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.
Progress and outcomes of health systems reform in the United Arab Emirates
This paper reviews the progress and outcomes of health systems reform in the UAE. A central part of the reforms has been the introduction of mandatory private health insurance, the development of the private sector and the separation of planning and regulatory...
National Health Accounts 2022
Estimates of health spending and financing in Uruguay for the year 2022 are presented using the Health Accounts methodology (SHA 2011). Total health spending represented 9.13% of gross domestic product (GDP), 0.7 percentage points higher than in 2021. Public spending...
Kuwait Health Systems Review 2018
This report reviews the Kuwaiti health system, focusing on governance, financing, workforce, IT, service provision, and public health. It emphasizes the need for top political decision-makers to drive change by implementing relevant policies. It highlights key areas...
Law instituting universal health insurance in Togo
This law institutes universal health insurance (AMU) in the Togolese Republic. Universal health insurance is based on the principles of solidarity, equity, risk pooling, individual and collective responsibility and progressiveness, in order to guarantee all residents...
Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and Kuwait 2023–2027
Kuwait and WHO have developed the Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2023–2027 as a medium-term framework to support Kuwait in achieving the health and well-being targets set out in Kuwait Vision 2035. The CCS is an important tool that will bolster the Government’s...
Kuwait National Development Plan 2020-2025
The plan invites all government stakeholders to put forward mechanisms of change, which could include updating the regulatory and legal framework to ensure a conducive and supportive ecosystem for the private sector and to improve the quality of services offered by...
Sustainable financing of immunization in Colombia
The main source of funding for the National Immunization Program (NIP) in Colombia is general taxes, although there are also limited contributions from the sub-national level for program management. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection manages all NIP...
Financial integration of local health systems as envisioned in the UHC law
The Philippines Universal Health Care (UHC) Law mandates that province- and city-wide health systems must implement financial integration, starting in 2023.This policy brief outlines how policies on financial integration will alter the financing of health services at...
Indonesia’s new health law: lessons for democratic health governance and legislation
This correspondence discusses a new law on Health (No. 17 of 2023), which was enacted following the Indonesian Health Transformation Plan. The Plan consists of six key pillars: the transformation of primary health care, referral health care, health resilience, health...
Algeria Finance Law 2024
Law no. 23-22 of 11 Joumada Ethania 1445 corresponding to December 24, 2023 on the Finance Act for 2024. The President of the Republic, Having regard to the Constitution, in particular Articles 139, 141, 143 (paragraph 2) and 148; Having regard to Organic Law No....
Capitalization study on improving healthcare affordability
In terms of health risk coverage, Mali has opted for three mechanisms: AMO, RAMED and mutual health insurance for the vast majority of the population. This led AFD, after preliminary studies, to initiate joint multi-stakeholder meetings. The project has three...
Increasing COVID-19 vaccination in remote Sierra Leone
A recent study in Sierra Leone's remote areas used mobile vaccination teams and community mobilization to improve COVID-19 vaccine access. Conducted in 150 communities, the intervention increased immunization rates by 26 percentage points within 48-72 hours and...
Recommendations for setting up a mixed provider payment system
The Health Policy Plus project assessed the strengths and weaknesses of CANAM's current provider payment system in light of the opportunities presented by the introduction of RAMU to harmonize the various health insurance schemes consolidated under this insurance...
Synthesis of documented international pricing experiences for CANAM
The Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CANAM) remunerates its service providers on a fee-for-service basis, according to an established fee schedule. Users pay a co-payment (ticket modérateur) of 20% for hospitalization and 30% for outpatient care and medication....
Social safety net program 2022-2026
The aim of the program is to increase the productive capacities of the most vulnerable households through a range of interventions, and to strengthen the national social safety net system to ensure greater social inclusion of poor and vulnerable populations. The...