PhilHealth’s role in pursuing universal health coverage
At the International Conference on Primary Health Care, held in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Alma-Ata declaration and the fifth anniversary of the Astana declaration, the Philippines reflects on the role of PhilHealth in achieving universal health...
The main measures of France’s social security financing bill 2024
In France, the Social Security financing bill for 2024 was tabled before the National Assembly on 27 September 2023. The article by the French Administration outlines the measures provided under the bill. The Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2024 was...
Kenya: President signs four new healthcare bills into law
On 17 October, Kenya's President, William Ruto signed the four healthcare bills, Social Health Insurance Bill, Primary Health Care Bill, Facility Improvement Financing Bill, and Digital Health Bill into law after they were passed by the Parliament recently.The Social...
Reducing fragmentation to improve efficiency: lessons from countries (Webinar)
Thursday 26 October | 1400 h CET The WHO Health Financing and Economics (HFE) Department is organizing a Webinar to demonstrate the WHO Cross-Programmatic Efficiency Analysis (CPEA)While health programmes are critical to advocate and provide access to priority...
Nepal: National Health Financing Strategy 2023- 2033
The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal has endorsed a new Health Financing (HF) Strategy for 2023-2033.P4H Network has been part of process for developing the country’s National Health Financing Strategy through the Rapid Results Initiative of the L4UHC...
New Alliance for HPSR/WHO supported BMJ series on Health Taxes
BMJ Global Health has published a series of research papers on health taxes in the October 2023 issue titled WHO: Health Taxes supported by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in collaboration with WHO Departments and the Inter-Agency Working Group on...
WHO published a report on digital claims management for Estonia’s health insurance
Overview As reported by WHO Europe, this study explores how the claims management process of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund has been digitalized over time and illuminates how this has enabled the introduction of other advanced purchasing instruments, such as...
Progress has slowed on universal health coverage: Here’s what needs to happen
In 2021, 4.5 billion people – half the world’s population – were not covered by essential health services, says a report from the World Health Organization and World Bank.The report, titled "Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2023 Global Monitoring Report," shows...
2024 Irish Budget for Health Announced
The 2024 health budget reached €22.5 billion, supporting the delivery and expansion of quality, affordable healthcare services in Ireland. In the government press release, the Irish Health Minister, Mr. Donnelly said, "We’ve implemented several initiatives that remove...
Stakeholders call for sustainable health financing at the Tanzania Health Summit
The 10th Tanzania Health Summit was held from 3-5 October in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania under the theme, 'Strengthening health systems for UHC, focusing on Primary Health Care.'The conference saw participation from various stakeholders of the health sector in Tanzania...
Africa Regional Conference on Financing UHC and Health Security
The National Health Insurance Authority of Ghana WHO (Africa Region) organised the first regional conference on financing universal health coverage (UHC) and health security from 12 to 13 October in Accra, Ghana.As powered by the NHIS and the WHO from October 12 to...
Webinar | Kenya’s social health insurance bill: What, why and how?
3 October 2023 | 4-5:30 PM-EAT (9-10:30 AM-ET) ThinkWell's latest Counterpoint webinar titled “Kenya’s new Social Health Insurance Bill: What, why, and how?” will offer a deep look into the purpose of the bill, its key features, and how it will be incorporated into...
Vacancy: Interagency CVA for Health Expert WHO Ukraine NORCAP
The Ukraine Health Cluster is looking for an interagency CVA for Health expert for 12 months starting immediately, via a NORCAP/CashCap specialized pool of experts. This is a Kyiv-based position. Apply before 22 October 2023 The purpose of this role is to support the...
The African Union in the G20: What Will the Implications Be For Health Financing in Africa?
The African Union's admission to the G20 gives it a platform to influence the post-COVID health financing agenda to benefit the financing challenges in the region says this article from Health Policy Watch.Africa faces a challenging period in health financing to meet...
India: Plenary on ‘Achieving universal health coverage and sustaining it’
Arogya Manthan 2023 | 26 September India's National Health Authority convened health systems experts from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Asian Development Bank, World Bank and Academia to discuss the progress made towards universal health coverage (UHC) on the...