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.
Turkish Health Transformation Program and beyond
This policy brief lays out Turkey’s significantly improved supply of health services under its Health Transformation Program (HTP) between 2003 and 2013. Improved health outcomes, increased health utilization and changes in health financing trends reflect the rise in...
Groupe sectoriel santé – Côte d’Ivoire: minutes of June 24 meeting
P4H Annual Review 2020-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created a profound health and social crisis but has also triggered an unprecedented multilateral response, bringing together political leadership and financial resources at the global level. While we need to fight back against COVID-19 and...
Budget structure in health and transition to programme budgeting: Lessons from Armenia (December 2018)
Transition to programme budgeting in health in Burkina Faso: Status of the reform and preliminary lessons for health financing (December 2018)
Budget structure reforms and their impact on health financing systems: Lessons from Kyrgyzstan (July 2020)
Health financing and budgeting reforms in Gabon: Progress and challenges on the road to Universal Health Coverage (August 2020)
Budgeting for results in health: Key features, achievements and challenges in Peru (August 2020)
Implementing programme based budgeting in Ghana’s health sector – June 2021
Financing Health for All: Increase, transform and redirect – COUNCIL BRIEF NO. 2 (October 2021)
Kuwait during the pandemic of COVID 19
This article outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
Universal health insurance in Rwanda: major challenges and solutions for financial sustainability of the community-based health insurance (CBHI)
Rwanda introduced CBHI as a vehicle for universal health insurance and universal health coverage. First introduced in 1999/2000, CBHI has since faced chronic financial deficit. In this peer reviewed study, the authors assessed the challenges facing CBHI financial...
Rwanda: Health financing strategic plan (2018-2024)
This document complements the 2018-2024 Health sector strategic plan, focussing on health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) by improving effective service coverage by...
Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (2018-2024)
The Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (HSSP IV) is the guiding document outlining national strategic directions to improve health standards of Rwandans between 2018-2024. Its content reflects a comprehensive analysis of the Rwanda’s health sector progress and...
Nigeria health financing policy and strategy 2017
A stronger national health financing system provides a stronger foundation for the broader health system. Health financing thus serves as pivot upon which other health system building blocks revolve and rest. Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and all the...