DOCUMENT | 13 Jun 2022
NEWS | 30 May 2022
Somalia celebrates Universal Health Coverage day: translating the dream of ‘health for all’ into a reality
Somalia
The 2021 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) day's theme was ‘Leaving no one’s health behind: Investing in health systems for all.’ This theme is relevant for countries worldwide, including Somalia, particularly after the secondary impacts of the COVID-19...
NEWS | 16 May 2022
54th session of the Economic Commission for Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is organizing the Fifty-fourth Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, in Dakar from May 11 to 17, 2022. In conjunction with the Conference, the International Labor Office and the United Nations...
NEWS | 16 May 2022
Niger: International PSS Conference: a path to combat inequality
Niger
This conference is co-organized by the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs, Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency, Be-cause Health, the platform for Belgian players in the health sector, and WHO Niger, the World Health Organization Niger and the...
NEWS | 16 May 2022
New document about the political economy of health financing reforms available on Zimbabwe country page
Zimbabwe
An article discussing the impact of the political economy on the effective implementation of health financing reforms to ensure Universal Health Coverage has been uploaded on the Zimbabwe country page. The article was recently published in the BMC international...
NEWS | 16 May 2022
GFF organises a seminar on the institutionalisation of Zimbabwe’s Results Based Financing
Zimbabwe
In 2011, the Government of Zimbabwe in collaboration with the World Bank, initiated Results Based Financing (RBF) with the goal of increasing the availability, accessibility and utilisation of quality health care services. RBF is an example of strategic purchasing...
DOCUMENT | 08 May 2022
The political economy of health financing reforms in Zimbabwe: a scoping review
Zimbabwe
This study explores the interaction between the political and economic aspects of health financing reforms in Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980. Health financing reform often involves complex interactions among many stakeholders of varying positions, power, and...
NEWS | 04 May 2022
Seminar invitation: Institutionalization of Results-Based Financing: Lessons from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
The GFF with support from the World Bank has organised a seminar focusing on lessons learnt in institutionalizing Results Based Financing in Zimbabwe. Building on the ongoing discussion around mainstreaming results-based financing (RBF) in the health sector, this...
NEWS | 23 Apr 2022
The Malawi parliament’s cluster committee on Health, HIV and Aids, and Nutrition pushes for an increase in health budget to ensure adequate financing for Universal Health Coverage.
Malawi
In the budget presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe at the parliament earlier in March this year, the health sector was allocated the third-highest sectoral allocation behind education and agriculture, which amounts to about US$349...
DOCUMENT | 21 Apr 2022
Health insurance engagement in Sierra Leone: Project memo
Sierra Leone
The International Growth Center (IGC) Sierra Leone has been heavily involved in working with the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information (DPPI) at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in providing technical input into the design of the insurance programme as...
DOCUMENT | 20 Apr 2022
Strategy for free healthcare services for pregnant and lactating women and young children in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
This strategy describes the implementation process of the free healthcare initiative as announced by the Sierra Leone President at the 2009 United Nations General assembly. The full document can be accessed using the link below
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
Virtual Roundtable: Strong and resilient health systems in Western and central Africa: What will it take?
The Western and Central Africa Region and the Heath Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank are jointly organizing a high level roundtable on Strong and Resilient Health Systems in West and Central Africa during the 2022 WBG-IMF Spring...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
WEBINAR #2 on social health care reforms and health care financing in the CIS
April 20, 2022 at 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CET We invite you to share knowledge and regional perspectives on reforms in social protection of health care and health financing in CIS countries. Our speakers will share lessons learned, key achievements and progress toward...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
WEBINAR #2 on Social Health Protection and Health Financing Reforms in the CIS
Join us as at we exchange knowledge and regional perspectives of Social health protection and health financing reforms in Commonwealth of Independent States. Our panelists will exchange lessons learned, key achievements, and progress made toward social health...
DOCUMENT | 12 Apr 2022
Camerún: Arquitectura de la fase piloto de la CSU
Cameroon