The World Health Organization, UHC2030, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and the UHC Partnership cordially invite you to the launch of the book ‘Health system performance assessment: a framework for policy analysis’ which introduces a new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 Meetings....
