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,...
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...
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...
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...
Equipping the country with a National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion (PNPPS) is an important and necessary step towards achieving a lasting reduction in poverty, reducing inequalities and promoting the autonomy of Haitians. The National Social Protection...
This document is a comprehensive analysis of the financing system. it was carried out by a WHO mission in May 2018. A reform of the healthcare financing system can be achieved on the basis of the stated political will to set up Universal Health Coverage and, more...
The National Health Financing Strategy defines the guidelines for arranging and directing financial flows devoted to health care so that they contribute to access to care, availability of care and protection against financial risk for all. The national health...
