Purchasing arrangements to strengthen quality health services for chronic diseases
The WHO Centre for Health Development and the Department of Health Financing and Economics produced a body of work on enhancing quality healthcare for chronic diseases through purchasing arrangements between November 2021 to December 2023.Led by WHO Kobe Centre in...
Health insurance agency was trained by the World Bank on health insurance package design
The Health Insurance General Office (HIGO) of Mongolia is working on updating and implementing national policies. In this regard, joint trainings were organized with the World Bank consultants. Training held on March 22 was titled "Improving the package of health...
EU, Africa partner on stronger health systems and social protection
The European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) launched four new initiatives to improve health systems and social protection in Africa. These initiatives are part of the EU's Global Gateway investment strategy.Three health-focused initiatives aim to: Strengthen health...
JLA programme of CSO advocacy for health financing
Advancing CSO Advocacy for Health Financing Consolidating Progress and Shaping the Future of JLA on Health Financing and UHC led by WACI Health, Impact Santé Afrique (ISA) and others is to be held on 26-27 March.Civil society organizations (CSOs) across Africa are...
Vacancy: GIZ seeks Specialist in Health Financing (with a P4H role) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Join Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Tashkent as a Specialist in Health Financing and actively engage in the P4H Network as a Coordination and Technical Exchange Team member.Are you passionate about advancing global health...
Mexico: Discussion on tobacco taxes
In Mexico, the specific taxes levied on tobacco to mitigate the negative externalities and internalities caused by tobacco consumption are still below the minimum recommended by the World Health OrganizationBoth the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Special Tax on...
Bolivia: 7.4 million people enrolled in the Unified Health System
Children, women, young people and adults in Bolivia who do not have health insurance can register with their identity card and receive the benefits of the Unified Health System.According to statements made by the Deputy Minister of Health Insurance and Management of...
Is corruption a barrier to effective public financial management for health?
Corruption undermines efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Combining anti-corruption efforts with well-designed PFM systems offers a two-pronged approach to achieving UHC.Corruption is a significant barrier to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which...
Making AMU operational: NGOs lobby parliamentarians
On February 28, 2024, the Permanent Secretariat of Non-Governmental Organizations (SPONG), with the support of UNICEF, held a meeting to inform, raise awareness, mobilize and engage parliamentarians in the operationalization of universal health insurance in Burkina...
With a budget deficit, Hong Kong needs to optimise healthcare spending
Hong Kong should focus on strategic purchasing to boost primary healthcare to tackle the budget deficit in healthcare says a news report by the South China Morning Post. The article advocates for a reimagining of healthcare financing in Hong Kong, emphasizing the...
Pandemic response funding: Pandemic Fund, WHO, or a new entity?
Health Policy Watch discusses the debate on pandemic financing hosts, stressing the importance of evidence-based choices in article titled 'Who Will Finance Countries’ Pandemic Response: Pandemic Fund, WHO or a New Entity?'. This article, published by Health Policy...
National dialogue on health financing in Burundi
From February 12 to 14, 2024, the Economic Community of East African States organized a high-level national dialogue on health financing in Bujumbura. This dialogue mobilized stakeholders around the theme: "Increasing public resources for health financing in...
Argentina: As of March, Instituto de Obra Médico Asistencial to charge co-payments for medical consultations
The entity in charge of providing health insurance to public employees will start charging co-payments for medical consultations in the province of Buenos Aires. Due to the need to make adjustments for inflation, the president of the public employees' welfare fund...
Free of Charge Program: More than 700 thousand patients were treated at the General Hospital of Mexico.
According to the 2019-2024 Management Report of the General Hospital of Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", the free medical care program was able to eliminate economic barriers and also ensure that more people could receive quality medical care. The hospital's general...
Health insurance agency monitors the accessibility of insurance-related information for the public
Mongolia's Health insurance agency monitors whether healthcare organizations are transparently posting information on access to care for the public. Since December of last year, the Health Insurance Agency has been working with providers to ensure the law on...