Setting up the process to operationalize the national CSU strategy
Consultants made available by WHO and Swiss Cooperation / GIZ as part of the P4H network are helping the government to prepare the regulations and job descriptions for the newly-created Interministerial Coordination Unit (CIC-CSU)....
MoH feedback on concept note – Nov 2015
Please find below a letter from the Secretary for Health (Dr. M.P. Magwira) summarizing the official response to the submitted P4H Concept Note (joint support plan). 2015_11_06_MoH_Feedback_on_P4H_concept_note_letter
Update on health financing strategy during joint WHO-WB mission
The DEP of the Ministry of Health presents the progress of the process and its reflections on the national health financing strategy during the joint WHO-WB mission. 2015_10_20_MSP_RDC-Reunion_MSP_PTF 2015_10_20_MSP_RDC-Reunion_MSP_PTF_Strategie...
The first version of the national CSU strategy is now available
Following the fourth mission of the P4H network's international consultant, a first version of the CSU strategy is now available and is beginning to circulate beyond the technical committee responsible for drawing it up....
Global Financing Facility – Tanzania
After several consultations by the GFF business development team with stakeholders in Tanzania, it was decided to largely channel the funding towards the implementation of RBF. This was considered in line with the draft Health Financing Strategy and the priorities of...
Delays in approval of Health Financing Strategy Draft
At the Health Financing Technical Working Group this week, the Ministry of Health informed members that the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee responsible for approving the Health Financing Strategy Draft and clearing the cabinet paper draft for the Single National...
NHI implementation update -/09/2015
Source: GIZ i. The implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) was targeted nearly a year ago (November, 2014) with design features including draft Standard Operating Procedure in hand. However the lack of legal basis has led to delayed...
Kick-off workshop: study on innovative financing mechanisms for the CSU
Rapport atelier_final LIST OF TAXES On September 3 & 4, 2015 was held, in the WHO meeting room, the workshop to introduce the study on mobilizing domestic resources through innovative financing mechanisms for the health sector for...
Prime Minister signs national CSU strategy
A very important milestone was reached in Chad on September 3, 2015: the Prime Minister signed the national CSU strategy, thus politically validating the work accomplished by the technical group between 2013 and early 2015. 2015_09_03_PM_Tchad-Strategie_CSU_signee...
First Results Based Financing Steering Committee Meeting held
The first meeting of the RBF Steering Committee took place on 1st September 2015 under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The Ministry is currently implementing its RBF pre-pilot in Shinyanga Region at Kishapu...
A proposal for a national social protection policy is circulated
See the draft document below and the ToR for the related roundtable scheduled for September 7-11, 2015. 2015_08_31_Gouv_RDC-Politique_nationale_protection_sociale 2015_08_31_TDR_table_ronde_protection_sociale_RDC
Summary of the joint WHO/WB/GIZ mission on CSU and GFF
The mission's main conclusions are as follows: 1/ the 2016-2020 PNDS is the most urgent project for the MSP in the DRC; 2/ the GFF investment framework needs to be improved and 3/ the health financing strategy will need to be supplemented by an implementation plan...
Presentation of the results of WB support for the health care basket and simulations of health financing in the DRC
The presentation of the results took place with the MSP team and the partners of the joint P4H mission. See PPT below. 2015_08_26_BM-Presentation_strategie_financement_support_RDC_final 2015_08_27_BM-Presentation_simulations_financement_sante_RDC
Process update -/08/2015
Source: P4H Country Focal Point (GIZ) A major activity was the formulation of the third Health Strategic Plan 2016-20, a consultative process that commenced at the start of this calendar year. Attention was paid to carefully integrate elements of the Health Financing...
Report on the evaluation of SNP in Niger, WHO mission
Dr Hyppolite Kalambay, WHO, carried out a specific support mission to assess Niger's national health policy. You will find Among other things, the report includes important data on healthcare financing and exemption from payment (slides 7 to 10, 20 & 23)....