Policy dialogue

Background: Visit of Roland Panea (part of P4H Team in GIZ Head Office) providing technical support to the MoHFW's efforts to develop an implementation plan for the HFS. Agenda - proposed topics for discussion as part of the overall HFS: Taylor-made capacity...

WHO/Dodo Banzon shares the draft implementation plan and presentation of the Bangladesh Health Care Financing Strategy to be presented to the Health Financing Resource Task Group (HFRTG) chaired by Secretary of Health on May 13 at 4 pm. After the meeting, the plan...

See minutes of meeting and participants list.

Having approved the Health Care Financing Strategy (HCFS), the Health Economics Unit (HEU) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is working towards the implementation. The next step will be the development of an Investment Plan (IP) that lays out the...

Following an intense one-year development process, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) approves the Health Care Financing Strategy (HCFS) 2012-2032, 'Expanding Social Protection for Health: Towards Universal Coverage'. The Health Economics Unit of the...

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The Nepal Health Sector Support Programme (NHSSP) is currently analysing the data from the National Living Standard Survey and other sources to estimate the monetary value of services (benefits) received, broken down by different wealth quintile, ethnic group,...

The first Development Policy Options meeting in Nay Pyi Taw (February 2012) unanimously placed poverty reduction as a key objective of Myanmar’s new development agenda, with health and education at the centre of the effort.  Further, there was unanimous commitment to...

The HFRG meeting was chaired by the Secretary of health. Presentation of the health care financing strategy workshop and roadmap by the Joint Chief of the HEU, and agreement on the next steps, e.g. to hire a lead consultant to provide support to the the working...

WHO contributes a background paper providing a situation analysis of the health financing system in Nepal to the Technical Working Group (TWG), incorporating inputs from P4H network partners and other relevant stakeholders (see report for details)....

The MoHFW Health Economics Unit (HEU) has prepared a first draft of the vision, goals and objectives of the health financing strategy for further discussion.   Vision, Goal & objectives of HCF Strategy_25Oct2011

The Government: resolves to have a comprehensive Social Protection Strategy finalized and ready to launch preferably by September 2012; and calls on Development Partners and Civil Society to contribute to the process of developing the social protection strategy and in...