The number of documents available on the P4H Network’s digital platform reflects 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 Implications of health financing for health access and equity in Nigeria
Health financing is an important function of the health system and plays a key role in enabling progress towards Universal Health Coverage by improving effective service coverage and ensuring adequate financial protection from impoverishment arising from health...
The South Africa National Health Insurance bill
In 2019, the South African government committed to establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected from catastrophic expenditures from medical expenses to attain universal health coverage. This NHI Act,...
Domestic resource mobilization and sustainable financing of PHC in Côte d’Ivoire in a context of transition
This document contains the following information: Context: Accelerating sustainable healthcare financing Priorities defined by PNCFS TWG 3 and the Partners' Health Funding TWG. Opportunities and next steps : Gavi FPP, transition of certain partners
The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control
Study of the potential for expanding the budgetary space dedicated to health in the Republic of Burundi
The political economy of universal health coverage reform in Thailand: Lessons for low- and middle-income countries
Thailand achieved universal health coverage (UHC) with three public health insurance schemes in 2002. This study examines how political economy factors influenced the evolution of universal health coverage reform in Thailand by applying the political economy...
Burundi: Health financing strategy towards CSU version March 2022
Burundi to honor the international declarations and commitments to which the country has subscribed in terms of health, has developed a framework and is implementing its health policy to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the World Program for...
Political economy and the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Ghana: a case study of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
In this study, the authors document the political pathway to the implementation of the NHIS in Ghana as well as the continuous political will supporting the scheme. The political structure as well as advocacy strength play a critical role in setting budgets for...
The political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia
There is growing evidence that political economy factors are important for adopting health financing reforms, but there is little consensus about which political and institutional factors determine the results of reform proposals. This study examined efforts at health...