WHO Representative in Oman, Dr Jean Jabbour, meets with HM Consul General and Deputy Head of Mission- British Embassy Muscat, Mr James Goldman, to discuss potential areas of collaboration and joint support to health system strengthening initiatives in the Sultanate.
Historically, public financial management (PFM) has been overlooked in academic and policy discussions on the availability of domestic resources. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that shows the impact of PFM processes on the quality and volume of...
Please join us next Wednesday 16 December from 14:30-15:30 CET for the launch of the Health Financing Progress Matrix 2.0 (HFPM). I would also like to convey my sincere wishes that this is the last event that WHO’s health financing team will organize as part of the...
On 16th November 2020, the Geneva Health Forum held a session titled "Extending social health protection, promoting equity”. Details of the session: https://dev.ghf2020.org/session-2-5.php You can see also the link of the video; https://youtu.be/HHemhvmh2X0 ...
Myanmar's State Counsellor mentioned UHC in her New Year's Speech. See page 6 in attached link. https://www.facebook.com/state.counsellor/posts/2170201099780761 The unofficial translation would be - "....... Universal Health Coverage is a promise we...
From December 08 to 09, 2020, was held in the Maurice Yaméogo meeting room of Excellence Hôtel in Koudougou, a workshop to reflect on the motivations for joining social mutuals in Burkina Faso. This workshop, co-organized by the Direction Générale de la Protection...
Mozambique's Ministry of Health has launched its PEFA strategy to respond to challenges identified in the PEFA report (2020). In the PEFA diagnostic, the area that presents more challenges is credibility of the budget, especially execution of funds and of...
Over the last few years, global health systems experts have begun to make progress coalescing a shared understanding of the priority actions needed for effective health system governance. In many countries, both rich and poor, COVID-19 has shed light on governance...
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE IN NIGER - 2021-2030 DRAFT DOCUMENT AND MULTI-YEAR ACTION PLAN October 2019
The video of the first webinar of the WHO HGF series organized in partnership with the P4H Network and Emerging Voices, "The Case Against Labor-Tax-Financed Social Health Insurance for Low- And Low-Middle-Income Countries" is now available! In low and...
Key messages of the paper Policy dialogue approaches legitimise the adoption of a health financing strategy. Participation in designing health financing strategies is important for a shared vision on health financing. Policy dialogue for health financing strategies...
In low- and low-middle-income countries, there is an increasing interest in initiating and expanding social health insurance through labor taxes. Yet, this vision goes against available empirical evidence. This session will build on recent recommendatons by...
The Ghana Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap outlines a strategic commitment to improve healthcare, inspired by global frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals and UHC 2030 Compact. Through extensive stakeholder consultations, priority services have been...
The Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was established in 2008 based on the provisions of the Social Security Law adopted by the National Assembly in 2002. While the health insurance branch of the fund initially covered mainly benefits for employees in the...
Community of Practice COVID-19 Health Financing Resiliency Program (HFRP) During the Annual Health Financing Forum (AHFF), we will launch a Community of Practice (CoP)*, providing an opportunity for participants to extend discussions and exchange of ideas beyond the...
