The Coordinated Compulsory Health Care Insurance Act was published in Belgium in July 1994. It is the annex to the Royal Decree of July 14, 1994 coordinating the law on compulsory health care insurance in Belgium, and constitutes the basic text organizing compulsory...
National Health Strategy for the 2030 Health Targets
This strategic document, published by the Chilean Ministry of Health in 2022, describes in detail the national strategies for its health objectives up to 2030. One of the chapters deals specifically with sector financing, where the objective is to align the financing...
Health financing progress matrix, Cameroon 2024: Summary of results and recommendations
This report presents the results of the latest assessment of health financing (2024) in Cameroon using the Health Financing Progress Matrix (WHO's standardized assessment tool for health financing policies). It highlights the strengths and weaknesses of health...
Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England
The 10 Year Health Plan for England seizes the opportunities provided by new technologies, medicines, and innovations to deliver better care for all patients – wherever they live and whatever they earn – and better value for taxpayers. It is making 3 big shifts to how...
Health Accounts 2020 Paraguay
This document provides information on health revenue and expenditure flows in Paraguay in 2020. It will be used for planning and development, policy evaluation and international comparisons.
Health Financing in Brazil: perspectives of states and municipalities
This book, published in June 2025, presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities of public health financing in Brazil, especially at state and municipal levels. The authors show, based on analysis of data from the Public Health Budget Information...
National Health Policy 2015-2030, Moving towards Universal Health Access and Coverage in Paraguay
Decree 4541 of the Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay approved the National Health Policy of Paraguay in December 2015. It is the roadmap to follow in terms of public health, for universal access to health in the country for the period from 2015 to 2030. Strategy...
Fact Sheets – Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s health sector has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades, marked by expanded access to primary health care, improved maternal and child health outcomes, and notable progress in the control of major communicable diseases. Guided by a...
Re-imagining Sudan’s Health System in Conflict: Towards a Resilient, Conflict-Responsive and Inclusive Policy Agenda
The "Reimagining Health System in Sudan" workshop outlined key challenges and proposed a phased approach to improve Sudan’s healthcare system, emphasizing decentralized governance, digital innovation, and community engagement. In the short term, the focus is on...
Decree Law 2763 – creation of FONASA in Chile
The Chilean government created the National Health Fund (Fonasa) by decree law in 1979 (among others). Fonasa is the public health insurance that provides coverage for health services to the population. It is an alternative to the Instituciones de Salud Previsional...
Law 100 of 1993 created the comprehensive social security system in Colombia.
In 1993, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia passed Law 100, thus creating the country's comprehensive social security system. It comprises the obligations of the State and society, the institutions and the resources destined to guarantee the coverage of economic...
Law n° 65-00 on basic medical coverage in Morocco
In 2002, the Moroccan government approved and passed the Moroccan Health Coverage Code. The social development policy advocated by His Majesty King Mohammed VI aims to improve health standards (one of the essential components of this policy) and contribute to the...
Madagascar Health Accounts 2019-2020-2021
The preparation of the health accounts is an exercise led by the Ministry of Health, with technical and financial support from the WHO. The international standard methodology of the System of Accounts (SHA) 2011 was applied, making the data collected from countries at...
Decree on Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon
Decree creating and organizing the National Technical Unit in charge of implementing phase I of Universal Health Coverage in Cameroon.
Institutional Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026 for health in Honduras
The strategic health plan for the period 2023-2026 was publicly distributed by the Management Planning and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Health in Honduras in April 2024. The strategic plan provides information on health sector financing and insurance including...