Tracking inequalities in financial hardship due to out‑of‑pocket health spending by age structure of a household
This technical brief 'Tracking inequalities in financial hardship due to out‑of‑pocket health spending by age structure of a household', developed by the WHO Centre for Health Development (WKC) and the Health Financing and Economics Department at the World Health...
Law 23.661 National Health Insurance System
The National Health Insurance System is created with the main purpose of providing equal, integral and humanized health benefits, aimed at the promotion, protection, recovery and rehabilitation of health. It shall guarantee the beneficiaries of the Social Welfare...
Understanding Angola’s Health & Nutrition Sectors
According to the document, "regarding the focus on nutrition, the work presented here is one of few reports which specifically targets the sector. The poor nutritional status of a large portion of the Angolan population makes the topic tremendously important,...
Somali Health Policy: The way forward
The Somali health policy establishes a strategic vision to address the evolving public health needs and national priorities. It reaffirms the government's commitment to the fundamental right to health, aligns the health sector within the broader national development...
Universal Health Coverage Roadmap 2019-2023
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap for Somalia aims to achieve equitable and sustainable health outcomes by expanding essential healthcare services and ensuring that the population, particularly vulnerable groups like women and children, can access these...
The Health Sector in Seychelles: Prioritization and Accountability
Seychelles’ public health indicators speak volumes for the results that can be achieved by sustained investment in health focused on World Health Organization–recommended strategies. Health spending indicators for Seychelles show remarkable efficiency in delivering...
Evaluating Ethiopia’s provider payment mechanisms: redesign for universal health coverage
Ethiopia's progress in health improvements faces sustainability challenges due to financial constraints. This peer reviewed study examines the impact of various provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) on health system goals. Line-item budgets are predictable but don't...
Are global health funds adapting to new financial challenges?
Global health funds may be falling behind on financial innovation, risking inefficiency in addressing new health challenges, according to a blog from the Centre for Global Development. Are Global Health Funds Falling Behind on Financial Innovation?—a blog published by...
Additional health budget approved
The Congress of the Republic approved additional resources to be allocated to the Ministry of Health for the strengthening of the national network of oncology services.Within the framework of Article 38 of the Law for Comprehensive Cancer Care in Guatemala of March...
Health accounts 2020 and 2021
Togo's Health Accounts for 2020 and 2021 trace the financial flows of health expenditure.The document specifies that the information comes, on the one hand, from primary data for private companies, insurance companies, health mutuals, NGOs and associations, and...
Annual Health Sector Performance Report-2019
According to its executive summary, "the Annual Performance Report (APR) 2019, provides a glimpse of the performance of the health sector in 2019. Under its core leadership and governance mandate, the Ministry of Health (MOH) ensures that strategic policy frameworks...
Utilisation, out-of-pocket payments, and access before and after COVID-19 in Thailand
Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) is a public health insurance scheme that covers more than 70 percent of the Thai population and is funded through tax revenue. This study examined access to health care among Thai population under the UCS before and during...
Central registry in Cambodia helps patients access social services
The USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project is working with social protection programs in Cambodia to create a data-sharing infrastructure that links databases of all social health protection programs across country.Cambodia has committed to improve access to...
Health financing and public financial management in devolved context in the Philippines
The case study of Philippines is a part of a series of case studies, which jointly developed by the World Health Organization and ThinkWell aimed at exploring the implications of decentralization for health financing, with a focus on public financial management (PFM)....
A roadmap towards implementing health technology assessment in Oman
Health technology assessment (HTA) improves the efficiency of resource allocation by facilitating evidence-informed decisions on the value of health technologies. This study aims to create a customized HTA roadmap for Oman based on a gap analysis between the current...