In "Leveraging Universal Health Coverage to Leave No One Behind in Tackling AMR," authors Pamela Cipriano, James Chau, Mariam Jashi, Ilona Kickbusch, Justin Koonin, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Joy Phumaphi, Magda Robalo, and Akihisa Shiozaki emphasize the critical role of...
The impact of Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results
Nigeria's Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOML-PforR), launched with World Bank support significantly improved maternal, newborn, and child health by emphasizing results-based funding, transparency, and data-driven decision-making, showcasing a...
Hidden toll of expenditure arrears on health financing and service delivery
Expenditure arrears significantly disrupt health financing and service delivery, underscoring the need for better management and attention to this issue. Expenditure arrears, a form of deficit financing that often goes unnoticed, significantly disrupt health financing...
Indonesia pushes for health transformation
Indonesia's Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto has underscored the need for health transformation to achieve the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision.According to Antara News, as report by Rahmad Nasution, on June 6, 2024, Coordinating Minister for Economic...
New Zealand: Health budget 2024
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...
WHO report: “Leveraging health financing to strengthen mental health services in Ukraine”
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...
Sláintecare progress monitoring 2021-2023
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...
Strategies and indicators to integrate health equity in health service and delivery systems in high-income countries: a scoping review
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...
Health systems strengthening accelerator webinar explores implementation research for equity and impact
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...
A public debate on the future health priorities of the European Union: Outcomes, insights and ideas for action
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...
European and African financing for health and universal health coverage
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...
Tunisia Health Systems Profile
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...
Jakarta workshop rallies interest in health policy and systems research institutions
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...
Societal dialogue on the National Health Policy project
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...
Chatam House: Driving universal health reforms through crises and shocks
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...