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NEWS | 04 Jun 2021
Viet Nam: Officially using HI card’s image on VssID for medical treatment from June 1, 2021
Vietnam
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NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.7 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Stakeholder engagement
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.8 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Incentivizing private provision of Primary Health Care in a remote area (Initial Phase)
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
Learning Brief No.9 on Strategic Purchasing in Myanmar by PSI
Myanmar
Adding hospital-based child delivery care services to the benefit package
NEWS | 02 Jun 2021
A 2018 assessment on UHC progress in Myanmar
Myanmar
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
POST | 18 May 2021
How can decades of learning from voucher schemes in Uganda inform ongoing purchasing reforms?
Uganda
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...
DOCUMENT | 07 May 2021
The evolution of social health insurance in Vietnam and its role towards achieving universal health coverage
Vietnam
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...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province
Pakistan
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...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Working in Partnership for SOCIAL HEALTH PROTECTION in Pakistan
Pakistan
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...
NEWS | 20 Apr 2021
Universal Coverage Scheme: 10 outstanding accomplishments in 2020
Thailand
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....
NEWS | 03 Mar 2021
Viet Nam Social Security: Ten outstanding imprints of Vietnam’s social insurance industry in 2020
Vietnam
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NEWS | 06 Feb 2021
Burkina Faso’s CNAMU and Togo’s INAM draw inspiration from best practice
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...
NEWS | 22 Jan 2021
Viet Nam – Social dialogue with employer representatives on the health insurance policy reforms proposed for the amendment of the Health Insurance Law
Vietnam
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...
DOCUMENT | 21 Jan 2021
HEALTH FINANCING POLICY & IMPLEMENTATION IN FRAGILE & CONFLICT-AFFECTED SETTINGS.
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...
POST | 02 Nov 2020
Universal Health Coverage in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Click here to download the complete article as a PDF document. 1. Context of Health Coverage in the United KingdomThe UK National Health Service (NHS) was founded in 1948 and remains the dominant system of health coverage today. It is financed primarily...