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.
Bangladesh Healthcare Financing Strategy 2012-2032
The Health Care Financing Strategy 2012-2032 provides a framework for developing and advancing health financing in Bangladesh. It aims at increasing the level of funding for health, ensuring an equitable distribution of the health financing burden, improving access to...
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
The Government of the United States of America introduced the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Part of this legislation addresses the high cost of drugs to patients by including prescription drug pricing reforms. These measures comprise, among others, lowering...
National health insurance authority annual report-2018
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Ghana was established to achieve universal health insurance coverage under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The NHIA's responsibilities include registering, licensing, and regulating health insurance...
Strengthening Public Financing of Primary Healthcare in India
Aligning public financing arrangements to service delivery complexities and health outcomes pose intricate challenges in shaping the required reforms. The economic growth and room for increased taxation on health products provide an avenue for increased funding. Smart...
ToRs Training workshop for managers on CSU, social protection in health and gender
The P4H network, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, ILO, the World Bank and the L4UHC group, is organizing a training session on universal health coverage, social health protection and gender in the context of the implementation of CSU in Cameroon.To achieve the above...
Analysis of Chèque Santé extension in Cameroon
As part of the fight against Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Mortality, the State of Cameroon has been working with AFD and KFW to set up the Chèque Santé project since June 2015. It has helped reduce in-hospital maternal and neonatal mortality. On April 12, 2023, the...
Economic burden of infectious diseases and its equity implications in Indian households
Infectious diseases remain one of the major causes of health and economic burden for Indian households. The study estimates the equity impact of infectious disease episodes on out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and wage losses among Indian households.
Law on the orientation of health policy
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.Djibouti adopts and supports the principle of solidarity and the equality of all in the face of public health costs: everyone must contribute, to...
Law setting up a Universal Health Insurance system
The Council of Ministers heard in its meeting of September 10, 2013 adopted the insitutionalization of a universal health insurance system (AMU) which includes on the one hand the compulsory health insurance scheme (AMO) and on the other hand the social health...
Assessing the performance of the public finance management system
This assessment of the Republic of Djibouti's public financial management system is the first to use the PEFA methodology.This assessment covers the seven pillars of public financial management and measures its impact on the following three main objectives of public...
Domestic resource mobilization for primary healthcare in West Africa
The document titled "Domestic Resource Mobilisation for Primary Healthcare in West Africa" discusses the health financing and domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) challenges faced by Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, and Togo. While these countries often focus on...
Introduction to estimated changes in free sugar consumption post-UK soft drinks industry levy
The document titled "Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK soft drinks industry levy came into force: controlled interrupted time series analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2011–2019" presents a controlled interrupted time...
Global Financing Facility investments for vulnerable populations
The document titled "Global Financing Facility investments for vulnerable populations: content analysis regarding maternal and newborn health and stillbirths in 11 African countries, 2015 to 2019," authored by Mary Kinney et. al., provides a detailed analysis of the...
AFD-Supporting the strengthening of Djibouti’s healthcare system
The project aims to improve maternal and child health by targeting 2 specific objectives: (i) Improve the use of quality healthcare services in Djibouti, (ii) Strengthen the steering, regulatory and planning capacities of the Ministry of Health.The main expected...
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.