The many documents available on the P4H Network’s digital platform reflect the network’s scope of work. The majority of documents are primary source materials created by country nationals or resources produced by organizations working in social health protection (SHP) and/or health financing (HF).
The collection provides information on SHP and/or HF reforms and universal health coverage processes from around the world as well as topical analysis and research.
Did health reform improve financial protection for disadvantaged groups in Ecuador? A socio-economic inequality assessment of catastrophic health expenditures 2006-2014
In BMJ Open, Edy Quizhpe Ordóñez, Miguel San Sebastian, Enrique Teran, and Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström present a socio-economic inequality assessment of Ecuador’s health reforms from 2006 to 2014. The study evaluates whether the reforms—which made public health...
Progress in Development of the Universal Health Plan in the Federation of Kitts and Nevis
This PowerPoint presentation from the 13th Caribbean Conference on Health Financing in Anguilla, in November 2019 covers progress in the development of the universal health plan for Kitts and Nevis. Much of the content is related to the planned national health...
A “Diagonal” Approach to Integrating Nutrition into Health Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward
This post was first published by the Center for Global Development on 19 November, 2024. Despite decades of global efforts, nutrition remains underprioritized, siloed, and poorly integrated within health systems and universal health coverage (UHC) efforts. This...
Health and social action sector policy letter 2025-2029 – Senegal
In 2025, Senegal's Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS) has developed a health sector policy letter in a participatory and inclusive manner, involving all key players in the sector, under the supervision of the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Cooperation...
Niger’s Investment Case for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition 2022-2026
The Government of Niger and the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs have developed their investment case for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition with the support of the Global Financing Facility. This...
Senegal Health Compact 2025 – Towards Universal Health Coverage
This document, published in 2025, materializes the moral, ethical and economic commitment between the government and its development partners, to effectively support the implementation of health and Universal Health Coverage policies.
July 14, 1994 – Law on coordinated compulsory health and indemnity insurance from July 14, 1994
The Coordinated Compulsory Health Care Insurance Act was published in Belgium in July 1994. It is the annex to the Royal Decree of July 14, 1994 coordinating the law on compulsory health care insurance in Belgium, and constitutes the basic text organizing compulsory...
The Future of Health Financing in Africa: The Role of Health Taxes
Health taxes on products like tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks are a highly effective yet underused tool in Africa for reducing disease and premature death, while simultaneously generating domestic revenue. These taxes can help governments save lives, lessen...
Catastrophic health expenditure and household impoverishment in Togo
This peer review journal article published in 2023 analyses catastrophic health expenditures and effects on household impoverishment in Togo. Since 2015, Togo has been committed to working towards ensuring access to quality health care without its citizens incurring...
Challenging inadequate and fragmented primary health care financing: findings from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, and Nepal
Strengthening primary health care (PHC) is crucial for universal health coverage in South-East Asia, but sustainable public financing remains a challenge in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, and Nepal. This study, based on extensive document review and interviews,...
Financial toxicity of hemophilia care in Southeast Asian countries
In their recent Viewpoint published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, authors Jose Marco Antonio II, Stephanie Wang, Frederic Ivan L. Ting, Jeremiah R. Vallente, Edward Christopher Dee, and Erin Jay G. Feliciano examine the pressing issue of financial...
Health insurance coverage among men and women in six countries within the Southeast Asia Region (2015–2022)
Equitable access to health services without financial hardship is a cornerstone of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Yet, across many countries in the WHO Southeast Asia Region (SEAR), a significant proportion of the population continues to rely heavily on...
Designing a Roadmap for Health Technology Assessment Implementation in Algeria
This 2024 article aims to characterize the status of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Algeria and describe the future directions for HTA implementation according to the priorities set by local stakeholders
National Health Policy and factors predicting its implementation at the local level in Nepal
This study assessed the implementation of Nepal’s National Health Policy at the local level, finding that health workers had moderate awareness, with main challenges including inadequate infrastructure, limited skilled professionals, and insufficient funding. Regular...
Integration of refugees into national health systems: Enhancing equity and strengthening sustainable health services for all
In their open-access article published in Conflict and Health, Fadi El-Jardali, Sara Bennett, and Paul Spiegel examine how low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can integrate refugees into national health systems as part of efforts to achieve universal health...