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.
Reproductive health financing in Uganda: results from the national health account study, 2019–2021
Uganda has made significant strides in its journey to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by enhancing the health and survival of women and children during pregnancy, childbirth, and adolescence. This effort began in 2013 with the development of the first...
Economic burden and determinants among hospitalized patients with epilepsy in Thailand
This study analyzes the direct medical costs of hospitalized epilepsy patients in Thailand. These costs are assessed from both a societal perspective—which includes hospital expenditures and payments made by health insurance schemes—and a patient perspective, which...
Smoke economics: lessons from tobacco ban for e-cigarette regulation in Bhutan
E-cigarettes and Vaping is a growing public health concern among adolescents in Bhutan. Despite a history of stringent tobacco regulations, the rise in vaping and related health issues indicates a need to update laws and impose higher taxes to discourage their use....
Exploring the facilitators and barriers to achieving universal health coverage in Uganda: a qualitative study of the free healthcare policy
Published in Health Research Policy and Systems by BMC (part of Springer Nature), this qualitative study titled "Exploring the facilitators and barriers to achieving universal health coverage in Uganda: a qualitative study of the free healthcare policy" offers...
Health financing for noncommunicable diseases: Landscape analysis of practices and challenges in the Sub-Saharan Africa region
This landscape analysis by the Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs (FAN) examines the health financing practices and challenges related to NCDs across six exemplar countries in Eastern, Southern, and Western Africa. By analysing resource mobilisation, pooling, and...
Accelerating progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) in Uzbekistan : A proposal for a National Health System Strategy 2030
The Government of Uzbekistan, with technical support from the World Bank and its partners, has undertaken the development of a comprehensive National Health System Strategy to improve equity, quality, and efficiency across the country’s healthcare landscape. This...
Fact Sheets – Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s health sector has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades, marked by expanded access to primary health care, improved maternal and child health outcomes, and notable progress in the control of major communicable diseases. Guided by a...
Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in Pakistan: implications for health policy
This study investigates the willingness to pay (WTP) for one additional Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) among the general population in Pakistan, highlighting the economic constraints in healthcare resource allocation. A survey revealed a mean WTP of 114,006.4...
Implications of U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization on health financing in Africa
The U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) could severely impact global health financing, especially in Africa, where its previous contributions supported vital health programs for HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, tuberculosis, and malaria. This...
Public-Private-Partnerships for Primary Care in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: Lessons on pathways and drivers
In their recent publication in The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Shehla Zaidi, A. Venkat Raman, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury, Farooq Azam, and Priya Balasubramanium examine the evolution and implementation of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in...
Towards attaining universal health coverage in Kazakhstan: Challenges and important next steps
Kazakhstan’s journey toward universal health coverage (UHC) has been shaped by its post-Soviet legacy of an underfunded, hospital-centric healthcare system and a range of structural challenges. In Towards attaining universal health coverage in Kazakhstan: Challenges...
Effectiveness of PFHI Schemes in India
A study in Economic & Political Weekly by Mamta Chaudhary, Prakash Babu Kodali, and T Sundararaman assesses publicly funded health insurance (PFHI) schemes in India using nationally representative data from the 2022–23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey...
Health ¬financing challenges and institutional options to move towards universal coverage in Nicaragua
This paper, published by the World Health Organization in 2010, provides an analysis of the Nicaraguan health financing system. Country performance was assessed using selected health financing performance indicators. The analysis revealed health financing system...
A UK wealth tax for better health
In the face of deepening health inequalities and a crisis of underfunding in the UK’s National Health Service, a growing body of experts argues that it is time to revisit the idea of a wealth tax. With over four million children living in relative poverty, and with...
Public Health Financing in Latin America
The set of articles that make up this publication from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) aims to investigate the economic aspects of health service provision in six Latin American countries. The book, published in 2044, contains quantitative and qualitative...