service Delivery Team
WHO/PAHO is seeking an experienced Advisor in Health Financing Policy to lead initiatives in strengthening health systems and promoting Universal Health Coverage, with a one-year fixed-term position based in Washington, D.C. The World Health Organization's Pan...
WHO PHC Toolkit to align GHIs with national strategies
WHO has introduced the PHC-GHI Toolbox 2.0, a resource aimed at aligning Global Health Initiatives (GHI) funding with national health strategies and primary health care principles to improve health system coordination and maximize the impact of investments.The WHO...
NCD Alliance report on fiscal policies to combat non-communicable diseases
In the report Getting Fiscal Policies Right: Lessons and Recommendations Across NCD Risk Factors, published by the NCD Alliance, the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is critically examined. The report highlights the growing burden of NCDs, which now...
Health policy analysis for health taxes: Lessons from Nigeria
This policy brief addresses the significant role health taxes can play in combating non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, which claim 41 million lives annually. By taxing harmful products such as tobacco, alcohol, and...
Health Insurance Funds of Russia and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum
The Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund and Kazakhstan’s Social Health Insurance Fund signed a cooperation memorandum on compulsory medical insurance during the International Conference on Accreditation and Quality of Medical Care, marking World Patient Safety...
Climate change, public health and health financing : Mozambique’s experience
How to integrate climate change in health financing work at country level? Mozambique's experience in this document is built around: Strategies and long term perspective Responding to climate-related crisis ...and a glimpse on political economy Industrialization is...
Testing P4H Political Economy Tool in Cambodia
This report outlines the pilot testing of the P4H Political Economy Tool (PET) in Cambodia. The PET was piloted to test its pertinence and practical usefulness for P4H country focal person engaged with country specific reforms and political economy processes.
Technical note on Social Health Insurance
This note presents the characteristics of public health insurance systems and analyzes their characteristics in relation to Universal Health Coverage in Mozambique. Compulsory public insurance systems represent an improvement in access and financial protection in...
Taxes for Public Health To reduce the incidence of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contents : NCDs and their causes The situation in Mozambique: prevalence and risks Health taxes Proposals for : Tobacco Alcohol Soft drinks Unhealthy food products Conclusion
Effects of temporary abolition of user fees in Sofala province
Objective: To analyze the effects of the 9-month user fee abolition that followed the passage of cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019 Methods: Statistical data and qualitative information analysis (interviews to hospital and district administrators)
Testing P4H Political Economy Tool in Cameroon
This report outlines the pilot testing of the P4H Political Economy Tool (PET) in Cameroon. The PET was piloted to test its pertinence and practical usefulness for P4H country focal person engaged with country specific reforms and political economy processes.
Policy options on shape and financing of the Health sector in Mozambique
“The options for financing the health sector also involve reflecting on the social effects of the proposed measures. It's not numbers that tell us how to structure policies. Figures are an essential material basis and a necessary guide, but it is public policy that...
Analysis of Health sector Financing-Mozambique
The analysis was prepared by the Mozambique Ministry of Health and its partners and presented to the Technical Group on Planning, Financing and Strategic Investment. It is presented as follows: Universal Health Coverage - Our goal How the sector is financed - How do...