March 16, 2022 - 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Central European Time 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,...
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...
In many countries, instability is undermining the state's ability to exercise its sovereign functions and provide basic services to its population, to the point of undermining its legitimacy. These "fragile" situations raise major challenges for progress towards...
To strengthen the healthcare system of Zanzibar, the government of Zanzibar is in the process of introducing Universal Health Insurance (UHI) that over time can cover the entire population, as the main social health protection and financing scheme in the country. The...
Following up to the 5th WHO Montreux Collaborative meeting, a meeting report which provides an overview of the agenda, speakers, and detailed summaries of the technical sessions including the Q&A discussions was recently published. The draft meeting...
The Egyptian healthcare system has multiple stakeholders, including a wide range of public and private healthcare providers and several financing agents. This study sheds light on the healthcare system’s financing mechanisms and the flow of funds in Egypt. It also...
This research paper discusses the evolution of health financing reforms in the selected regions of Africa. From the provision of free primary health care to introduction of user fees at the point of use in response to low economic growth, large informal sector,...
The new dialogue structure established in the health sector in Mozambique between MoH and partners includes 6 thematic working groups (Service Delivery, Planning, Financing and Strategic Investment (PFSI), Emergencies and public health, Logistics and Pharma,...
A Letter to the Ministry of Health and Social Service was sent officially by the WHO Representative (WR) on support available through ACT-A health system connector. The WR (SAGOE-MOSES, Charles) addressing the letter to Executive Director MOHSS (Mr Ben Nangombe)...
The USAID and its implementing partners were actively involved with WHO and MOHSS throughout the process of discussion on ACT-A and deciding the priorities for Namibia. UNICEF was keen to participate in the Essential health service package work. UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and...
The Ministry of Health and Social Service along with the support of P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) initiated the development of TOR for analytical work under ACT-Accelerator. The TOR on 'Assessing Namibia’s Essential Health Service Package' is being initiated with...
This report provides healthcare expenditures in India based on National Health Accounts Guidelines for India, 2016 (with refinements where required) that adhere to System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011), a global standard framework for producing health accounts....
The study estimates the prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in Iran as a valuable measure to monitor financial protection in health sector payments. It also investigates the main factors that influence the probability of CHE. This study...
Reducing out of pocket (OOP) payments for inpatient services and eradicating informal payments was one of the objectives of Iran’s health transformation plan (HTP). This study determines the change in frequency of OOP payments and informal cash payments for health...
The health transformation plan (HTP) introduced in 2014 has contributed to equitable accessible health care for all Iranian citizens. This article describes Iran’s HTP and how it has resulted in significant improvements in health outcomes. It summarizes the main...
