The Health Vision 2050 document lays out the Omani vision for its health system to be in future. It consists of, among other things, a chapter on sustainable health system financing that focuses on improving equity and ensuring financial protection for all. The...
The Bhutan National Health Accounts (NHA) provides the financial flows of the national health expenditures to fulfill health needs of the populations in Bhutan. Source of financing from government, households, donors, employers, and health insurers were identified....
This chapter from The Report: Bahrain 2020 published by Oxford Business Group outlines how the country’s health insurance system functions in terms of mobilization of funds, government healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP and the public primary health care...
This document complements the 2018-2024 Health sector strategic plan, focussing on health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) by improving effective service coverage by...
The Rwanda fourth health sector strategic plan (HSSP IV) is the guiding document outlining national strategic directions to improve health standards of Rwandans between 2018-2024. Its content reflects a comprehensive analysis of the Rwanda’s health sector progress and...
A stronger national health financing system provides a stronger foundation for the broader health system. Health financing thus serves as pivot upon which other health system building blocks revolve and rest. Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and all the...
A new report titled “Can people afford to pay for health care?” was published by the WHO Barcelona Office for health financing and published in 2021. Authored by Ketevan Goginashvili, Mamuka Nadareishvili and Triin Habicht, this publication is part of a series of...
Social health insurance is a health financing mechanism that pools the risk of its members, and their financial contributions. The major contributors are the households, enterprises and government. These contributions serve to pay for health services, thereby giving...
The constitution of the Republic of South Sudan recognizes health as a basic human right to be respected, promoted, and protected. The 2006-2011 national health policy provided guidance on how to implement the mandate of the constitution and work toward attaining...
The National Health Strategic Plan (NHSP) for Kiribati outlines a vision of "A Healthy Population Supported by Accessible, Equitable, and Quality Health Care Services." It prioritizes non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, and health system...
Sri Lanka's National Strategic Framework for Development of Health Services 2016-2025 aims to enhance the health system's efficiency, equity, and sustainability. It focuses on improving healthcare quality, expanding access to essential services, and addressing...
This second Health Financing Strategy (HFS) for Uganda came at a time of global commitment towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This strategy served as a critical element in Uganda’s pathway to achieving the health-related...
The 2017 Zimbabwe national health financing strategy outlines specific reform initiatives around financing arrangements in the health sector that are necessary for achieving goals and objectives that have been set for the health system. In this document, goals and...
This study examines the development of social health insurance (SHI) in Vietnam between 1992 and 2016. SHI developmental stages have been identified from legislative changes which led to change in SHI functioning. It has been divided into five stages: Stage I...
The Ghana Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap outlines a strategic commitment to improve healthcare, inspired by global frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals and UHC 2030 Compact. Through extensive stakeholder consultations, priority services have been...
