Exchange on the “prioritization” part of the DI – GFF – Burkina Faso
The draft report on diagnostic analysis and choice of investment priorities produced by the consultants will be discussed on Thursday September 27 in the DGESS meeting room, starting at 9 a.m. Event Time : 27 Sep 2018 7:00 am to 27 Sep 2018 10:00 amTimezone: Event is...
Launch of a study on expenditure efficiency – by and for the Ministry of Health – Burkina Faso
On his arrival last year, Burkina Faso's Minister of Health was quick to call for an analysis of the efficiency of healthcare spending. In parallel with the GFF process, it commissioned an internal study to address some of its concerns: is the current allocation of...
Publication of an article on the impact of free access and cost reduction
https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/heapol/czy077/5107204 User fee reduction and elimination policies have been extensively researched, but there is little rigorous evidence of their lasting effects on service use. The article...
GAVI joint mission
The joint GAVI Alliance mission to Abidjan took place from September 10 to 14. Joint missions are a review and pre-programming of Alliance support, including technical support. WHO, Unicef and the World Bank are all members of the Alliance. Côte d'Ivoire is about to...
Civil society workshop on health financing
A workshop organized by the NGO ASAPSU, with support from the Global Fund, WHO, the World Bank and the French Embassy, was held in Abidjan from September 19 to 21. The aim was to prepare civil society to create a platform and strengthen its skills to engage in...
World Bank mission to Côte d’Ivoire
A mission to prepare for the World Bank's new Strategic Procurement and Harmonization of Health Financing and Skills project in August 2018. It is made up of around 10 experts. Event Time : 27 Aug 2018 7:00 am to 14 Sep 2018 12:00 pmTimezone: Event is Conference : No
Document sharing: CNAM care for the indigent and a study of the fiscal space in Côte d’Ivoire
Although there is a lot of movement in Côte d'Ivoire, progress is still timid. Nevertheless, both documents provide useful facts and perspectives to share.
Presentation and round table discussion on adjusting management styles for dynamic and complex environments
The Cambodian National Institute of Public Health and P4HC+ facilitated a one-day workshop for senior managers of institutes engaged in social health protection, including the Ministries of Health, Labour and Economy and Finance. The objective of this event was to...
P4H Steering Group Meeting, 18-19 September 2018, Paris
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted P4H Steering Group Meeting in Paris from 18-19 September 2018. Steering group members discussed among other topics P4H annual review for 2017-2018, work plan for 2018-2019, and P4H collaborative activities implemented with...
User fees collection and use remains highly complex in Mozambique
An analysis carried out by the Ministry of Health with 2017 data confirms that user fees are collected at public health units with a high administrative complexity: Funds are registered as revenue, so they have to be declared at a Provincial Tax Office, then to the...
ILO: Only 6% of Mozambique’s economically active population pays social security contributions
Social protection schemes in Mozambique increase covered population over time. As social protection platform advances, it can be a catalyst to reach comprehensive social health protection in Mozambique, as contribution schemes could be shared in the future. Only 6% of...
What get’s measured get’s done: Malawi releases National Health Indicators Handbook for Monitoring Health Sector Performance
As part of the 2017-2022 Health Sector Strategic Plan II (HSSP II) towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Malawi released an updated set of National Health Indicators and accompanying targets. hese indicators support monitoring for the Ministry of Health and...
Status Quo: Decentralization of public health service provision
The Decentralization programme has been going on in Malawi for 20 years now. Indeed a lot has happened considering that the first phase in the late 1990s was for laying the ground works relating to addressing capacity gaps and this was followed by the second phase...
Findings Resource Mapping FY 2017/2018: Malawi’s health financing mainly comes from external sources and is highly fragmented
Malawi’s health sector programs are financed and implemented by hundreds of organizations. In the past, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has found it challenging to track and coordinate the activities of all partners. To address this challenge, and in the...
Follow-up event in Cote d’Ivoire postponed
The follow-up event in Cote d'Ivoire (CIV) scheduled for beginning of October has been postponed to accomodate political developments in the country. A new date for end of 2018/beginnning of 2019 will be found. CIV is there first case in which L4UHC closely...