Targeting poor households
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
Learning Brief No.3 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
530 results
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
Learning Brief No.4 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Introducing performance-based incentives
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
Learning Brief No.5 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Continuous learning and problem solving
NEWS | 11 Jun 2020
Learning Brief No.6 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Improving medical record keeping
NEWS | 28 May 2020
Vietnam’s trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health related social security benefits
Myanmar
A three-day training has helped to improve the knowledge of trade union officers on social health protection and other health-related social security benefits, so they can do a better job as workers’ representatives. The course, organized during 2-4 June in Ha Noi by...
POST | 20 May 2020
Now and forever: removing financial barriers to health services in Kenya
Kenya
The now: removing financial barriers to COVID 19 testing and services On May 1, the Kenyan Ministry of Health rolled out free testing for COVID 19 in Nairobi and other areas with disease hotspots. Two days later, the Ministry noted in dismay that the turnout for free...
POST | 03 May 2020
There is a global pandemic – and we still lack fuel and airtime?
Kenya
Governments around the world are scrambling to get their hands on personal protective equipment, test kits, ventilators and oxygen. But on the frontlines of service delivery in Kenya, we are also hearing about local health officials and facility managers needing money...
DOCUMENT | 26 Feb 2020
Universal health coverage in Africa: a framework for action
Strong economic growth in recent years has helped reduce poverty to 43 percent of the population. Yet, as Africa’s population expands, it is estimated to reach 2.5 billion by 2050, the region faces a critical challenge of creating the foundations for long-term...
DOCUMENT | 02 Jul 2019
Actuarial Analysis of the Federal Sehat Sahulat Program
Pakistan
Pakistan has made great strides in health coverage, offering valuable in-patient cover to some of the most vulnerable members of society through the Sehat Sahulat Program, an initiative of the federal government and the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2018, an...
NEWS | 11 Jun 2019
Proposal of Social Health Insurance would require to increase State Budget devoted to Health 4-fold
Mozambique
A proposal for the implementation of a Social Health Insurance (SHI) was prepared for Mozambique. The consultancy, commissioned by ILO, proposed to deepen the preventive character of the National Health Service, to reinforce primary levels and to head towards...
DOCUMENT | 13 Mar 2019
UNICEF Budget Brief: The 2017 Health Sector Budget
Burundi
"In January 2016, the Government of Burundi enacted its National Health Strategy 2016-2025, reinforcing its commitments to improve health indicators and to work towards the common goals outlined in the Sustainable Development Agenda. As part of the strategy, the...
DOCUMENT | 13 Mar 2019
2015 STRATEGIE DE LA PROTECTION SOCIALE au Burundi
Burundi
NEWS | 13 Mar 2019
ILO Country Note Rwanda: Progress towards Universal Health Coverage
Rwanda
"The Government of Rwanda has made significant efforts to develop its health-care system at the national and community levels, making it possible for most people in the country to access affordable health care. This has helped to achieve near universal health...
DOCUMENT | 21 Jan 2019
Social protection in an electorally competitive environment (2): The politics of health insurance in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of
DOCUMENT | 18 Jan 2019