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Private equity investment in long-term care: The case of Ireland
Ireland

Private equity (PE) firms play a significant role in the financialisation of healthcare systems, yet research has largely overlooked their direct involvement, especially outside the U.S. This study investigates the drivers behind PE investments in Ireland’s long-term...

Health financing progress matrix assessment: Kazakhstan 2023
Kazakhstan

The report assesses Kazakhstan's health financing system using the WHO Health Financing Progress Matrix, highlighting significant improvements in coverage and reliance on public funding over the past two decades. However, it identifies challenges such as low public...

How Sri Lanka’s immunisation system is weathering an economic crisis
How Sri Lanka’s immunisation system is weathering an economic crisis
Sri Lanka

M. P. Nirmala, a 26-year-old woman who is a few weeks pregnant with her first child, embodies the confidence many Sri Lankan mothers feel about the country’s healthcare system. At the Divisional Hospital Thalangama, located about 9 kilometers from Colombo, Nirmala...

Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands
Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands
Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to invest in the service capability and resilience of the health systems of Pacific Island countries. Responding to this need, the World Bank launched three Health System Strengthening operations in Samoa (2020), Kiribati...

Nepal’s health insurance program: challenges and early impacts
Nepal’s health insurance program: challenges and early impacts
Nepal

Nepal’s National Health Insurance Program (NHIP), launched in 2016 to improve healthcare access and reduce costs, has faced low enrollment and high dropout rates due to concerns about service quality, lack of awareness, administrative delays, and affordability issues....

Jordan launches 2020–2022 health accounts and unveils reform roadmap
Jordan launches 2020–2022 health accounts and unveils reform roadmap
Jordan

Jordan’s Health Ministry launches National Health Accounts and COVID-19 spending review, setting the stage for a new reform plan to strengthen health financing and expand universal health coverage.The Jordanian Ministry of Health has officially launched the National...

Irish Government publishes Path to UHC Programme 2025+
Irish Government publishes Path to UHC Programme 2025+
Ireland

The new government administration in Ireland, elected at the end of 2024 recently published their plan for continuing on the path to UHC. In 2017, the ten-year Sláintecare health plan was launched.  This plan update builds on findings from previous progress...

China never had free healthcare before its market reforms
China never had free healthcare before its market reforms
China

The perception of a universal "free" medical care system in China's planned economy era is largely a myth, as most urban healthcare costs were covered by state employers while rural populations had almost no insurance or access to medical resources. Government surveys...

Philippines strengthens push for universal health care through UHC Act
Philippines strengthens push for universal health care through UHC Act
Philippines

The Philippines advances its Universal Health Care goals with automatic insurance for all citizens under PhilHealth, while tackling infrastructure and digital health challenges. The Philippine government is ramping up efforts to implement the Universal Health Care...

Reforming Bangladesh health systems for the future
Reforming Bangladesh health systems for the future
Bangladesh

Bangladesh's health sector faces urgent challenges as it approaches the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage. The Health Sector Reform Commission Report 2025 proposes significant constitutional amendments and systemic...