A global review of opportunities, best practices, emerging trends & pitfalls in application of Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning technologies in the area of healthcare financing for UHC and their relevance to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in...
WHO and World Bank organised South-East Asia UHC training on measuring financial protection highlighted varied forgone healthcare among older populations, and urged consistent measurement and data access.In a recent training on measuring financial protection for...
This study evaluates health taxes on unhealthy foods in India. Taxes on high-fat, sugar, or salt foods could reduce demand by 5–24%, boosting government revenues by 12–200% for health initiatives against obesity and non-communicable diseases.Foods high in fat, sugar...
The paper published in BMC Public Health analyses the gender inequities in accessing Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes (PFHIS) in the Southern States of India using data from the National Family Health Surveys to measure impact on universal health coverage....
The Centre for Indonesia's Strategic Development and Initiatives recently published and launched a White Paper on Indonesia's Health Sector Development (2024-2023). The Paper includes 14 Chapters. This Chapter titled Invest Wisely, Execute Strategically, Achieve More-...
This article is the second part of the series and provides recommendations for health financing and social health protection in China.The artilce uses a health system conceptual framework and proposes a set of feasible policy recommendations that draw from...
Malaysia is exploring a national health insurance scheme funded by employees, employers, and the government that will be “run by the government, non-profit driven, and uses the philosophy of shared responsibility," says Dr Zaliha Mustafa, the Minister of...
In May 2021, the HSSA launched a series of virtual meetings to cocreate a vision and action plan for a more responsive and robust health policy and system research ecosystem in Asia. The P4H Network and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research agreed to...
The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal has endorsed a new Health Financing (HF) Strategy for 2023-2033.P4H Network has been part of process for developing the country’s National Health Financing Strategy through the Rapid Results Initiative of the L4UHC...
The October Edition of Lancet Global Health has published a research article on catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID 19 Pandemic in 2020 in five countries with available household expenditure data: Belarus, Mexico, Peru, Russia, and Viet Nam.The COVID-19...
The analysis showed that in the structure of the group of self-employed in Kazakhstan by type of activity, the agricultural sector dominates - 33.3%. Most of the self-employed are also concentrated in distribution services (trade 32.1%, transport and warehousing...
The government of the Republic of Korea will begin earnest discussions to boost the sustainability of the national health insurance system and plans to unveil reform measures by September.The Health Ministry has drawn up a plan to devise preliminary measures this...
The USAID Local Health Systems Sustainability Project Webinar is going to be held tomorrow, 27 June at 9.00 AM EST to discuss integrating vulnerable populations into national social health protection programs with panelists from Cambodia, Colombia & Vietnam.In...
The Southeast Asia Regional Collaborative for Health (SEARCH) is a regional learning network focusing on strategic purchasing for universal health coverage (UHC) in Southeast Asia. The network is housed at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of...
Please join us for Webinar 3! In this webinar, we have invited health financing/ social health protection experts from across the globe to share the lessons learnt in providing access to social health protection to migrant workers and their families. Our experts will...
