The Zimbabwe 2022 public expenditure review (PER) for health examines the recent evolution of public health expenditures in Zimbabwe and assesses opportunities for improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. PER is important as it helps to uncover gaps in...
For over three decades Zambia government has explored the prospect of introducing a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to reduce overreliance on out-of-pocket expenditures and move towards universal coverage. By 2011 the need to introduce the NHI scheme in line...
In the past few years, the Gambia has been through the process of implementing several health financing reforms among them include the implementation of the national health insurance scheme to ensure social health protection. The 2019-2024 health financing strategy...
In 2019, the South African government committed to establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund to ensure that the most vulnerable are protected from catastrophic expenditures from medical expenses to attain universal health coverage. This NHI Act,...
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...
Tanzania endorses the goal of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is committed to attaining universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. The achievement of UHC as well as other SDGs with an impact on health are central in this HSSP V. The HSSP V will...
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...
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...
