Report on the findings of the P4H consultancy mission in support of DAS implementation
Under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health, the team of 4 P4H consultants, financed by GIZ and AFD, presents its conclusions for operationalizing the DAS provided for in the national CSU strategy. 2016_07_07_Consultation_DAS_restitution
Single National Health Insurance cabinet paper submitted
The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children recently submitted the cabinet brief on the Single National Health Insurance (SNHI) and the Health Financing Strategy to Cabinet. It is now awaiting feedback before it can go ahead...
Introduction of a ‘Better Budgeting Practices Tool’ – for better alignment of PFM with HF
Public Financial Management (PFM) and Health Financing (HF) systems aim to make use of public funds effectively. In health this means that funds are spent efficiently and equitably, and used to purchase quality interventions. Alignment between Budget Cycle/ PFM...
DPC MISAU Circulates Latest HFS
Please see below. 2016_06_06_MISAU-HFS_DRAFT3
Request to comment on new draft HFS – June 2016
The Kenya's Ministry of Health team involved in the development of a long-term health financing strategy. Is pleased to share with your the second draft of the strategy in recognition of your expertise in health financing and service delivery...
Article on L4UHC High-Level Policy Dialogue event in Feb 2016
Please find below a link to an article about the Leadership for UHC High Level Policy Dialogue event, which took place in Chisamba in Feb 2016 (see also Intranet entry from 19.02.16) ------- A multi-sectoral, high-level group – drawn from across government, the...
Mission to support the development of a diagnosis of the health financing system
The diagnosis of the health financing system is being carried out as part of WHO's support for the development of the SNFS. Attached are the 3 presentations made during the mission: - CSU presentation to health magazine: CSU presentation Nouakchott May 2016 -...
The P4H team of consultants supporting the implementation of the Health Insurance Scheme (DAS) circulates the report of its initial information-gathering mission.
In support of the CSU Ad-hoc Committee set up to prepare the implementation of the national CSU strategy adopted in December 2015, a mission of 4 P4H consultants financed by GIZ and AFD worked on gathering information on the services to be covered, institutional,...
Creation of a Technical Committee to develop and monitor the National Health Financing Strategy
P4HC+ update and joint support plan (draft)
The new coordination mechanism called P4H Cambodia+ (P4HC+) bringing 12 organizations to the table is taking off. The update below provides some context and info on upcoming activities. Context: With the onset of 2016 a new breeze went through the Cambodian health...
MoH approves HF Strategy – April 2016
Top management of the Ugandan Ministry of Health gave their approval to the Health Financing Strategy, which has been developed with support from P4H members over the past few years. Next steps include its dissemination within and outside the government, and to...
Preparations for L4UHC Asia edition
The preparations for the Asia edition of the Leadership for UHC program are in full swing. Invited countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR and Nepal. Host country for kick-off workshop: Philippines. Date for kick-off workshop: week 16-20 May. See flyer for more...
Designing a new coordination mechanism
Given the new Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, the development of the Social Health Protection Framework by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the invitation of several donor partners (and finally agreement by the others) for P4H to coordinate the technical input...
Single National Health Insurance legislative review kicks off
The WHO supported legislative review around the future plans to introduce a mandatory single national health insurance (SNHI) has started last week, aiming to be completed by end of March 2016. This legislative review will further shape the cabinet paper proposing...
New Health Minister communicates committment to boost Health Insurance System
The new Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Children and the Elderly, Ummy Mwalimu told The Citizen newspaper last week, that "the government is now looking into ways of bridging the gaps in healthcare delivery .....by helping the poor access prepaid...