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...
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2021 WHO report on financial protection in North Macedonia
The report "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in North Macedonia" provides a comprehensive analysis of financial protection in the country's healthcare system. It examines the extent to which out-of-pocket payments create...
How Kuwait’s Vision 2035 development plan is driving healthcare expenditure
Kuwait's healthcare sector has experienced significant growth, driven by the country's Vision 2035 strategic development plan. In 2023, healthcare expenditure accounted for 5.1% of Kuwait's GDP, the second-highest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia. Per capita, healthcare...
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2018 WHO report on financial protection in Ukraine
The document "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ukraine" provides an in-depth analysis of financial protection in Ukraine's healthcare system, focusing on out-of-pocket payments, financial hardship, and healthcare...
Public Health Law 41
It establishes the basic principles for the regulation of social relations in the area of public health with the purpose of contributing to guaranteeing health promotion, disease prevention, health restoration, social rehabilitation of patients and social assistance...
New Public Health Law enacted
The National Assembly of People's Power approved this new law that seeks to develop the constitutional postulates and reinforce the responsibilities of the State with regard to Public Health.The main objective of the new law is to reinforce the responsibilities of the...
Tracking Health Expenditure in Liberia NHA 2019-20
The National Health Accounts (NHA) for Liberia, covering the fiscal year 2019/2020 was validated during a recent workshop organized by the Ministry of Health. Key findings highlighted a significant out-of-pocket spending rate of 62%, alongside recommendations for the...