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).
Universal Health Coverage Assessment: Republic of the Fiji Islands 2015
The document includes an assessment of the Fijian health system with a focus on the health financing. The general government budget was the main pooling arrangement for health funds and the Ministry of Health purchases health services for the entire population as of...
Strategic Purchasing Arrangements in Uganda and Their Implications for Universal Health Coverage
Uganda's mixed health financing system creates challenges for achieving universal health coverage but offers opportunities for improvement through better resource pooling and provider autonomy.A new research article published in the Health Systems and Reform Journal...
Triin Habicht_WHO_Health financing policies in Europe_English
Webinar 2 Questions answers_English
Узбекистан_ Реформа системы здравоохранения и внедрение гос мед страхования
Таджикистан_Реформа системы здравоохранения и подготовка к ОМС
Agenda Webinar CIS_20 April_in Russian language
Agenda CIS webinar on April 20_English final
Côte d’Ivoire: Decree on the organization of the Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage
Supporting strategic health purchasing: a case study of annual health budgets from General Tax Revenue and Social Health Insurance in Abia State, Nigeria
The recent health financing reforms in Nigeria such as the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) and state-supported Social Health Insurance (SHI) schemes recognize the critical roles of state governments and related agencies in defining, deciding, implementing, and...
Zambia 2018 National Health Insurance Act
For over three decades Zambia government has explored the prospect of introducing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to reduce overreliance on out-of-pocket expenditures and move towards universal coverage. By 2011 the need to introduce the NHI scheme in line...
The Gambia National Health Financing Strategic Plan 2019- 2024
In the past few years, the Gambia has been through the process of implementing several health financing reforms among them include the implementation of the national health insurance scheme to ensure social health protection. The 2019-2024 health financing strategy...
Advancing Universal Health Coverage: What Developing Countries Can Learn from the Israeli Experience?
This working paper documents Israel’s experience in implementing universal health coverage amid challenges of insufficient coverage, cost containment, health system equity and a growing private sector. The Israeli health care system has benefited greatly from its...
Integrating refugees into national health systems amid political and economic constraints in the Eastern Mediterranean: Approaches from Lebanon and Jordan
This paper explores the political economy of Lebanon and Jordan for providing social health protection to the large number of refugees that both countries host. In Lebanon, the ability of the existing health system to provide universal health coverage, even for its...
Why is strategic purchasing critical for Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Strategic Purchasing in health is defined as a deliberate effort by governments to direct health funds to priority populations, interventions, and services, and actively create incentives so funds are used by providers equitably and aligned with population health...