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.
Joint external evaluation of IHR core capacities of the Kingdom of Cambodia
"This report is the product of a joint external evaluation (JEE) of the Kingdom of Cambodia’s capacity to prevent, detect and rapidly respond to public health threats of a natural, deliberate or accidental nature. The assessment used the World Health Organization...
UEMOA regulation on social mutuality
REGLEMENT N°07/2009/CM/UEMOA PORTANT REGLEMENTATION DE LA MUTUALITE SOCIALE AU SEIN DE L'UEMOA
Health financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): a systematic review
The world health organisation defines UHC as everyone having access to required health services of high quality without suffering financial hardship. UHC is embedded within the 3.8 target of sustainable development goals. To attain the UHC goal, there is need for...
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the Abuja declaration: Honouring the pledge
The 2001 Abuja declaration is a pledge by the African Union member states to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets each year to improving their healthcare systems. However, for the countries in the SADC, fulfilling this pledge has been a challenge. Having...
A review of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health services under insurance regimes: A policy implementation gap hindering universal health coverage (UHC) in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
One of the key targets of sustainable development goal 3.8 is UHC which requires that all persons irrespective of their social economic background should have access to quality health services when required without incurring financial hardship. To attain this goal,...
The Fifth National Strategic Plan for a Comprehensive, Multi-Sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS (2019-2023)
Moving Toward Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2025.
Senegal: Groupe L4UHC study tour mission report
BENIN: Publication of a report on social protection and health rights
Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures: Determinants and impacts on the livelihoods of urban households in selected Sudanese states
Understanding the characteristics of individuals or households that are most at risk of incurring catastrophic health expenditures could help in targeted policies to ensure financial risk protection among the most vulnerable. Researchers in Sudan investigated the...
Côte d’Ivoire: CR GSS meeting of November 25, 2021
Factors contributing to low adherence to community-based health insurance (CBHI) in rural Nyanza district, southern Rwanda
Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is a kind of health insurance targeted at low-income groups and it has the potential to provide financial risk protection against exorbitant medical expenses among them. In Rwanda, CBHI is being implemented across the country...
Republic of the Gambia 2012-2020 national health policy-Health is wealth
The government of Gambia envisioned providing quality and affordable health services for all by 2020. This national health policy provided a clear direction to all relevant stakeholders in the health sector for implementation of interventions in the sector to improve...
Cost of Gambia’s basic healthcare package (BHCP)
Due to limited resources, most low income countries have developed a BHCP which defines a set of minimum healthcare interventions provided to people at an affordable cost. A BHCP is an important factor in the implementation of universal health coverage as it has the...
The Sustainable Financing Initiative in Cambodia
"Between 2018 and 2020, the Sustainable Financing Initiative focused on three key areas in Cambodia: Public Financial Management, Private Sector Engagement, and Financial Protection. As a result of this initiative, the country is well placed to achieve Universal...
PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH SYSTEMS IN BURUNDI: Feasibility study on pooling funds
The overall aim of this study is to : Contribute to the development of a health financing mechanism based on the pooling of PBF-G funds, with a view to optimizing resource mobilization, reducing financial risks, reducing barriers to access to health services, reducing...