South Sudan is committed to attaining universal health coverage and this commitment is emphasized in the national constitution. Despite the commitment, the country has yet to make strides to achieve its health goals. This health system assessment was conducted to...
Uganda’s national health accounts (NHA) for 2014/15 and 2015/16
Health Financing is critical to achieving health systems agenda. The overall purpose of the NHA study is to provide data for countries to monitor health spending across multiple streams, regardless of the entity or institution that financed and managed that spending...
New documents available on Uganda country page
New documents on health financing and social health protection have been uploaded to the documents section of the Uganda country page. The documents can be downloaded from the related documents link below
Determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, which adopts a tax-based health system with free health care at the point of service. However, Timor-Leste has not yet achieved elimination of inequalities in the utilisation of health services. This study aims to assess the...
Reforming premium amount in the Indonesian National Health Insurance System program using system dynamics
Indonesia has developed the National Health Insurance System (NHIS), aiming to achieve the Universal Health Coverage. However, there was deficit problem during 2014 to 2019. The trend is likely to increase. This study aims to evaluate and plan further policies with...
New article on determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, which adopts a tax-based health system with free health care at the point of service. However, Timor-Leste has not yet achieved elimination of inequalities in the utilisation of health services. This...
New article on reforming premium amount in the Indonesian National Health Insurance System
Indonesia has developed the National Health Insurance System (NHIS), aiming to achieve the Universal Health Coverage. However, there was deficit problem during 2014 to 2019. The trend is likely to increase. This study aims to...
Namibia’s 2014/15 national health accounts report
Namibia has made a commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), which requires the provision of quality health services to the population at an affordable cost. Health financing is a key element to consider in the move towards UHC, and health accounts...
An evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia
Universal health coverage (UHC) improves the equity of the health system. With UHC, the poor and vulnerable populations could access quality and essential health care without financial barriers or the risk of catastrophic health expenditure. To close equity gaps,...
New article on evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia now available in documents section
Universal health coverage (UHC) improves the equity of the health system. With UHC, the poor and vulnerable populations could access quality and essential health care without financial barriers or the risk of catastrophic health expenditure. To close equity gaps,...
Manual for the Social Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism (EN)
"The mechanism will build up a system for data collection for analytical purposes and program monitoring which focuses on capturing the key indicators such as coverage expansion, efficiency and quality of services, access to benefits, investments, investments–result...
The impact of National Health Insurance upon accessibility of health services and financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure: a case study of Savannakhet province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Scheme in terms of its accessibility and in providing financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. The data collection process was implemented in hospitals of two...
Exploring health insurance services in Sudan from the perspectives of insurers
A range of health insurance options including Social Health Insurance exist in Sudan. Social Health Insurance is compulsory for the formal sector, although voluntary for the informal sector and small companies (≤10 employees). Private health insurance companies...
Cost of Implementing Minimum Service Standards for Health in Indonesia
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...
New report on implementing minimum service standards now available in documents section
Indonesia has increased health insurance coverage to 83 % of the total population. Due to the rise of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevalence, public health spending may need to shift the focus to primary health care. Indonesia has released several iterations of its...