A challenge to National Health Insurance in middle income countries like Botswana is financing the benefit package without increasing the formal sector’s taxation burden. This technical brief aims to add to policy dialogue discussing National Health Insurance...
Despite strong global commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), inconsistent understanding and communication about UHC hinders progress. Experience suggests that advocating for and communicating about UHC requires deliberate, tailored, context-specific...
The President of South Africa HE C.M Ramaphosa is among the leaders who signed the universal health coverage (UHC) political declaration during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2019, thus demonstrating his strong vision and commitment to ensuring UHC...
Document available on the Bangladesh country page on targeting the poor to enhance uptake of services and contribute to Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Sustainable Development Goals’ UHC target implies that every person should have access to quality health care...
The optimal use of resources to maximise health outcomes and attain Universal Health Coverage is very crucial especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs) where resources are limited. This requires improved efficiency in the distribution of resources across...
The World Bank staff and external contributors have produced a report titled “Reforming the Basic Benefits Package in Armenia: Modeling Insights from the Health Interventions Prioritization Tool”. The full text of the report is available here, and on this page (see...
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 2, 2019, 60 representatives of national and international NGOs, professional associations, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, private sector, and charitable organizations met to discuss advocacy ahead United...
The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia renews its commitment to actions towards universal health coverage (UHC). The re-definition of the Essential Health Service Packages (EHSP), which the Global Health Priorities Research Group is involved in, is defined as one...
The theme of this year’s congress is "Health Economics in a Time of Global Change". Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the iHEA Board has taken the decision that the 2021 iHEA Congress will be held virtually. The focus of the virtual event will be on...
Understanding public financing for health is critical to effective advocacy to advance efforts to implement universal health coverage (UHC). A new toolkit developed by UHC2030 and PMNCH aims to give civil society and other stakeholders a better understanding of the...
WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care is organizing the 6th talk show “Let’s Talk Primary Health Care” on 23 June 12.00–14.00 CET. This webinar series is a monthly event with an overarching purpose to connect country task forces on...
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.
INAM's dual public mission: 1. Implementation of the reform of free health care with a view to its gradual integration into Niger's CMU (Couverture Médicale Universelle) system currently under construction. 2. Delegated management by the State, local authorities and...
The Handbook on Social Participation for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) will be launched on 31 May at 14:00 – 15:00 CET. WHO, UHC2030, Health System Governance Collaborative, UHC-Partnership, and PMNCH invite you to the launch of...
On May 27-28, 2021 in the city of Nur-Sultan is held I (first) Congress of Clinical Pharmacologists of Kazakhstan online Given that a key item of health care expenditure is medicines (medicines), there is a growing interest and importance in every health...
