A recent study published by Sam Jones and Alba Llop (Copenhaguen University) puts the focus on the identification of Social Determinants of Health that significantly influence health inequalities. These SDH are crucial for the design of appropriate evidence-based...
The draft essential health service package costing (ESP) report was prepared by Dr. Shankar Prinja, WB consultant with support by the WB and WHO Lao country office. The study was conducted since early 2019 and covered 121 interventions of the essential health service...
Presentation on HIBP costing study training by Dr. Arthorn
The costing of the Basic Essential Package of Health Services is a currently on-going exercise. It was led by the National Health Plan Implementation Unit (widely known as NIMU) of the Ministry of Health and Sports and supported by the WHO. At the invitation of...
In the past, the Government had tried to provide a health insurance cover to selected beneficiaries either at the State level or National level. However, most of these schemes were not able to achieve their intended objectives. Often there were issues with either the...
The second Orientation workshop on the health insurance law revision took place in Hanoi on 18th of October 2018. In his opening speech, His Excellency Vice Minister of Health Pham Le Tuan reiterated the Government’s commitment to achieve 95% of coverage and reduce...
Learning Brief No.1: “Strategic” Purchasing: what is it, how are we doing it, and why?
Learning Brief No.2: Where and for whom?
Learning Brief No.3: Determining the Package of Services
Learning Brief No 4: How Much Does it Cost for EHOs to Serve Rural Communities in Hard-to-Reach Settings?
Learning brief No 5: How Much Does it Cost for EHOs to Serve Rural Communities in Hard-to-Reach Settings?
Improving financial protection and access to health care for citizens is the key financing issues in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan celebrated the anniversary of the mandatory health insurance system – the main vehicle of Universal Health...
In 2018, World Bank's series of UHC Studies was devoted to Azerbaijan. It is aimed at policy-makers and UHC reform implementers in low- and middle-income countries. Over the last decade, Azerbaijan has been able to increase significantly public resources for...
Uzbekistan has embarked on a comprehensive health financing reform to ensure equal access to health care, financial protection and equitable distribution of resources. The latest activity in support of the reform was a policy dialogue which brought together over 100...
The paper published on 20 January 2020 analyses three key issues in the reform of public health care funding in the Russian Federation: the lack of funds to cover the state guarantees of free medical care to the population; the lack of coordination between...
