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.
Use of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in Healthcare Public Policy: Progress and Challenges
The article offers a comparative analysis of the influence of cost-effectiveness thresholds in the decision-making processes in financing policies, coverage, and price regulation of health technologies in nine countries.
Leveraging universal health coverage to leave no one behind in tackling AMR
In "Leveraging Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind in Tackling AMR," authors Pamela Cipriano, James Chau, Mariam Jashi, Ilona Kickbusch, Justin Koonin, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Joy Phumaphi, Magda Robalo, and Akihisa Shiozaki emphasize the critical role of...
Handbook for conducting assessments of barriers to effective coverage with health services
The "Handbook for conducting assessments of barriers to effective coverage with health services," authored by the World Health Organization (WHO), serves as a comprehensive guide to identifying and addressing the obstacles that prevent equitable access to essential...
The role of HTA for essential health benefit package design in low or middle-income countries
In their article titled "The Role of HTA for Essential Health Benefit Package Design in Low or Middle-Income Countries," Ole F. Norheim and David A. Watkins examine how Health Technology Assessment (HTA) can contribute to the design of Health Benefit Packages (HBPs)...
The impact of Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results
Nigeria's Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOML-PforR), launched with World Bank support significantly improved maternal, newborn, and child health by emphasizing results-based funding, transparency, and data-driven decision-making, showcasing a...
Jordan National Health Accounts Main Indicators 2015-2022
The first timeline provides the key milestones for Health insurance Administration (which is run by MoH), the second timeline is for the Military Insurance fund which is run by the Royal medical services, the third is a single timepoint for the establishment of the...
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Final Report 2018-2019
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS6-RCA) was conducted in 2018-2019 by Institut Centrafricain des Statistiques et des Etudes Economiques et Sociales (ICASEES), as part of the worldwide MICS survey program. The present MICS6-RCA survey, 2018-2019 provides...
Report on the Analysis of Health Financing in the DRC
The Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project under USAID's Integrated Health Systems IDIQ helps low- and middle-income countries move towards sustainable, self-financing health systems as a means of supporting access to universal health coverage. The aim of...
National Health Development Plan 2019-2022
The aim of the National Health Development Plan 2019-2022 is to contribute to the well-being of the Congolese population by 2022 within the framework of Universal Health Coverage and other targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The overall objective of...
Economic impact of genital herpes infections worldwide
he document titled "Estimated Global and Regional Economic Burden of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infection among 15–49 Year-Olds in 2016," authored by Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, et. al., explores the substantial global economic burden of genital herpes simplex virus...
The political economy of financing traditional vaccines and vitamin A supplements in six African countries
Government financing of vaccines and vitamin A supplementation in several African countries remains unsustainable, influenced by political economy variables, donor priorities, and systemic barriers, with explicit commitment to VAS financing notably absent. The...
WHO report: “Leveraging health financing to strengthen mental health services in Ukraine”
As part of its health financing policy papers series, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing (WHO Regional Office for Europe) published a report titled "Leveraging health financing to strengthen mental health services in Ukraine". "This report’s primary...
Sláintecare progress monitoring 2021-2023
The Sláintecare report, published in 2017 provides the basis for Ireland’s efforts towards Universal Health Coverage. The strategy specific to the 2021-2023 period outlined two priority areas and identified programs to improve quality and accessibility of care. This...
Cost-effectiveness of interventions for HIV/AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis in 128 countries: a meta-regression analysis
The meta-regression analysis provides crucial, country-specific cost-effectiveness insights for HIV/AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis interventions, aiding national decision-makers in optimising health financing and resource allocation. Published in The Lancet...
Affordable Care Act
In March 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law (ACA). This major step in health care reform had the objective to increase access to affordable health insurance in the United States of America.