Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kuwait has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide support to strengthening its capacity to use health economics and financing tools and approaches to inform the design, planning, implementation, and...
Henrik Axelson is an independent consultant based in Cairo and originally from Sweden. He is a health economist and health financing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience of providing technical assistance and policy advice to governments of low and...
World Bank reported that the Government of Tajikistan launched the development of an investment plan to boost the health care system, at an event, which was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Protection,...
Shirin Amonzoda, PhD, Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan, initiated and held a congress on December 16, 2021 in Dushanbe, dedicated to cooperation of the Ministry with donors and partners. Dr Amonzoda stressed that the...
On April 8, 2019, IWPR Tajikistan (the Institute for War & Peace Reporting) hosted an expert meeting titled “Introduction of the Insurance System in Healthcare of Tajikistan”. Experts, representatives of public and private organizations, independent analysts and...
With the support of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the World Bank organized a round table titled “Health insurance in Tajikistan”. The event was held in capital city Dushanbe on November 1, 2021, as...
Overview This Process Guide lays out a sequenced set of analytics and actions to support reorienting budgetary arrangements to facilitate the ability of national governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by delivering therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccine...
In Laos, the 3rd phase of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the contribution to Universal Health Coverage was signed between the National Health Insurance Bureau, the Ministry of Health, and the Swiss Red Cross. The partnership under this MOU will provide...
The government of Gambia envisioned providing quality and affordable health services for all by 2020. This national health policy provided a clear direction to all relevant stakeholders in the health sector for implementation of interventions in the sector to improve...
The second India-specific webinar was held on 19 October 2021 as part of the P4H Network’s webinar series. It brought together national and international experts to discuss health financing and social health protection issues and potential ways forward. The webinar...
This study examines the feasibility of developing a national health insurance system as a way to achieve universal health coverage in Saudi Arabia. It also highlights the potential role of health insurance in improving health coverage, the quality of care, and...
The event presents key findings from the upcoming Global Monitoring Reports on UHC and Financial Protection 2021, which include new estimates of global and regional pre-pandemic trends in essential health service coverage and financial hardship, a conceptual framework...
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had an official visit to the Swiss Confederation and met with the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus November 29, 2021. During the meeting, the Head of state described measures...
In Timor-Leste, Minister of Finance, Rui Gomes, participated in the high-level meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Africa – East Timor (PALOP-TL) on public finance “Transform the State”. The two high-level personalities were invited to participate, the former...
This policy brief lays out Turkey’s significantly improved supply of health services under its Health Transformation Program (HTP) between 2003 and 2013. Improved health outcomes, increased health utilization and changes in health financing trends reflect the rise in...
