The Health Insurance Act ("Zorgverzekeringswet", Zvw) of the Netherlands establishes mandatory health insurance for all residents and was enacted on January 1, 2006, as part of a major healthcare reform. It merged the public and private health insurance systems into...
Slovakia's healthcare system faces high public hospital debt due to misaligned financial incentives, according to a European Commission report. The Value for Money (VfM) project identifies cost-saving measures, including better hospital management, equipment...
A scoping review titled "Approaches, enablers and barriers to govern the private sector in health in low- and middle-income countries," published in BMJ Global Health, examines how governments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) govern the private sector’s...
G20 Health Ministers emphasise the need for sustainable, intersectoral financing to address climate change’s health impacts, promote climate-resilient health systems, and advance the One Health approach. At the 2024 G20 Health Ministerial in Rio, leaders emphasized...
The article "Data Integration of Health Financing Systems as a Critical Enabler for Objective-Oriented Health System Reform: A Scoping Review from India", published in the Journal of Health Systems and Reform, examines the challenges of fragmented health financing...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a technical document on the quality control of health expenditure data produced using the SHA2011 framework. This guide provides a detailed roadmap for verifying and ensuring the accuracy of data, covering various...
The recent floods affecting certain regions of Cameroon have prompted the authorities to look into the issue of climate change and social protection in health. To this end, and in partnership with GIZ, the Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop on November 14 and...
This country brief for Mongolia by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Social Protection Department, is extracted from ILO’s report: “Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific”. The...
This report is the output of a year-long research project on health system reform in Libya, undertaken as a part of the BINA program. The BINA program is an international development program that aims to help fragile states such as Libya overcome their challenges by...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, with the Libyan Ministry of Health, organized a workshop on health system strengthening in Libya. The workshop was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 22 to 24 June 2016, with the participation...
The Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) survey is a systematic survey which aims to provide reliable information on availability and readiness of health services delivery. This is the second SARA survey conducted in Libya, with the first one completed...
“The Libyan national health system is a victim of armed conflict, with destruction of clinic and hospital infrastructure. This study highlights the major damage that Libyan health care system has experienced and identified the important needs for a successful...
This research work "encompasses a comprehensive analysis of key aspects of the Romanian healthcare system, ranging from healthcare infrastructure and financing mechanisms to service delivery and healthcare outcomes" as described by its authors, Ion Petre et al. The...
The General Health Law of Spain (Ley 14/1986, de 25 de abril) is a landmark legal framework that guarantees the right to health protection for all citizens and legal residents. This law established Spain’s National Health System (Sistema Nacional de Salud, SNS), which...
The Norwegian government reports it is increasing funding for the hospital sector in the state budget for 2025 by NOK 5.5 billion compared to 2024. The closest comparable increase took plance in 2008. The proposal will help hospitals to cover the increase in costs as...
