Roadmap for the health financing strategy process
The health financing workshop concluded with the development of a roadmap for the health financing strategy process. The roadmap implementation will be led by the HEU with inputs from the Health Financing Resource Group. Milestones of the roadmap include: • the...
Joint Annual Review – Health Financing Synthesis Paper – October 2011
In preparation for the Joint Annual Review Meeting on 25-26 Oct, the P4H network partners jointly developed a health financing synthesis paper. The key objectives were to maintain the momentum of the health financing strategy development process, and to make...
Results of Health Sector Cost Driver Study – October 2011
In order to foster cost-conscious decision-making in the health sector, P4H supported a study on health sector cost-drivers – strategic decisions that have large cost implications for the sector. The results show that Tanzania has taken a number of cost-intensive...
Joint Annual Health Sector Review – October 2011
At Tanzania’s Joint Annual Health Sector Review, health financing was identified as a core reform area by all stakeholders of the health sector – civil society, private providers, government, and development partners. Equity, efficiency, transparency and increased...
Joint exploratory mission of the P4H network – October 10 to 15, 2011
In response to the MSP's request for support, and given the current political context in Madagascar, this is more of an exploratory mission than an initial one, i.e. the emphasis has been placed on a technical dialogue enabling official relations to get underway more...
Kick-off health financing strategy workshop
The MoHFW - with support from WB, GER [GIZ and KfW], SIDA, USAID and WHO - conducted a workshop to initiate a health financing strategy process in Bangladesh. Conclusions of the kick-off event: Bangladesh is faced with the challenge of high OOP (60%); low public...
WHO/WB mission to develop health financing strategy – September 2011
A joint WHO-WB mission, partially funded by P4H, is organized to assist the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in their efforts to develop a national health financing strategy. As part of this mission, a note on the health financing vision is prepared based on...
Finalising the Mongolian Health Insurance Law – September 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Germany (GIZ) jointly support the development of the Mongolian Health Insurance Law, which establishes a basis for building the institutional capacity needed to deliver health insurance and to provide quality health services to the...
The Ministry of Social Development (MDSSPA) requests support from the P4H network – August 2011
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WB releases fiscal space study – August 2011
The World Bank publishes fiscal space study looking at ways to expand the fiscal space to accommodate increased expenditures. The study looks at conducive macroeconomic conditions, the re-prioritization of health in the budget, health-sector specific sources, grants...
Request from the Ministry of Public Health for support in setting up social health protection in Madagascar
Following initial exchanges between the MSP and certain P4H members (WHO, World Bank, France and GIZ) during the second quarter of 2011, the MSP is seeking joint support from the P4H network.
MoHSW orientation workshop for Health Financing Strategy – July 2011
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) organized a health financing strategy orientation workshop, run by the resident P4H expert and local WHO staff. The WHO framework for developing a strategy was introduced and the strategies adopted by neighbouring...
P4H backs missions on CBHI Reforms -/05/to/06/2011
There are two P4H-backed missions in 2011 in support of the implementation of Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Rwanda. The first, focusing on the CBHI Procedure Manual and CBHI strategic direction (May 2011), includes a review of the implications of the...
Presentation of the CUS inventory of fixtures – June 2011
With technical support from WHO, the Ministry of Social Development (Ministère du Développement Social, de le Solidarité et des Personnes Agées - MDSSPA) carries out a situation analysis of Mali's health financing system and assesses progress on the road to UHC. The...
High level meeting results in agreement on purchasing and targeting – June 2011
Minister for health (Mr. Shakti Basnet) is briefed on the findings of different studies in a meeting of high level Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) officials and external development partners (EDPs). The meeting focuses on ways to improve the health financing...