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.
Extending financial protection by tackling non-financial barriers: A case study from Senegal
L'étude de cas porte sur l'équité en matière de santé afin d'identifier les approches et stratégies prometteuses tirées de l'expérience du Sénégal pour garantir une protection financière plus équitable, en particulier pour les populations mal desservies et socialement...
Loi portant Régime d’assurance maladie au Burkina Faso
Long-Term Care Service Coverage: brief 4: Lessons for benefits package in LMI Setting
WHO Centre for Health Development Brief: Designing long-term care benefits entails clear needs assessment criteria, regular evidence-based revisions, and transparent administration to ensure equitable access, with higher needs levels receiving more comprehensive...
Strategic Plan 2022-2026 of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Microfinance in Benin
This sector strategy will be offered to all players as a frame of reference to better target and organize their interventions in the short and medium term. Hence the need to adapt MASM's strategic plan not only to this imperative, but also to the directives of the Loi...
Benin National Development Plan 2018-2025
Based on the Benin 2025 Alafia vision, the 2018-2025 National Development Plan incorporates new economic and social development challenges at national, African and international levels. The NDP 2018-2025 is structured around the following major themes: i) human...
Report on the analysis of inter-programmatic efficiency in health in Cameroon
This document has been prepared as part of the Inter-Programmatic Health Efficiency Analysis (CPEA) in Cameroon, conducted by the Ministry of Public Health with the support of the World Health Organization and the P4H network.The World Health Organization's (WHO)...
A new WHO report explores financial protection of people in Tajikistan
This four-page summary report from WHO gives a snapshot of financial protection in Tajikistan. It provides facts and figures indicating a high burden from financial hardship when people in Tajikistan use health services and pay out of pocket. The document,...
Ecuador: Institutional Strategic Plan 2021 – 2025
This plan includes a first chapter with a diagnosis and analysis of the Institution to determine its initial situation. The second chapter presents the guiding elements and sets out the vision, mission, axes and strategic objectives. The third chapter concludes with...
Dominican Republic: National Strategic Health Plan 2030
The National Strategic Health Plan 2030 is a general guide that presents an integral and holistic vision of the health sector in the Dominican Republic and establishes the roadmap for the health sector in the medium term.The objective of the Strategic Plan 2030 is to...
Guinea’s national health development plan
Guinea has a National Health Policy based on primary health care and health system strengthening, aimed at universal access to essential health care and services.Implementation of the PNDS 2015-2024 will focus on a sectoral approach at all levels of the national...
Decree setting up the CSU steering committee in Burundi
In February 2024, the Ministry of Public Health organized a dialogue on financing the healthcare system from internal resources. This dialogue recommended the creation of a Steering Committee to monitor the process of setting up Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in...
Challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia since 2000
This review aims to identify the financing and policy challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia, as well as opportunities for whole-of-system strengthening.More than 70 articles were identified and classified challenges into seven major themes...
Effect of a case-capped, fee-for-service payment mechanism on accessibility and affordability of health care in Philippines
The article discusses the adverse effects from changing of provider payment policy on health care accessibility and affordability in the Philippines.The Philippine health insurance system is transitioning from case-based payment back into a fee-for-service model...
Progress towards universal health coverage in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: monitoring financial protection 2007-2019
The report conducted by the government of Lao PDR with support from WHO presents key results of the analysis of progress on financial protection during 2007-2019 and policy options.Lao PDR has integrated other social health protection schemes into National Health...
Laos’ social health insurance program’s impact on older people’s accessibility and financial security against catastrophic health expense
This study assesses the impact of social health insurance schemes on accessibility and financial catastrophe against catastrophic health expenditures for older people in Lao PDR.Findings shows that despite the existence of various social health insurance schemes,...