In 2022, Nigeria enacted the 2022 National Health Insurance Act, marking a pivotal step towards comprehensive healthcare reform. The new legislation ensures that every Nigerian can access affordable and quality health services. Key highlights of the Act include:...
Health Accounts 2020
Health accounts are an essential tool for monitoring the implementation of the commitment made by the State and its technical and financial partners to provide adequate funding for health.Health financing in the Republic of the Congo comes mainly from six (06)...
The National Health Sector Policy 2016-2026
In a significant move towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Eswatini’s Vision 2022, the Ministry of Health launched a comprehensive 2016-2026 National Health Sector Policy to strengthen the country's health systems and advance Universal Health...
The advocacy coalition of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in Indonesia
This study aims to generate insights into the actors involved in the discourse of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) tax adoption in Indonesia to inform their advocacy and communication efforts using the Advocacy Coalition Framework and Discourse Network Analysis. Since...
The National Health Financing Policy 2015-2022
Eswatini's National Health Financing Policy (NHFP) for 2015-2022 aims to secure sustainable healthcare funding, ensure financial protection, improve resource efficiency, and provide equitable access to healthcare. A key initiative is the mandatory National Health...
The Management of Provider Payments in the Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand
This book explains a provider payment management of the Thailand's Universal Coverage Scheme managed by the National Security Office (NHSO). The information in this book is based on Universal Coverage Scheme’s Fund Management Guidelines for Fiscal Year 2019.This book...
Cambodia: National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016-2025
This document elaborates Cambodia's National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016-2025 and the Royal Government of Cambodia’s strategic plans to ensure income security for all citizens, promote their welfare, strengthen social solidarity and maximize poverty...
The Fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP V)
Tanzania's early achievement of lower middle-income status reflects robust economic growth and human development, driven by focused health sector investment. The Fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan aims to enhance healthcare access, combat diseases, and ensure...
Increase in the cost of consultations with general practitioners
At the 3rd plenary session of conventional negotiations with self-employed doctors, the Assurance Maladie said it was ready to invest in a global agreement on attractiveness, access to care, quality and relevance of care.At this 3rd multilateral session, the Assurance...
Ten-year palliative care strategy
Following the submission of the report by the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life in April 2023, the President of the Republic announced the creation of a ten-year palliative care strategy and a bill on the end of life. The expert report, published after six...
Health Accounts Report 2018-2019
Health Accounts (HA) enable systematic, exhaustive and consistent monitoring of financial flows in a country's healthcare system over a given period.This 2018 and 2019 Health Accounts report, which is the third of its kind in Cameroon, was drawn up under the overall...
Report on health accounts 2021
The Health Accounts constitute an international accounting framework for systematically tracking financial flows in favor of health.The results of Health Accounts 2021 come at a time when the country is gradually recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on...
Development strategy of the Social Health Insurance Fund of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025
Development strategy of Non-commercial Joint Stock Company “Social Health Insurance Fund” of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025 is available at Social Health Insurance Fund website. The attached document reflects the latest revisions accepted by the decision of the Board of...
Special Law for the constitution of the Solidarity Fund for Health
The purpose of the law is to establish the legal mechanisms for the financing and management of special programs for the preservation of public health and social assistance. The law that created the Solidarity Fund for Health (FOSALUD) in El Salvador emphasizes the...
Government doubles medical deductibles
In France, theealth Insurance spending has risen by almost 20% between 2018 and 2022 (excluding Covid-19). Patients' out-of-pocket expenses have fallen from 9% in 2011 to 7% in 2021: this is the lowest level in the OECD, after Luxembourg. The government has decided to...