Chad: Ordinary meeting of P4H network partners, N’Djaména 09 Dec. 2021
On December 09, 2019, a meeting of P4H network partners in Chad was held in the meeting room of the Swiss Cooperation Office in N'Djaména. The meeting's agenda was to take stock of the process of implementing the National CSU Strategy in Chad, share information...
Presenting documents on universal health coverage and the COVID 19 response in Iraq
Here’s presenting a research paper on the factors that influence financial risk protection and health services as barriers to universal health coverage for vulnerable families in Iraq. Another research article lists out the health financing challenges that Iraq faced...
Iran receives 90 million USD to support COVID 19 response
Iran will reportedly receive $90 million from the World Bank for measures to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The loan will be utilized only for procuring additional lifesaving, essential medical equipment to strengthen Iran's pandemic response. In May 2020, the World...
Côte d’Ivoire/ Social protection: more than 65,000 self-employed workers enrolled
Sixty-five thousand (65,000) self-employed workers have been enrolled by the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS) in six months, under the Social Scheme for Self-Employed Workers (RSTI), said Simon Adou, head of coordination of the social scheme for...
Côte d’Ivoire/ Health financing: For a more dynamic PNCF
The Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Pierre Dimba, has called for the Plateforme nationale de coordination du financement de la santé (PNCFS) to make a difference to the health of the population of Côte d'Ivoire. As a reminder,...
Политика в области здравоохранения в Кот-д’Ивуаре: взгляд специалиста
Доктор Франсуа А. ADOH - экономист-консультант в области экономики здравоохранения и управления больницами. Бывший преподаватель экономики здравоохранения в университетах Буаке и Кокоди, он занимал должность технического инспектора Министерства здравоохранения...
Health policy in Côte d’Ivoire: A specialist’s view
Dr François A. ADOH is a consultant economist in health economics and hospital management. A former lecturer in health economics at the universities of Bouaké and Cocody, he was Technical Inspector for the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Health, and a former hospital...
Health policy in Côte d’Ivoire: A specialist’s view
Dr François A. ADOH is a consultant economist in health economics and hospital management. A former lecturer in health economics at the universities of Bouaké and Cocody, he was Technical Inspector for the Côte d'Ivoire Ministry of Health, and a former hospital...
Healthcare’s share of national budget in Iran surges twofold
The proposed budget in Iran amounted to about 24.357 quadrillion rials (about $580 billion), with a 20-percent rise from the current year’s budget. The health system accounts for approximately 17 percent of the total public budget. Over 90 percent of the health...
First mission to Kuwait – Debriefing to Ministry of Health Kuwait
Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kuwait has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide support to strengthening its capacity to use health economics and financing tools and approaches to inform the design, planning, implementation, and...
Meet Henrik Axelson, our new P4H CFP working in Kuwait!
Henrik Axelson is an independent consultant based in Cairo and originally from Sweden. He is a health economist and health financing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience of providing technical assistance and policy advice to governments of low and...
Universal health insurance is a feasible, achievable goal
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Documents on health financing mechanisms and social health protection now available
Here’s presenting research studies on strategic purchasing, financial risk protection, universal health coverage, and the feasibility of health insurance through user contribution, in Afghanistan. The studies are in the context of the challenges that the ongoing...
Tajikistan’s Government approved the Strategy for Population Health Protection until 2030
The Strategy for Population Health Protection until 2030 was approved by Decree No. 414 of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on September 30, 2021. This strategy defines direction of reforms in the healthcare system and provides ways for further development...
Tajikistan Aims to Build Stronger Health System, with Support from the World Bank
World Bank reported that the Government of Tajikistan launched the development of an investment plan to boost the health care system, at an event, which was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Protection,...