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.
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...
Financial situation and prospects for reform of the Colombian health care system
The sustainability of the Colombian health system is a critical element for maintaining the progress achieved in health financial protection and health service coverage.There is pressure to increase health spending due to the adoption of new technologies, the aging...
National digital health strategy 2021-2025
According to the co-signatories, the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Digital Economy, the development of this plan was a participatory process involving all public and private sector players working in the field of health and information and communication...
National Strategic Plan for Community Health 2023-2027
The PNDS 2015-2024 considers Community health to be one of the levers for moving towards universal health coverage. This prioritization resulted in the development and adoption of a National Community Health Policy in 2017 and a National Community Health Strategy...
Impact of direct health expenditure on poverty and compliance of public and external health financing in Guinea
This document was produced by the World Bank and external contributors with the following objectives (i) measure the impact of DDS on extreme poverty in Guinea ; (ii) compare this impact with that of other categories of household expenditure; and (iii) assess the...
NCD Alliance report on fiscal policies to combat non-communicable diseases
In the report Getting Fiscal Policies Right: Lessons and Recommendations Across NCD Risk Factors, published by the NCD Alliance, the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is critically examined. The report highlights the growing burden of NCDs, which now...
Health policy analysis for health taxes: Lessons from Nigeria
This policy brief addresses the significant role health taxes can play in combating non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, which claim 41 million lives annually. By taxing harmful products such as tobacco, alcohol, and...
Climate change, public health and health financing : Mozambique’s experience
How to integrate climate change in health financing work at country level? Mozambique's experience in this document is built around: Strategies and long term perspective Responding to climate-related crisis ...and a glimpse on political economy Industrialization is...
Testing P4H Political Economy Tool in Cambodia
This report outlines the pilot testing of the P4H Political Economy Tool (PET) in Cambodia. The PET was piloted to test its pertinence and practical usefulness for P4H country focal person engaged with country specific reforms and political economy processes.
Technical note on Social Health Insurance
This note presents the characteristics of public health insurance systems and analyzes their characteristics in relation to Universal Health Coverage in Mozambique. Compulsory public insurance systems represent an improvement in access and financial protection in...
Taxes for Public Health To reduce the incidence of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contents : NCDs and their causes The situation in Mozambique: prevalence and risks Health taxes Proposals for : Tobacco Alcohol Soft drinks Unhealthy food products Conclusion
Effects of temporary abolition of user fees in Sofala province
Objective: To analyze the effects of the 9-month user fee abolition that followed the passage of cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019 Methods: Statistical data and qualitative information analysis (interviews to hospital and district administrators)