Stakeholder engagement
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.7 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
510 results
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.8 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Incentivizing private provision of Primary Health Care in a remote area (Initial Phase)
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.9 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Adding hospital-based child delivery care services to the benefit package
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
A guideline issued for a COVID-19 vaccine side effects fund
Thailand
Thailand's National Health Security Office (NHSO) issues a guideline for compensation claims of COVID-19 vaccine recipients who experience adverse effects. Only the Thai recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine provided by the government are eligible to submit...
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Health Insurance Claims for High-Burden Diseases in the Philippines
Philippines
Abstract In the Philippines, anecdotes on the dwindling use of essential healthcare services as an indirect consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic are mounting, but compelling evidence remains scarce. In this study, we examined the magnitude of decline in insurance...
NEWS | 01 Jun 2021
Bangladesh Prime Minister assures adequate supply of Covid 19 vaccines irrespective of procurement costs
Bangladesh
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has assured that her government will procure COVID-19 vaccines at any cost, and has also allocated financial help for marginalized families. An amount of over 1,500 crore Bangladeshi Takas has been allocated to ease the sufferings of...
NEWS | 30 May 2021
No hospital charges for COVID-19 patients
Thailand
National Health Security Office (NHSO) urges hospital operators not to charge COVID-19 patients for any health services. Thai government will reimburse the hospitals for any expense incurred. Both public and private hospital operators can process the claims with...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Ensuring equitable population coverage in the Philippines: Immediate eligibility to Philhealth benefits (2021)
Philippines
People should be at the center of UHC, so population coverage should be prioritized, especially for the most disadvantaged groups. The Philippines’ UHC law mandates that all Filipinos be given immediate access to the country’s national health insurance benefits...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Kenya: A review of Afya Care – The universal health coverage pilot program – In Isiolo County (September 2020)
Kenya
In late 2018, the Government of Kenya launched the Afya Care Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot program in four counties in Kenya. Under the initiative, county governments discontinued all user fees at secondary public hospitals and, in return, received commodities...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Kenya: A review of Eduafya (March 2020)
Kenya
The SP4PHC project team in Kenya undertook a rapid review of EduAfya, a scheme launched by the Government of Kenya to provide health insurance coverage to public secondary school students. This brief assesses how the program is working, drawing on implementation...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Kenya: A review of Makueni Care (October 2019)
Kenya
Makueni county has launched a health financing scheme called Makueni Care, allowing registered households to access free services at public hospitals. This brief provides an overview of how the scheme works and discusses how the SP4PHC team will support the County...
DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021
Purchasing at the county level in Kenya (October 2019)
Kenya
Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project aims to improve how governments purchase primary health care (PHC) services, with a focus on family planning (FP) and maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH). The project is supported by the Bill &...
DOCUMENT | 26 May 2021
Bringing Private Midwives into Indonesia’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Brief (July 2020)
Indonesia
This brief summarizes findings from a landscaping study conducted by Universitas Gadjah Mada’s (UGM) Center for Reproductive Health, ThinkWell’s learning partner. Drawing from an extensive review of the literature, interviews with key stakeholders, and focus group...
DOCUMENT | 25 May 2021
Bringing Private Midwives into Indonesia’s National Health Insurance Scheme: A Landscape Analysis (July 2020)
Indonesia
This report summarizes findings from a landscaping study that ThinkWell and the Center for Reproductive Health at Universitas Gadjah Mada undertook in 2018 on JKN engagement with private midwives under the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project....
DOCUMENT | 25 May 2021
Overview of Health Financing Flows in Uganda (April 2021)
Uganda
This report documents the nature and magnitude of financial flows to Uganda’s health sector and the purchase of primary health care (PHC) services. Developed in consultation with the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH), it serves as a corollary to ThinkWell’s review of...