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.
Law on Public Health Protection
It emphasizes in the first article that the protection of public health is the responsibility of the State, which exercises it through the administrative authorities and the Municipalities. The direction and administration of the sanitary service was in charge of an...
Initiatives to improve the coverage, quality, financial protection and financial sustainability of long-term care: a rapid scoping review
The WHO Centre for Health Development has published a report titled "Improving Long-Term Care for Older Adults: A Rapid Scoping Review of Public Initiatives." In light of the global challenges posed by ageing populations, increasing chronic illnesses, and projected...
Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016
The research article "Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016," authored by Jacopo Gabani, Marc Suhrcke, Sven Neelsen, Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, and Marc-Francois Smitz, explores the...
The Kingdom of Thailand Health System Review (Second Edition)
This document is the second edition of Thailand’s Health System Review (HiT), providing an update to the 2015 edition. It covers recent developments and changes in Thailand's health system, such as the devolution of subdistrict health centers from the Ministry of...
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Article 4 establishes that everyone has the right to health protection. The bases and modalities for access to health services are defined by law and the concurrence of the Federation and the federative entities in matters of general health is established, "in...
Law N°31-2011 instituting the social security system
On July 15, 2011, the President of the Republic of Congo promulgated the law instituting " a social security system designed to protect workers and their families, as well as other categories of the population, against the risks and hazards inherent in work and life...
Law N°10-2014 dissolving the national social security fund
On June 13, 2014 the President of the Republic of Congo promulgated the law dissolving the National Social Security Fund. Family benefits and related activities initially provided or carried out by the fund are transferred to the social security organization in charge...
Law N°12-2015 creating the universal health insurance fund
This law, promulgated on August 31, 2015, states in Article 1: " A public administrative establishment is created, with legal personality and financial autonomy, called the Universal Health Insurance Fund, abbreviated CAMU. " The law stipulates that CAMU is placed...
Law N°37-2014 instituting the universal health insurance scheme
On June 27, 2014 the President of the Republic of the Congo promulgated the law instituting a universal health insurance scheme that " covers access to health services in the public and private sectors for the benefit of the insured and their dependents, with the...
The economic impact of antimicrobial resistance
The Centre for Global Development report, titled "Forecasting the Fallout from AMR: Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans," presents a comprehensive analysis of the far-reaching economic and health consequences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),...
The temporal and spatial interpretation of China’s health financing
This study aims to analyze total health expenditure (THE), government health expenditure, per capita government expenditure by government during 1990 to 2020 in China. In addition, this study also analyzes social health expenditures per THE and the structure of health...
Ecuador’s court orders tax changes to comply with right to health
Ecuador's justice system has ordered the elimination of a supreme decree that reduced and even eliminated specific taxes on ultra-processed foods, tobacco, alcohol, weapons, and plastics, to ensure compliance with the right to health. This elimination underscores the...
Algeria-Health law
This law lays down the fundamental provisions and principles and aims to give concrete form to the rights and duties of the population in matters of health. Its purpose is to ensure the prevention, protection, maintenance, restoration and promotion of people's health,...
Guidance note: Health financing in the Gabonese Republic
This guidance note follows on from the book Le financement de la santé en République gabonaise, which presents a comprehensive assessment of the country's health financing. This book examines the health financing situation following the introduction of a national...
Egypt National Health Accounts 2019-2020
The Egypt National Health Accounts 2019/2020 study provides an up-to-date overview of health expenditure in the country. It tracks health expenditure across the Egyptian health system and provides in-depth analysis of the quantities and flows of funds through standard...