Epidemics and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response: How to maximize the health impact of social protection systems
4-5 October | ILO HQ and Online ILO, WHO, P4H Network and SPARKS Network are organizing a workshop for social protection and health practitioners working to promote and extend coverage and financing to deliberate upon the ways in which social protection policies can...
Mozambique achieves progress in health sector financing, spurred by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the relevance of ensuring universal access to health care services and adequate social protection guarantees. Public stewardship for the health sector and robust and unified health financing and social health protection (SHP)...
Universal Health Coverage Global Monitoring Report 2023
The Universal Health Coverage Global Monitoring Report 2023 released by the WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, WHO Division of Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice.The 2023...
Billions left behind on the path to Universal Health Coverage
The 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring Report by WHO and the World Bank highlights a concerning stall in progress towards providing quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare for all. The 2023 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Monitoring...
G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministerial Taskforce advances global health financing strategies
The G20 Joint Finance-Health Task Force (JFHTF) is actively working towards optimizing financing mechanisms to address various health challenges, especially in low and middle-income countries.The G20 Member nations have strongly emphasized the need for swift and...
2023 Thai UHC Journey Workshop : Social Participation in Health Decision-Making
November 27- December 1,2023 | 9.00-16.00 hrs | Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), National Health Security Office (NHSO), Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth), National Health Commission Office, Thailand (NHCO) and the...
Launch of the Global Monitoring Report “Tracking universal health coverage” 2023
Wednesday 20 Sept 2023 at 14:00-15:30 (CET) | 8:00-9:30am (EST) The WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, WHO Division of Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice is jointly...
World Bank feature: Caribbean and Central America forge path to universal health coverage
The World Bank and the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF) are providing critical support to countries in the Caribbean in their ambitious journey to expand Universal Health Coverage (UHC).Countries in the Caribbean region are mid-way through this reform...
Ever-growing health expenditure and mandatory social health insurance: what’s next? – Part 3 of a 3-part series
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Financing health system elements in Africa: A scoping review
A peer reviewed research article published in PLOS ONE tracks the data on types of health financing in Africa. Abstract Countries that are reforming their health systems to progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) need to consider total resource...
Ever-growing health expenditure and mandatory social health insurance: what’s next? – Part 2 of a 3-part series
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Financing the future of global health
An article by PATH on the need and ways for more and better investment in primary health care to achieve universal health coverage. Primary health care (PHC) has been proven to be the most cost-effective way to improve population health outcomes. Investing in PHC is...
Ever-growing health expenditure and mandatory social health insurance: what’s next? – Part 1 of a 3-part series
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Estonia: health system summary, 2022
Abstract This Health system summary is based on the Estonia: Health System Review published in 2018 in the Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series, and is significantly updated, including data, policy developments and relevant reforms as highlighted by the Health...
Is contributory health insurance indeed an addiction to a bad idea? A comment on its relevance for low- and middle-income countries
Abstract Financing of health systems is an enduring concern world wide. Yazbeck and colleagues in their paper make an important point that when there is a choice between financing in which contributions from citizens take place in the form of generalised taxes versus...