ADB shares TA report – Strengthening the Health Insurance System -/09/2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) shares a Capacity Development Technical Assistance (CDTA) report with the P4H network members. Title: Mongolia: Strengthening the Health Insurance System (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) 2013_09_03_ADB_TA_CDTA_SHI...
Launch of Health Insurance Strategy 2013-2022
On 3 September 2013, Mongolia launched its long-term strategy for the development of Social Health Insurance.
Discussion of IP – HEU/DP meeting on 3 September
The Health Economics Unit (HEU) and the DPs held a meeting on 3 September to discuss the Implementation Plan with a view of presenting it to the next HFR Task Group meeting. The meeting served to continue the momentum in supporting Bangladesh towards achieving...
Presidential Advisor speaks at GIC UHC Forum in Bonn, Germany
On 26 Aug 2013, Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, Presidential Advisor on Health and Population, Ministry of Health, Uganda gave a key note address in the GIC Forum on Health and Social Protection, Universal Health Coverage: From Promise to Practice. In a forthright...
Request for support to the development a UHC roadmap, Sep-Dec 2013
On 19 Aug 2013, the P4H CD received an official request from the MoH for technical support to the UHC Technical Working Group (TWG) to develop a roadmap for UHC in Kenya. The P4H network is expected to coordinate its support activities with a team of local...
Coordination meeting to set up the Caisse Autonome de Protection Sociale Universelle (CAPSU) – August 2013
A coordination meeting to set up CAPSU is held in Dakar on August 16, 2013.
AFD initiates a joint P4H mission in Colombia – June 2013
The framework law number 1438 setting the major principles of the new health financing reform in Colombia was enacted on 19 January 2011. The bill number 210-2013 currently under discussion in Parliament committees, once approved, will provide further guidance for...
Circulation par le MSPLS de la fiche projet “Accès financier aux soins de santé pour la couverture universelle”
Ce projet est soutenu financièrement par la BM, l'UE, la Hollande, la Belgique, GAVI, USAID et l'OMS. 2013_08_05_MSPLS_Burundi-Fiche_projet_acces_financier_soins
Costing study endorsed by MoHSW
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare endorsed the “Costing of Delivering Health Services in Tanzania” study commissioned by MOHSW to support health financing decision making processes within the country, funded jointly by GIZ and USAID. OPM Cost of Delivering...
P4H mission 1-19 July 2013: CD summary report
The MoH Uganda, through the WR Uganda, requested the P4H network to support the finalisation of their health financing strategy (HFS). The invitation was well recieved, in particular after a period of reduced interactions with the P4H network in 2012 mainly due to...
HFS – process summary update July 2013
In 2003, the Government of Tanzania adopted a Health Policy with the policy vision “to improve the health and well being of all Tanzanians with a focus on those most at risk […]”. This vision remains still valid, and the GOT is committed to moving towards Universal...
World Bank Technical Review Mission 22-25 July 2013
The World Bank informs the MoH that a technical mission will be visiting Kenya during July 22-25, 2013. WB: "The proposed mission will focus on key health financing reforms in the light of the recent policies on abolition of user fee and free maternity care, and...
Circulation of a first progress document for a healthcare financing policy – July 2013
The Ministries of Health, Humanitarian Action, Solidarity and the Elderly, and Women, Child and Family Promotion have drawn up a ten-year health development plan. The Ministries and their Technical and Financial Partners agreed that a certain number of themes should...
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...