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.
Mapping the literature on development assistance in health
The document published by the Observer Research Foundation presents a comprehensive analysis of the literature on development assistance in health between 2000 and 2022. The study reveals critical findings, including disparities in research output and significant...
Incidence of catastrophic health spending in Indonesia: insights from a Household Panel Study 2018–2019
Indonesia has introduced a national health insurance scheme called Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) in 2014. This study aims to assess the incidence of catastrophic health spending (CHS) and its determinants and trends between 2018 and 2019, a period during which JKN...
Tying health taxes to health promotion is popular and effective in Thailand
This commentary elaborates on Thailand's utilization of health taxes on unhealthy goods to health promotion at the population level. Thailand channels these health taxes into the Thai Health Promotion Fund, specifically a 2% surcharge added to the excise tax on...
Health systems development in Thailand: a solid platform for successful implementation of universal health coverage
This review provides insights into Thailand's historical health system development and universal health coverage by employing a systematic search of published and grey literature in Thai and English languages. Despite its low gross national income per capita in...
Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030
The Kenya National Health Policy aims to improve the nation's health status in alignment with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Vision 2030, and global commitments. It underscores the government's commitment to achieving high health standards, responsive to population...
Social Health Insurance(General) Regulations, 2023
Kenya is currently undergoing a transition from the 57-year-old National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF). This shift aims to ensure equitable access to healthcare services for the impoverished and those in the informal sector...
Tracking Financial Flows in the German Health System
Germany’s health system, rooted in the Bismarckian model, is primarily financed through social contributions split between employees and employers, with sickness funds managing statutory health and long-term care insurance for about 74 million residents. The system...
Health financing for women and children amid climate change
The article published in BMJ Global Health explores the risks climate change poses to women children and adolescents, particularly in the most affected regions, and suggests ways to bridge health and climate finance to protect these groups. Women, children, and...
Gambia National Health Policy 2021-2030
The National Health Policy of The Gambia aligns with the country's development goals outlined in the National Development Plan. It aims to improve living standards by transforming the nation into a dynamic middle-income economy. This policy focuses on achieving...
Financing the future: IDA’s Role in the Evolving Global Aid Architecture
The document "Financing the Future: IDA’s Role in the Evolving Global Aid Architecture" focuses on key trends in official financial flows, the need for rebalancing the global aid architecture, and the International Development Association's (IDA) comparative...
Health Financing Strategy, 2017-2027: Towards UHC for Zambia
The Health Financing Strategy (HFS) 2017-2027 for Zambia aims to enhance the country's health financing framework in line with national health goals. Developed through a participatory process led by the Ministry of Health and the Health Financing Technical Working...
Sustainable health financing in Bhutan
This document aims to provide Bhutan’s health sector policy leaders with a common understanding of existing as well as emergent health financing challenges, such that a reform pathway to sustainable (and sufficient) health financing can then be charted.
Funding from the Ministry of Health of Argentina in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Health of Argentina implemented several interventions in 2020, with the objective of expanding the response capacity of the Health System.Investments were made in the operational capacity of the provinces, complementing the investments made by the...
Health Financial Protection before and during COVID-19 in Paraguay
An analysis is presented from the perspective of excessive, catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket expenses in the National Health System.Public health spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product was equal to 1.8% between 2000 and 2009 and 2.8% between...
Financing of Universal Health Coverage in Paraguay
In Paraguay, 49.4% of total healthcare spending came from people's pockets, in 2017. For the population in the poorest income quintile, this represented a high proportion of household income.The budget of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare grew at an...