Workshop on monitoring and evaluation of the social health insurance schemes
ILO, with P4H, facilitated an event from 11-14th December 2023 to train NHIMA staff to monitor social health insurance schemes. NHIMA drives UHC efforts in Zambia via NHIS, extending coverage to vulnerable populations. Effective monitoring is crucial for pilot phase...
COP 28: 41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions
A consortium of multilateral development banks and funders, countries and philanthropies published the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions (“Guiding Principles”), announced at the World Climate Action Summit at the 28th session of Conference...
Namibia launches tools to improve health financing
Namibia launched the National Health Account (NHA) and National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) tools to measure and track health spending in the country, aiming to improve health financing on 6 December.Speaking at the launch, Minister of Health and Social Services...
Accelerating Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: The Africa Leaders Meeting (ALM) Declaration in Action
African Constituency Bureau's coverage of the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia, from November 27-30 linking it with the Africa Leaders Meeting (ALM) Declaration. The 3rd International Conference on Public Health in...
Kenya: High Court suspends implementation of Social Health Insurance Act
Putting a halt to the government's plans, Kenya's High Court suspended the planned implementation of the Social Health Insurance Act 2023 by the Ministry of Health until February 2024.In a brief ruling rendered by Justice Chacha Mwita on Monday, November 27, 2023,...
Tanzania enacts the Universal Health Insurance Bill
On November 1, 2023, the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania enacted the Universal Health Insurance Bill, a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at ensuring widespread access to healthcare services for citizens through a comprehensive health insurance system....
Colombia introduces junk food tax
Colombia has implemented a tax on ultra-processed foods, becoming one of the first countries in the Americas to take such a measure to tackle obesity, diabetes, and other lifestyle diseases.The Lancet reports that Colombia is one of the first to tax food high in salt...
Malaysia MOH Moots National Health Insurance With Employee, Employer, Government Contributions
Malaysia is exploring a national health insurance scheme funded by employees, employers, and the government that will be “run by the government, non-profit driven, and uses the philosophy of shared responsibility," says Dr Zaliha Mustafa, the Minister of...
Montreux Collaborative
The Montreux Collaborative is a WHO led platform for collaboration between countries and development partners. It aims to generate and disseminate global and country evidence on how to make budgets work for health, with a specific focus on transforming budget...
Health policy and system research cocreation pilot convening in Asia
In May 2021, the HSSA launched a series of virtual meetings to cocreate a vision and action plan for a more responsive and robust health policy and system research ecosystem in Asia. The P4H Network and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research agreed to...
Update on P4H Network collaboration on the Mexican Health System Transformation
As reported in the September 2022 governance newsletter, the P4H Network began a collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) office in Mexico, looking at the political economy of the ongoing Mexican health system transformation. At that time, terms...
L4UHC module for francophone Africa
A regional gathering of the L4UHC programme is always a great experience. The one that took place in Rabat, Morocco, from 16 through 20 October 2023 met all expectations.The coalitions of Chad and Cameroon came together again to meet and share, to reconnect with their...
Workshop: Epidemics and Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response
The workshop, Epidemics and Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response: How to Maximize the Health Impact of Social Protection Systems, preceded the P4H-TEG meeting, on October 4 and 5. It was a collaboration jointly held by ILO and WHO and showcased a further...
6th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing
13-17 November | Eden Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland Theme: Adjusting Public Financial Management (PFM) for better health: new evidence to shape next-generation reforms The Meeting Report on this year's Montreux Collaborative on fiscal space, public financial...
78th UNGA side event: Fast-tracking global health goals through health policy and systems research
Health Systems Global and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, co-sponsored by the governments of Japan and Norway held a special side event at the 78th United Nations General Assembly to take stock of the deliberations held that week.The event...