This report provides a comprehensive assessment of Zambia's health financing system, highlighting both the significant progress made towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) over the past two decades and the ongoing challenges that need to be addressed. It...
Bill no. 1.089 on state-paid medical aid
On February 6, 2024, the Prince's Government submitted a bill to the National Council, no. 1.089, on state medical aid. Following on from Law no. 1.465 of December 11, 2018 on the family and social assistance, this bill establishes a new paid medical assistance scheme...
Decree setting out the terms and conditions for access to AMU healthcare services
Togo's Head of State, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, chaired the Council of Ministers on October 11, 2023. The Council examined seven draft decrees, four of which relate to Universal Health Insurance. This decree sets the terms and conditions governing liability,...
Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on introducing state health insurance
This Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 12.11.2020 No. PP-4890 is officially titled "On measures to introduce a new model for organizing the healthcare system and mechanisms for state health insurance in the Syrdarya region". This legal...
Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III) 2022-2026
The Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP III) 2022–2026 outlines Somalia’s mid-term strategy for developing a resilient health system capable of delivering equitable, affordable, and quality health services to its people. Informed by the National Health Policy and the...
Law 23.661 National Health Insurance System
The National Health Insurance System is created with the main purpose of providing equal, integral and humanized health benefits, aimed at the promotion, protection, recovery and rehabilitation of health. It shall guarantee the beneficiaries of the Social Welfare...
Somali Health Policy: The way forward
The Somali health policy establishes a strategic vision to address the evolving public health needs and national priorities. It reaffirms the government's commitment to the fundamental right to health, aligns the health sector within the broader national development...
Universal Health Coverage Roadmap 2019-2023
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap for Somalia aims to achieve equitable and sustainable health outcomes by expanding essential healthcare services and ensuring that the population, particularly vulnerable groups like women and children, can access these...
Health accounts 2020 and 2021
Togo's Health Accounts for 2020 and 2021 trace the financial flows of health expenditure.The document specifies that the information comes, on the one hand, from primary data for private companies, insurance companies, health mutuals, NGOs and associations, and...
Health financing and public financial management in devolved context in the Philippines
The case study of Philippines is a part of a series of case studies, which jointly developed by the World Health Organization and ThinkWell aimed at exploring the implications of decentralization for health financing, with a focus on public financial management (PFM)....
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2021 WHO report on financial protection in North Macedonia
The report "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in North Macedonia" provides a comprehensive analysis of financial protection in the country's healthcare system. It examines the extent to which out-of-pocket payments create...

How Kuwait’s Vision 2035 development plan is driving healthcare expenditure
Kuwait's healthcare sector has experienced significant growth, driven by the country's Vision 2035 strategic development plan. In 2023, healthcare expenditure accounted for 5.1% of Kuwait's GDP, the second-highest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia. Per capita, healthcare...
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2018 WHO report on financial protection in Ukraine
The document "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ukraine" provides an in-depth analysis of financial protection in Ukraine's healthcare system, focusing on out-of-pocket payments, financial hardship, and healthcare...
Public Health Law 41
It establishes the basic principles for the regulation of social relations in the area of public health with the purpose of contributing to guaranteeing health promotion, disease prevention, health restoration, social rehabilitation of patients and social assistance...
Federal Law “On the Fundamentals of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation”
This Federal Law regulates relations arising from ensuring health protection of citizens in the Russian Federation and determines: 1) legal, organizational and economic foundations for protecting the health of citizens; 2) the rights and obligations of individuals and...