Cameroon: 5th International Mutuality Day
The 5th International Day of Mutuality in Cameroon will take place from April 26 to 28, 2022 under the theme : " Sécurité Sociale: Une Commune, Une Mutuelle". The JIM 2022 celebration will take place at Douala Town Hall, according to the...
Training workshop on strategic purchasing mechanisms (out put financing) for the CSU
Workshop objectives Enable the various stakeholders in healthcare financing to better understand the operating principles of each strategic purchasing mechanism (out put financing), its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. Obtain proposals on the practical...
Health Financing Training in Kep, 29.03-01.04.2022
Fruitful Health Financing Training in Kep with GS-NSPC, WHO, GIZ and P4H!
A new document on the transition to Program Based Budgeting and its implication on health has been posted on the Uganda country page
The report describes Uganda's transition process to programme-based budget, as a means to better align with public policy priorities and enhance accountability and transparency. It also discusses what the implications are for the health sector. The report...
Ethiopia: 8th round of NHA dissemination workshop
The Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop to disseminate the results of the 8th round of National Health Accounts (NHA) to relevant stakeholders and carry out a policy dialogue on selected topics based on the findings of the NHA study. Event Time : 12 Apr 2022...
Côte d’Ivoire: Working session between the Health Financing TWG and the Sustainable Internal Financing TWG3
Event Time : 07 Apr 2022 8:00 am to 07 Apr 2022 9:30 amTimezone: UTC±00:00Event is Conference : No
Webinar Series for Awareness-building on DRG for UHC
TARGET PARTICIPANTS: This e-learning course aims at building up knowledge and learning experiences for participants from countries that want to pursue the universal health coverage policy with payment to acute inpatient care with diagnosis-related group tools. The...
Côte d’Ivoire: Workshop on the analysis of the national health financing system
To address the issue of health financing, the Ministry of Health initiated a series of reflections which led to the choice of moving towards Universal Health Coverage, through equitable and optimal health financing capable of supporting health in a sustainable way....
NITI Aayog suggests extending PMJAY coverage to ‘missing middle’
In a NITI Aayog report titled ‘Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle’, the institution highlights that 30% of the population is devoid of health insurance, often termed as the 'missing middle' and has suggested three models for increasing the health insurance...
Evaluating Health Insurance Programmes: An Insurance Cascade Framework
Catastrophic health spending in India has remained high over the past 15 years despite the introduction of large and comprehensive social health insurance schemes (Pandey et al 2018, 2018b). Understanding why these schemes have not improved financial risk protection...
Health issues and health care expenditure among elderly in India
The study synthesises the empirical research studies and discusses the health need of the elderly population, healthcare utilization and healthcare expenditure. Despite an increasing feminization of India's older population, women's health in later life and the health...
Going Granular: Equity of Health Financing at the District and Facility Level in India
Health financing equity analysis rarely goes below the state level in India. This paper assesses the equity and effectiveness of public spending on health in the state of Odisha. It identifies the weak link between district spending and district need, proxied by...
Facilitators and barriers to participation of the private sector in health insurance in India
The study findings suggest that social service, competition and increased clientele were the common facilitating factors for enrolment in government health schemes. Low & delayed reimbursement, bribe to clear payment, limited services covered, and administrative...
Illness and Wage Loss: Longitudinal evidence from India
The paper quantifies the economic burden of illness due to wage loss and medical care spending, as well as differences in them across the socio-economic distribution. The study used data from Village Dynamics in South Asia (VDSA) survey and the Indian Human...
Addressing data and methodological limitations in estimating catastrophic health spending and impoverishment in India, 2004–18
The study data from the health and consumption surveys of National Sample Surveys over 14 years to overcome these limitations and estimated the incidence and intensity of CHE and impoverishment using the capacity-to-pay (CTP) approach. The incidence of CHE for...