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Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands

Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands

Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to invest in the service capability and resilience of the health systems of Pacific Island countries. Responding to this need, the World Bank launched three Health System Strengthening operations in Samoa (2020), Kiribati...

Tanzania turns to domestic taxes to close HIV and health funding gaps

Tanzania turns to domestic taxes to close HIV and health funding gaps

Tanzania, United Republic of

Tanzania aims to raise Sh586.4 billion through new domestic taxes to close HIV and health financing gaps, as global donor support declines. The move marks a strategic shift in health financing.Tanzania has announced plans to raise Sh586.4 billion through new domestic...

Gavi and ADB to unlock sustainable immunisation financing in Asia

Gavi and ADB to unlock sustainable immunisation financing in Asia

Gavi and the Asian Development Bank sign an agreement to expand health financing, support vaccine access, and strengthen health systems across 32 countries in Asia and the Pacific.Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a major new...

Jordan launches 2020–2022 health accounts and unveils reform roadmap

Jordan launches 2020–2022 health accounts and unveils reform roadmap

Jordan

Jordan’s Health Ministry launches National Health Accounts and COVID-19 spending review, setting the stage for a new reform plan to strengthen health financing and expand universal health coverage.The Jordanian Ministry of Health has officially launched the National...

Uzbekistan hosts policy dialogue and WHO course on health financing reform

Uzbekistan hosts policy dialogue and WHO course on health financing reform

Uzbekistan

​Accelerating its health system transformation, Uzbekistan hosted a High-Level Policy Dialogue and WHO Barcelona Course on Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) tailored to the country context. The event is organised by the World Health Organization and...

Irish Government publishes Path to UHC Programme 2025+

Irish Government publishes Path to UHC Programme 2025+

Ireland

The new government administration in Ireland, elected at the end of 2024 recently published their plan for continuing on the path to UHC. In 2017, the ten-year Sláintecare health plan was launched.  This plan update builds on findings from previous progress...

China never had free healthcare before its market reforms

China never had free healthcare before its market reforms

China

The perception of a universal "free" medical care system in China's planned economy era is largely a myth, as most urban healthcare costs were covered by state employers while rural populations had almost no insurance or access to medical resources. Government surveys...

Philippines strengthens push for universal health care through UHC Act

Philippines strengthens push for universal health care through UHC Act

Philippines

The Philippines advances its Universal Health Care goals with automatic insurance for all citizens under PhilHealth, while tackling infrastructure and digital health challenges. The Philippine government is ramping up efforts to implement the Universal Health Care...

Reforming Bangladesh health systems for the future

Reforming Bangladesh health systems for the future

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's health sector faces urgent challenges as it approaches the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage. The Health Sector Reform Commission Report 2025 proposes significant constitutional amendments and systemic...

Caribbean & Central America knowledge exchange to reform health financing

Caribbean & Central America knowledge exchange to reform health financing

Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean and Central American senior health officials met in Washington D.C. in June 2023 to discuss health financing and explore ways to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC). Country leaders, health officials, policymakers, experts, and...