DOCUMENT | 05 Jul 2018
STRATEGIE NATIONALE DE FINANCEMENT DE LA SANTE EN VUE DE LA COUVERTURE UNIVERSELLE EN SANTE AU NIGER
Niger
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DOCUMENT | 05 Jul 2018
Tanzania Health Financing Strategy 2016-2026 Path towards Universal Health Coverage (Draft)
Tanzania, United Republic of
NEWS | 05 Apr 2018
Southern Africa countries with lowest OOP in Africa
Data published by WHO coming from National Health Accounts (NHA) 2015 show that the lowest rates of out-of-pocket payments in relation to Current Health Expenditure (CHE) are found in Southern African countries: Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho,...
NEWS | 03 Apr 2018
The World Bank injects $105 Million to improve Primary Health Care in Mozambique, with disbursements linked to performance and health financing
Mozambique
The World Bank approved $105 million equivalent in non-reimbursable grants for the Government of Mozambique’s Primary Health Care Strengthening Program‐for‐Results. Of this amount, $25 million equivalent is provided by the Global Finance Facility (GFF)*, and $80...
DOCUMENT | 29 Mar 2018
2005-11-04 Development of social health insurance in Mongolia: Successes, challenges and lessons
Mongolia
This paper examines the process of developing social health insurance in Mongolia during 1994-2004, and its successes, challenges and lessons. The development of compulsory health insurance in Mongolia shows that a prepaid health insurance mechanism based on risk...
DOCUMENT | 29 Mar 2018
2009-08-11 Health promotion financing with Mongolia’s social health insurance
Mongolia
Health promotion is receiving more attention in Mongolia. A survey is undertaken to examine health promotion in terms of health-related information, education, counseling, screening, and preventive and medical checkups. There are several factors that limit the...
DOCUMENT | 29 Mar 2018
2016-02-16 Social health insurance development in Mongolia: Opportunities and challenges in moving towards Universal Health Coverage
Mongolia
This paper is the second paper that reviews social health insurance development in Mongolia during 2005-2015. The first paper from 2005 reviewed mandatory health insurance development during 1994-2004. During these years, health insurance brought many new features for...
DOCUMENT | 29 Mar 2018
2016-11-07 Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Mongolia
Mongolia
The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and to measure the rate of impoverishment from health care payments under the social health insurance scheme in Mongolia. Data from the 2012 Household Socio-Economic Survey was...
DOCUMENT | 29 Mar 2018
2015-11-04 Explaining differences in education-related inequalities in health between urban and rural areas in Mongolia.
Mongolia
After the socioeconomic transition in 1990, Mongolia has been experiencing demographic and epidemiologic transitions; however, there is lack of evidence on socioeconomic-related inequality in health across the country. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the...
DOCUMENT | 27 Mar 2018
2018-03-27 Who bears the financial burden of NCDs in Mongolia?
Mongolia
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a formidable health and development challenge for low and middle income countries (LMICs). However, translating this challenge into resource allocation is seriously constrained by a lack of country specific evidence on NCD...
NEWS | 16 Mar 2018
High level WHO UHC Mission to Kenya
Kenya
At the start of his 2nd term, and aligned with Member States’ commitments to the UHC and SDG agenda, the President of Kenya has reached out to the WHO Director General to support the country’s efforts towards UHC. He has made commitments as part of 4 key...
NEWS | 02 Mar 2018
Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report
One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015– focuses specifically on health (SDG 3) to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Target 3.8 of SDG 3 – achieving universal...
NEWS | 16 Jan 2018
Hot off the press – Benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy report. The case of Indonesia by GIZ
Indonesia
“Financial Sustainability and Coverage Effectiveness of the Indonesian Health Insurance System - The role of benefit package design and pharmaceutical policy”. The assessment is part of the German contribution to the European Union Social Protection Systems...
DOCUMENT | 20 Dec 2017
WHO Report on Global Health Expenditure: 2000-2015
On the UHC Day-12 December 2017, WHO released new global health expenditure estimates for the period 2000 to 2015 that include more than 190 WHO Member States. This Global Health Expenditure Report is consistent with the new system of health accounts (SHA 2011). The...
NEWS | 20 Dec 2017
Latest Global Health Expenditure Data: 2000-2015
During the UHC Forum held in Tokyo from 12-15 December 2017, WHO released new health expenditure estimates for the period 2000 to 2015 through its Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). The database includes more than 190 WHO Member States and is now consistent...