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.
National Health Promotion Policy
This policy document outlines a broad strategy, under the theme ‘health in all professions, policies, programmes, policies and people, through partnerships’, to effectively address societal health priorities such as obesity and substance use. The policy sets out a...
National Health Strategic Plan (NHSP) 2022-2026
According to the Seychelles Ministry of Health, the national health plan proposes "bold changes to maintain and strengthen health gains for all residents, throughout their lives. It recognizes that promoting, protecting and restoring health in the fragile and...
Catastrophic burden of out-of-pocket maternal healthcare payments in Ghana’s free health policy
This peer reviewed article examines out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for maternal healthcare in Ghana despite the free maternal healthcare policy introduced in 2008. Using data from 414 mothers in two regions, the study measures the catastrophic effects of these payments...
Impoverishment from out-of-pocket healthcare payments before Ghana’s health insurance scheme
The article examines the impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments in Ghana before introducing the national health insurance scheme. Using data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey 5 (2005/2006) and two poverty lines ($1.25 and $2.50 per capita...
Can provincial-pooling of urban and rural resident basic medical insurance improve the health performance of migrant population?
This study aims to explore the impact of provincial-pooling of basic medical insurance on the health performance of migrant population and analyze the mediating role of social integration. And calls for accelerating the promotion of provincial-pooling of basic medical...
Proposed redesign and restructuring of the national health insurance scheme
The report reviews Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), established by Acts 650 (2003) and 852 (2012), highlighting its success in providing affordable healthcare to millions while identifying key challenges threatening its sustainability. Despite...
Angola’s Health and Nutrition sectors : Review 2023
In 2022, the health budget represented 4.8% of the OGE and 1.6% of the Gross Domestic Product, amounting to a total of Kz 905.5 billion (US$ 2.6 billion) or Kz 27.3 thousand per capita (US$ 54 per capita). The budget is heavily centralized in the Central Government,...
National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 3
“The PNDS creates opportunities to strengthen the National Health System, so that it can respond more and more efficiently and effectively to our populations' needs, with a common purpose and vision more efficiently and effectively to the needs of our populations,...
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 2
The PNDS will be translated into Annual Action Plans at all levels of the system. Their monitoring and evaluation will be based on a baseline of impact, coverage and outcome indicators to coverage and results to assess the goals and objectives set out in its...
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS) Volume 1
The National Health Development Plan 2012-2025 (PNDS), drawn up by a Multisectoral Commission, created by Presidential initiative, through Presidential Order No. 84/11 of 27 October, is a strategic-operational instrument aimed at materialising the guidelines set out...
Persistency of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
The study titled "Persistency of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures: Measurement with Evidence from Three African Countries - Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda" investigates the ongoing financial burden of out-of-pocket health expenses in Sub-Saharan Africa....
Germany: Hospital Care Improvement Act
The federal government is undertaking a significant hospital reform to address the threat of clinic insolvencies, inadequate treatment, and increased travel distances for patients if current inpatient care structures remain unchanged. The reform aims to ensure...
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On health insurance of citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic from October 18, 1999 No. 112
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On health insurance of citizens in the Kyrgyz Republic" was originally adopted (signed) on October 18, 1999 under No. 112. It was approved by the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic and signed by the President of the Kyrgyz...
Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016
The document titled "Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016" delves into the unexplored relationship between health aid and financial risk protection (FRP). Despite the growing emphasis on...
Strategy for implementing Targeted Free Distribution in CAR
The aim of this strategy is to reduce maternal and infant mortality, which is predominant in 07 districts not covered by technical and financial partners, and to guarantee equity in the provision of healthcare to all the people of the Central African Republic. The...