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Multicountry Archives - P4H Network
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Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands
Transforming Health Care Access in the Pacific Islands
Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to invest in the service capability and resilience of the health systems of Pacific Island countries. Responding to this need, the World Bank launched three Health System Strengthening operations in Samoa (2020), Kiribati...

Caribbean & Central America knowledge exchange to reform health financing
Caribbean & Central America knowledge exchange to reform health financing
Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean and Central American senior health officials met in Washington D.C. in June 2023 to discuss health financing and explore ways to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC). Country leaders, health officials, policymakers, experts, and...

Healthcare systems and health economics in GCC countries: informing decision-makers from the perspective of the Gulf health economics association
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

The discovery of oil has enabled GCC countries to provide universal healthcare to their citizens, but rising healthcare demands pose challenges in financing these systems effectively. Experts in health economics from the Gulf Health Economics Association held a focus...

Changing global health landscape affects the Caribbean
Changing global health landscape affects the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago

The Caribbean countries, small island nations and the region in general must adapt to changing financing for global health. Increased South-South collaboration and enhancing regional cooperation are the future of resilient and sustainable Universal Health Coverage.The...

Egypt, Armenia explore cooperation opportunities in health sector
Egypt, Armenia explore cooperation opportunities in health sector
Armenia, Egypt

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met with Armenian Ambassador Armen Sarkissian to enhance collaboration in the health sector, focusing on pharmaceuticals, training, and health insurance. Deputy Prime Minister and...

Strengthening Health Insurance Collaboration Between Estonia and Uzbekistan
Strengthening Health Insurance Collaboration Between Estonia and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, Estonia

The State Health Insurance Fund of Uzbekistan (SHIF) and the Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) held an online meeting to discuss Estonia’s successful health insurance system and explore opportunities for collaboration. On 28 February, the State Health Insurance...

Social protection for migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

The report is the first of its kind to systematically assess the legal and effective access of migrant workers to nine areas of social protection, including medical, sickness, unemployment, injury, old-age, invalidity, family, maternity protection, and survivors'...

Sustainable Healthcare Financing for SDG3 in ASEAN-6
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for good health and wellbeing (Goal 3) outlines targets across various aspects of healthy living and healthcare systems. A key component of SDG3, specifically Goal 3.8, is the target for universal health coverage...

Financing of Essential Public Health Services in the Caribbean Region – Case Study
Grenada, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

The study focuses on financing arrangements enacted to ensure the predictability of funding and the sustainability in the level and flow of funds over the medium and long terms to carry out essential public health functions in Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad...