1 The high-level policy goal of universal health coverage and the rights-based social health protection frameworkThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased the visibility of the importance of a social safety net in all countries, including for health. This increased...
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Stakeholder engagement
Incentivizing private provision of Primary Health Care in a remote area (Initial Phase)
Adding hospital-based child delivery care services to the benefit package
Progress towards universal health coverage in Myanmar: a national and subnational assessment The article was published in The Lancet in 2018. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30318-8/fulltext
This blog highlights an extensive study of the latest two reproductive, maternal, and newborn health (RMNH) voucher schemes in Uganda conducted jointly by the Uganda Ministry of Health and the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care project implemented by...
This study examines the development of social health insurance (SHI) in Vietnam between 1992 and 2016. SHI developmental stages have been identified from legislative changes which led to change in SHI functioning. It has been divided into five stages: Stage I...
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province”. The Support to Social Protection - Social Health Protection (SP-SHP) project undertook a scoping study to analyse how...
We are happy to share with you the publication titled “Working in Partnership for Social Health Protection in Pakistan”. The 14-page report presents insights into German-supported capacity development measures aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s social health protection...
The National Health Security Office (NHSO), Thai government’s independent agency overseeing Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) despite the COVID 19 crisis initiated new health programs, health system response and social innovations that strengthen health system in 2020....
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Drawing inspiration from the Togolese health insurance model was the main objective of a mission from Burkina Faso's Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie universelle (CNAMU), which visited in Togo in December 2020. The CNAMU delegation learned from the...
Representatives of business associations and enterprises met on 19th January 2021 to discuss the social health insurance policy options proposed by the Ministry of Health in view of the revision of the Law. The workshop was organized through the partnership between...
This paper reviews existing health financing policy recommendations to considers whether, and if so how, these need revising given the challenging context of Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations (FCAS). The paper aims to inform policy i.e. the decisions and...
