Southern Africa countries with lowest OOP in Africa
Data published by WHO coming from National Health Accounts (NHA) 2015 show that the lowest rates of out-of-pocket payments in relation to Current Health Expenditure (CHE) are found in Southern African countries: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho,...
The World Bank injects $105 Million to improve Primary Health Care in Mozambique, with disbursements linked to performance and health financing
The World Bank approved $105 million equivalent in non-reimbursable grants for the Government of Mozambique’s Primary Health Care Strengthening Program‐for‐Results. Of this amount, $25 million equivalent is provided by the Global Finance Facility (GFF)*, and $80...
2nd SPARKS meeting
The Social Protection Action Research Knowledge Sharing (SPARKS) aims to establish global, interdisciplinary research network that will facilitate action-oriented research on the public health impact of social protection, with a main focus on low- and middle-income...
Who bears the financial burden of NCDs in Mongolia?
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a formidable health and development challenge for low and middle income countries (LMICs). However, translating this challenge into resource allocation is seriously constrained by a lack of country specific evidence on NCD...
BACKUP “Exchange for Change” workshop for French-speaking Africa
The workshop was intended as a forum for exchange and learning between Global Fund partners. It provided a stimulating and innovative space to discuss and develop solutions adapted to the challenges faced in strengthening healthcare systems and maximizing the impact...
Three press articles: UHIP communication to journalists, collaboration with SPONG
Burkina Faso's Secrétariat Technique de l'Assurance Maladie is living out its final hours for good reason: the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie created on March 1, 2018 by the Council of Ministers saw the adoption of the decree approving its particular statutes on...
Research report on the transition from FBR to strategic purchasing in Benin
http://www.equitesante.org/chaire-realisme/cahiers/cahiers-realisme-num-15-mars-2018/ Benin has experimented with two approaches to implementing results-based financing (RBF) in the health sector. Following the failure of attempts to harmonize and rationalize...
You can join the African Health Economics and Policy Association
The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA), is a bilingual (English and French) non-political and non-profit-making association inaugurated in March 2009 with headquarters in Accra, Ghana. The overall mission of AfHEA is to contribute to the promotion...
Launching of Community of Practice for Universal Health Coverage Reforms in Pakistan
Event Time : 20 Mar 2018 8:30 am to 20 Mar 2018 1:00 pmTimezone: UTC+05:00Event is Conference : NoVenue: Health Services Academy, Chak Shazad, Islamabad
High level WHO UHC Mission to Kenya
At the start of his 2nd term, and aligned with Member States’ commitments to the UHC and SDG agenda, the President of Kenya has reached out to the WHO Director General to support the country’s efforts towards UHC. He has made commitments as part of 4 key...
Presentation of “GBD compare” and GFF to “nutrition” TFPs – Burkina Faso
On the occasion of the monthly meeting of the "nutrition" TFPs (sub-group of the "health" TFPs), WHO (P4H regional focal point) presented the reasons why the group's support in drawing up the investment file is an opportunity. As an introduction, a demonstration was...
Regional inter-country meeting in Astana
Event Time : 26 Apr 2018 7:00 am to 27 Apr 2018 3:00 pmTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
P4H and Kazakhstan joint regional meeting
Event Time : 19 Jun 2018 7:00 am to 20 Jun 2018 3:00 pmTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
ILO Training Course on Social Health Protection and UHC
Event Time : 05 Jul 2018 7:00 am to 06 Jul 2018 3:00 pmTimezone: UTC+01:00Event is Conference : No
Sharing the roadmap for developing the SRMNEAN Burkina Faso investment file
The roadmap was drawn up by a team of executives from the Ministries of Health and Finance, civil society, the private sector and technical and financial partners. It is shared with you for your input.