New Zealand's 2024 health budget prioritizes frontline health services and workers to ensure healthcare access for all citizens.The top three new health investments (operating and capital) include: (1) hospital and specialist services, (2) primary, community, and...
As part of its health financing policy papers series, WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing (WHO Regional Office for Europe) published a report titled "Leveraging health financing to strengthen mental health services in Ukraine". "This report’s primary...
The Sláintecare report, published in 2017 provides the basis for Ireland’s efforts towards Universal Health Coverage. The strategy specific to the 2021-2023 period outlined two priority areas and identified programs to improve quality and accessibility of care. This...
Health equity is inconsistently defined and operationalised within high-income countries' health service and delivery systems, highlighting the need for a unified, system-wide approach with robust accountability mechanisms. The JBI Synthesis Analysis report titled...
The Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator webinar highlights the critical role of implementation research in improving equity, inclusion, and impact in health systems, with insights from Georgia, Ghana, and Indonesia. The Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator is...
The European Commission and DG SANTE are seen as vital for health leadership, calling for stronger actions on long-term issues like ageing and climate change, and advocating for improved implementation of existing tools and new initiatives. The European Observatory...
Paper reviews European and African health financing efforts and recommends quality investments aligned with local needs to achieve universal health coverage.The document explores the current landscape of health financing efforts in Europe and Africa, focusing on...
Since independence, Tunisia has made significant progress in human development, quality of life and disease control. More than 80% of the Tunisian population is covered by an explicit mechanism, based either on mandatory individual contributions (CNAM) or by a...
The P4H Network participated in the Health System Strengthening-Accelerator in Asia cocreation series workshop held in Jakarta in early June. P4H co-led one of the workstreams on domestic financing for health policy and systems research institutions in Asia.The...
In parallel with the celebration of World Health Day, Tunisia adopted its National Health Policy 2030, at a ceremony on Wednesday April 7, 2021 attended by Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi and Head of Government Hichem Mechichi, among others.The draft national health...
Final Report of the Chatham House Commission on universal health coverage. Crises and shocks can serve as catalysts for driving universal health coverage reforms. There is a need for strategic investments and efficient resource management to achieve equitable and...
Health policy and systems research (HPSR) investigates the relationship between health policy and systems and determinants of health to improve population health. A study focused on Thailand and Vietnam, develops the framework to uncover the challenges and...
Adult immunisation programmes provide substantial health and economic benefits, returning up to 19 times their cost. Governments should prioritise funding and research to maximise these benefits and support healthier societies. This study highlights the critical role...
During COVID-19, Africa's autonomous vaccine financing reduced costs and reliance on aid, highlighting a model for future health system improvements and self-reliance. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa faced the challenge of creating a sustainable model for...
African nations are advancing towards sustainable health financing by implementing innovative strategies, legislative reforms, and inter-ministerial collaborations, as highlighted at the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly. The Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly...
