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...
Process update -/01/2016
Source: GIZ / P4H Country Focal Point The formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan (2016-20) is not yet completed although the section on health financing was finalised. The related strategies will focus on the national budget for health, targeting of available...
Joint AECID-WHO letter to the Minister of Health
TFPs in the health sector are proposing (among other things) the activation of the P4H network to support Mauritania in the area of health financing. 2015_12_23_OMS_AECID-Lettre_au_Ministre_sante_P4H
National Technical Group training on CSU
The GTN on CSU, created by Prime Ministerial Decree as part of the implementation of the National Social Protection Policy, is benefiting from training by WHO from December 08 to 11 and 14 to 17, 2015 (two groups of 25 participants). Presentation8 ex-post - health...
Interministerial Steering Committee approves the Draft Health Financing Strategy
The Inter-ministerial Steering Committee guiding the development of Tanzania's Health Financing Strategy was reported by the chair of the Health Financing Technical Working Group to have met for the last time on Friday 4th December 2015. It approved the overall...
Signature and official presentation of the national CSU strategy
In the presence of 4 ministers (State, Economy and Planning, Health and Population/Social Protection) and the advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, the national CSU strategy signed by the Prime Minister was presented to the public on December 7, 2015 at the Ivato...
JAHSR techncial meeting Tanzania – Health Financing Priorities to be presented to Policy Meeting
During this year's joint annual health sector technical review meeting, the following health financing priorities were highlighted to be presented at the planned policy review meeting on the 8th of December 2015: Ministry of Health (Senior Management and particularly...
Meeting of the GIBS Financing Commission in DRC
The process of developing the national health financing strategy is discussed at the GIBS Financing Commission meeting. See the report below. 2015_11_30_OMS_RDC-Compte_Rendu_Reunion_ComFin_GIBS_25nov 2015_11_25_POINT_PROCESSUS_ELABORATION_PNDS_GIBS