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.
Mozambique: Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of User Fees in the Public Health Sector
A Report by the Citizen's Observatory for Transparency and Good Governance in the Health Sector analyses the impact of health services user fees on disadvantaged populations in Mozambique. Language: Portuguese
A study on cost-effectiveness and budget impact of HPV vaccination programs in Kenya
The study evaluates the cost-effectiveness and budget impact of HPV vaccination programs for ten-year-old girls in Kenya as the country transitions from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, support. Using a static cohort model, it compares four vaccines (CECOLIN, CERVARIX,...
Strategy for integrating Results-Based Financing into the Uganda intergovernmental fiscal transfers program
In Uganda, Results-Based Financing (RBF) is highlighted as a core intervention to transform health purchasing from a traditional input-based budgeting approach to one that actively encourages performance improvements. This strategy's goal is to institutionalize RBF as...
From Universal Health Coverage services packages to budget appropriation: the long journey to implementation
An analysis of how essential packages of health services (EPHS) can (or cannot) help foster more and better health financing systems. Abstract EPHS potentially contribute to universal health coverage (UHC) financing through several pathways. Generally, expectations on...
Global Health Talk 2023 Policy Brief: Financing Health for All in The Context of Scarcity
At the Global Health Talk 2023, Healthy DEvelopments and the Global Health Hub Germany launched a policy brief presenting the outcomes of a joint Catalyst Dialogue on “How to increase funding for health for all and spend existing funds more effectively". The Global...
Overview of health financing flows in Uganda
Tracking health financing resources is critical for ensuring the efficient use of resources as well as equitable distribution. This report documents the nature and magnitude of financial flows to Uganda’s health sector and the purchase of primary health care (PHC)...
India’s G20 Presidency: Institutions, fiscal space and social health protection
A policy brief published by the Observer Research Foundation on India's G20 presidency and and it's implications for social health protection and fiscal space in the G20 countries. Overview Ensuring and managing the fiscal space is necessary for sustained government...
The roadmap to sustainable finance in health
The report was launched at the Health 20 Summit organised by the G20 and G7 Health for Development Partnership on 22 June 2023. The Report aims to serve "A Toolkit for G20 & G7 Countries and Develop a Taxonomy for Health." This paper identifies the trend that...
Health Financing in a Time of Global Shocks: Strong Advance, Early Retreat
This latest paper of the World Bank's Double Shock, Double Recovery series, Health Financing in a Time of Global Shocks, is a first attempt to comprehensively gauge how government health spending has fared in developing countries over the past three years – a period...
Strategic purchasing of health services in Sierra Leone
This study assessed the progress that Sierra Leone has made regarding strategic purchasing of health services, in its efforts to attain universal health coverage. Specifically, it aimed to; Map the major purchasers and purchasing arrangements in Sierra Leone, Analyze...
How can digital technologies be used to enhance health financing? Claims management in Estonia
Published by the WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing as part of their health financing policy papers, this brief explores how the Estonian Health Insurance Fund claims management process has been further digitalized over time, how this has enabled the...
Reimagining governance for strategic purchasing: evidence from 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia
The WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published this policy paper as part of a series. It is a study on health purchasing governance in 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,...
Can Ethiopia finance the continued development of its primary health care system if external resources decline?
Originally published in 2018, this study utilized a projection model to assess Ethiopia's ability to sustain its primary care system in the face of decreasing external support. The study also examined the projected costs associated with primary healthcare delivery....
Ethiopia Social Health Insurance Proclamation No.690 /2010
This proclamation serves as an official declaration, establishing the fundamental provisions and principles of the social health insurance program in Ethiopia. It outlines the guidelines regarding coverage and eligibility, premiums, benefits and services, governance...
Namibia health sector Public Expenditure Review
This report presents the findings of Namibia’s health sector's first Public Expenditure Review (PER). A PER is a comprehensive analysis of public spending over time, assessing its quantity and quality in relation to policy goals and performance indicators. Among...