First info about new request for UHC analysis and options -/07/2013
The MOH is energetically taking forward the UHC agenda in Kenya - there is some new impetus driven by the new Cabinet Secretary and his team. So far, a Technical Working Group has been constituted to define a comprehensive UHC strategy for the Country. The TWG has...
Fact finding mission for supporting the creation of a new social health protection institution
During the first week of July, GIZ P4H Sector Project representatives visited Cambodia for a week to respond to a request by the Ministry of Health to develop the National Social Health Protection Fund. This fund will be a semi-autonomous institute, termed Public...
Stakeholder HFS workshop, 3-4 July 2013 in Kampala
The MoH invited 100+ stakeholders, mainly from the health sector, for a 2-day workshop in preparation of a health financing strategy (HFS). The new Minister of Health (HE Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda) expressed his commitment to UHC, the need for effective, efficient and...
HF Team working on an advanced HFS draft – July 2013
Some members of the Uganda HF Team comprising the MoH team (Francis Runumi, Robert Basaza, Tom Aliti), the Senior Presidential Advisor HE Speciosa Kazibwe, Peter Okewero (WB), Juliet Bataringaya (WHO), Olivia Nieveras (GIZ consultant), Paranie Navaratnasamy (USAID)...
First meeting of the “health financing contact group” since 2011
Following inactivity during a prolonged period for a variety of reasons the contact group for health financing was revived on the 3rd of July 2013. The meeting was well attended by a variety of representatives. Because considerable time had elapsed since the last such...
Partnership for UHC – some suggestions
Mail from P4H CD on 26 June 2013: Please find attached a small feedback and some suggestions regarding the 'Partnership for UHC' group. It would be great if you could discuss and consider some of them during your next meeting. Btw. we're almost done with the P4H...
The World Bank circulates its concept note paper about its support to the HF reform in Colombia – June 2013
The development objective of this Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) is to contribute to strengthen the Colombian central Government’s institutional capacity to exercise stewardship over the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) to foster better health outcomes,...
GIZ scoping mission – June 2013
The mission was carried out by Viktoria Rabovskaja upon request of the GIZ Regional Health Program in Central Asia to analyze options for further engagement regarding SHP/UHC reforms in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through collaboration with the German P4H Sector...
Discussions of IP – HFRG meeting on 23/06/2013 [POSTPONED!]
Below is the draft Implementation Plan of the Health Care Financing Strategy that would be the subject of discussions on the 23 June HFRTG meeting. [Meeting has been postponed to September!]
WHO and GIZ support District Health Assessment – June 2013
Please find below the final report of a District Health Assessment jointly undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) and the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), supported by GIZ and WHO in Nepal: District Health Assessment: To Guide the Design of...
WHO deploys country level P4H advisor/coordinator
Ministry of Health has requested WHO support in three specific areas: (a) a universal health coverage strategy (b) a health financing strategy for UHC (c) review of the health policy and plan in line with the UHC strategy Sundar Gopalan joins WHO country...
Ugandan team attends (P4H) WBI-WHO-GIZ training in Kenya – June 2013
The Ugandan team working on a HFS participates in a training on HF organised by the World Bank Institute in collaboration with WHO and GIZ (funded by GIZ/P4H). The P4H CD made an effort to link this capacity building exercise with an upcoming P4H mission scheduled for...
The story of two HFS drafts…June 2013
The MoH has been working on a HFS draft with support from WHO and the WB since 2012, though with varied levels of intensity. MoH draft HFS Section 1 and 2 At the same time, the Presidential Advisor on Health and Population has carried out a number of consultations...
P4H – joint scoping mission/05/2013
Please find below the finding's of the P4H network's joint scoping mission from 25 to 29 May 2013.
GIZ/P4H visit – support to HFS implementation plan and P4H+ meeting
Background: Visit of Roland Panea (part of P4H Team in GIZ Head Office) providing technical support to the MoHFW's efforts to develop an implementation plan for the HFS. Agenda - proposed topics for discussion as part of the overall HFS: Taylor-made capacity...