New document available on Ghana country page
An article discussing the importance of political will in the implementation of a national health insurance has been uploaded to the Ghana country page. The full article can be accessed using the link below.
Webinar on the challenges of aligning bilateral partners with country priorities, Experiences from Burundi and Niger
As part of the discussions on the alignment of development partners and the sharing of experiences from countries supported by the P4H Network, the Burundi and Niger PSCs noted the similarities in the modus operandi of bilateral partners, who contribute either through...
Webinar on the challenges of aligning bilateral partners with country priorities, Experiences from Burundi and Niger
As part of the discussions on the alignment of development partners and the sharing of experiences from countries supported by the P4H Network, the Burundi and Niger PSCs noted the similarities in the modus operandi of bilateral partners, who contribute either through...
CFP Burundi-Cameroon collaboration
PSCs from Burundi and Cameroon discuss options for integrating health financing mechanisms in Cameroon. Sharing experience and documentation. Vive le partage !!!!!!!! Sharing country experience like sharing marine wealth!!!!!!
Dialogue with the Plateforme des Acteurs des Mutuelles de santé in Burundi
In December 2021, an exchange and dialogue session was held with stakeholders and promoters of mutual health insurance in Burundi, who took the opportunity to share their vision of the role to be played in the future architecture of health and social protection...
Health Economics and Financing Workshop in Kuwait, 30-31 March 2022
The Kuwait Ministry of Health (MOH) and WHO Regional Office and Kuwait Country Office are jointly organizing a capacity building workshop on 30-31 March 2022, as part of an overall effort to strengthen capacity in health financing to support progress towards universal...
Niger: TFP group meeting – health financing
Proposed agenda: Progress report on actions to be taken following our last meeting (CR in PJ) - 5'. Discussion of ToR V1 of the cost analysis tool and the financing structure for peripheral care (in PJ) + the question of co-financing this exercise - presentation and...
Bangladesh has purchased 220,000,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
The Bangladesh government has purchased 220,000,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine and for vaccine administration. So far Bangladesh administered around 220,000,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine within the shortest time in the world. Many more of the population will receive...
Health Financing for UHC training co-organized by WHO and WB under the umbrella of the P4H Network in Ethiopia
Between 14-18 March 2022, WHO and WB (under the umbrella of the P4H Network) co-organized a health financing training with the Ethiopian Health Insurance Services (EHIS) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) on key concepts of health financing for Universal Health...
Chad: New Minister of Public Health and National Solidarity
Appointed Minister of Public Health and National Solidarity on February 25, 2022, Dr. Abdel-Madjid Abderahim Mahamat was installed in his new role on February 28, 2022. Dr Abdel-Madjid was previously in charge of the health program at the Swiss Cooperation...
Chad: Focal Person P4H/Chad, panelist at the Dakar International Conference
The P4H Focal Person in Chad represented the network at the Dakar International Conference organized online on March 15 and 16, 2022 by the Association Internationale de la Mutualité on the theme "Achieving UHC in Africa through mutual health organizations:...
New payment rate for continuous renal replacement therapy in Thailand
The National Health Security Office has increased hospital reimbursement rates for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), aiming to increase access to treatment among people with acute kidney injury. Following this payment policy, hospitals providing CRRT to...
New document on the political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia is now available
There is growing evidence that political economy factors are important for adopting health financing reforms, but there is little consensus about which political and institutional factors determine the results of reform proposals. This study examined efforts at health...
More than 21 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine in Ethiopia
One year ago, Ethiopia received its first COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX with a total of 2.2 million doses and lunched the COVID 19 vaccination on 13 March 2021. To date, more than 21.5 million people received at least one dose and more than 20.5 people have...
Progress in health among regions of Ethiopia, 1990–2019: a subnational country analysis
New article published in Lancet: Previous Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) studies have reported national health estimates for Ethiopia. Substantial regional variations in socioeconomic status, population, demography, and access to...