WHO reviews proposed revisions to SDG UHC indicators 3.8.1 & 3.8.2, potentially altering a decade of financial protection data. On 21 August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) organised an information session for Member States to discuss the revision of...
The presentation slides for the "Member State Information Session on Monitoring Universal Health Coverage (Sustainable Development Goals target 3.8): Revision of SDG UHC Indicators 3.8.1 & 3.8.2," held on 21 August 2024, are now available. These slides provide a...
Albania and Cambodia are advancing social health protection and employment initiatives through joint programmes supported by the Joint SDG Fund, with a focus on fostering inclusion and universal health coverage.In Cambodia, the Joint SDG Fund is driving key reforms to...
The Latvian Trade Union of Health and Social Care Workers (LHRSW) plans to send an open letter to the government urging an increase in healthcare funding for 2025, said leader Valdis Keris. Latvia’s healthcare spending lags behind the EU average (7.7% of GDP), with...
Seimas approved amendments to the Health Insurance Law, merging the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and five territorial funds into a single entity from July 1, 2025. The NHIF Director will also gain authority to impose minimum sanctions on medical...
Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) is a public health insurance scheme that covers more than 70 percent of the Thai population and is funded through tax revenue. This study examined access to health care among Thai population under the UCS before and during...
This study undertakes a comprehensive assessment of Iraq’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) targets that could contribute to Iraq’s policy and strategies. The study concludes that achieving UHC in Iraq by 2030 would be a challenge without proactive...
The French National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee has examined the bill to approve the Social Security accounts for 2023. Solicited by the Social Security Department, the Union nationale des organismes complémentaires d'Assurance maladie (Unocam) has submitted...
This peer reviewed article examines out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for maternal healthcare in Ghana despite the free maternal healthcare policy introduced in 2008. Using data from 414 mothers in two regions, the study measures the catastrophic effects of these payments...
The article examines the impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments in Ghana before introducing the national health insurance scheme. Using data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey 5 (2005/2006) and two poverty lines ($1.25 and $2.50 per capita...
The document titled "Does health aid matter to financial risk protection? A regression analysis across 159 household surveys, 2000–2016" delves into the unexplored relationship between health aid and financial risk protection (FRP). Despite the growing emphasis on...
One of the major provisions of the Loi d'Orientation Agricole (LOA) is the introduction of specific social protection for the agricultural sector.By including this provision in the LOA, the legislator is correcting a social injustice affecting the agricultural sector,...
On 24 June 2024, the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF), in collaboration with GIZ Cambodia and the P4H Network and presided over by Mr. Hour Tola, Deputy Director General of NSAF, conducted the first of a series of regional training workshop in Siem Reap...
President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirms the Government’s commitment to National Health Insurance (NHI) with a renewed focus on collaboration with the private sector, aiming to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable quality healthcare for all South Africans, while...
WHO Regional Office for Europe published a short report titled "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Bulgaria" (2022). The following overview from WHO gives a snapshot of the report's content: This report is the first...
