The framework law number 1438 setting the major principles of the new health financing reform in Colombia was enacted on 19 January 2011. The bill number 210-2013 currently under discussion in Parliament committees, once approved, will provide further guidance for...
Fact finding mission for supporting the creation of a new social health protection institution
During the first week of July, GIZ P4H Sector Project representatives visited Cambodia for a week to respond to a request by the Ministry of Health to develop the National Social Health Protection Fund. This fund will be a semi-autonomous institute, termed Public...
Training on SHP for HFU Staff and District CBHI Managers – February 2012
Recognizing the need for basic understanding of social health protection (SHP) and Health Financing (HF) principles, concepts and best practices, the Ministry of Health (MoH) asks P4H partners for a curriculum on SHP for its technical staff at central level (e.g....
Course on health financing and social health protection – February 2012
A 10-day course on Health Systems Strengthening and Sustainable Financing, organized by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), GIZ, USAID and the World Bank, and partially funded by P4H, takes place in Kathmandu. The course, attended by sixty participants from...
MoHSW orientation workshop for Health Financing Strategy – July 2011
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) organized a health financing strategy orientation workshop, run by the resident P4H expert and local WHO staff. The WHO framework for developing a strategy was introduced and the strategies adopted by neighbouring...
National consultation workshop on the implementation of the national health risk coverage strategy – October 2010
A national consultation workshop on the implementation of the national strategy is taking place in Saly from October 26 to 28, 2010.
Study Tour to the Philippines – February 2010
P4H supports a study tour of a delegation of decision makers from the Mongolian parliament, ministries, trade unions and employer associations to the Philippines. The aim is to learn from the experiences of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation over the past 15...
Ministerial Study Tour to Paris, Berlin and London – January 2009
France, Germany, the UK and the World Bank, together with the government of Kenya organised a ministerial study tour on health financing to Paris, Berlin and London from 21 - 31 January 2009. Under the umbrella of P4H, the study tour aimed at: llustrating how...