Thursday 26 October | 1400 h CET The WHO Health Financing and Economics (HFE) Department is organizing a Webinar to demonstrate the WHO Cross-Programmatic Efficiency Analysis (CPEA)While health programmes are critical to advocate and provide access to priority...
New Alliance for HPSR/WHO supported BMJ series on Health Taxes
BMJ Global Health has published a series of research papers on health taxes in the October 2023 issue titled WHO: Health Taxes supported by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in collaboration with WHO Departments and the Inter-Agency Working Group on...
Comparison of Health Care Coverage for Migrant Workers in the GCC
This policy note compares the healthcare coverage for migrant workers in the six GCC states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This report solely examines the legal provisions and does not evaluate migrant workers’ actual...
The economic impact of obesity in Kuwait
This study provides an assessment of the cost burden of obesity-related comorbidities (ORC) in Kuwait. The study confirms that ORCs generate a significant financial burden to the public payer. The study provides an economic case for policymakers to recognize the...
WHO report on strengthening primary health care financing in Kyrgyzstan
WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published a report titled "Strengthening primary health care financing: policy considerations for Kyrgyzstan" in September 2023. The report describes how primary health care (PHC) is organized and financed in...
Stakeholders call for sustainable health financing at the Tanzania Health Summit
The 10th Tanzania Health Summit was held from 3-5 October in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania under the theme, 'Strengthening health systems for UHC, focusing on Primary Health Care.'The conference saw participation from various stakeholders of the health sector in Tanzania...
Africa Regional Conference on Financing UHC and Health Security
The National Health Insurance Authority of Ghana WHO (Africa Region) organised the first regional conference on financing universal health coverage (UHC) and health security from 12 to 13 October in Accra, Ghana.As powered by the NHIS and the WHO from October 12 to...
Costs incurred by people receiving tuberculosis treatment in low-income and middle-income countries: a meta-regression analysis
A research paper issued in the October 2023 Edition of Lancet Global Health analyses the cost of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment households in low income countries, providing evidence for the need to reduce economic barriers to treatment. Summary Background...
Webinar | Kenya’s social health insurance bill: What, why and how?
3 October 2023 | 4-5:30 PM-EAT (9-10:30 AM-ET) ThinkWell's latest Counterpoint webinar titled “Kenya’s new Social Health Insurance Bill: What, why, and how?” will offer a deep look into the purpose of the bill, its key features, and how it will be incorporated into...
WHO illustrates how Uzbekistan has transformed its health system in a new report
In its report titled "Transforming the health system in Uzbekistan: two-year implementation review", WHO showcases Uzbekistan's recent health system reforms and provides recommendations related to primary health care, health financing and e-health solutions -- the...
The African Union in the G20: What Will the Implications Be For Health Financing in Africa?
The African Union's admission to the G20 gives it a platform to influence the post-COVID health financing agenda to benefit the financing challenges in the region says this article from Health Policy Watch.Africa faces a challenging period in health financing to meet...
India: Plenary on ‘Achieving universal health coverage and sustaining it’
Arogya Manthan 2023 | 26 September India's National Health Authority convened health systems experts from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Asian Development Bank, World Bank and Academia to discuss the progress made towards universal health coverage (UHC) on the...
G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministerial Taskforce advances global health financing strategies
The G20 Joint Finance-Health Task Force (JFHTF) is actively working towards optimizing financing mechanisms to address various health challenges, especially in low and middle-income countries.The G20 Member nations have strongly emphasized the need for swift and...
Launch of the Global Monitoring Report “Tracking universal health coverage” 2023
Wednesday 20 Sept 2023 at 14:00-15:30 (CET) | 8:00-9:30am (EST) The WHO Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, WHO Division of Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and the World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice is jointly...
World Bank feature: Caribbean and Central America forge path to universal health coverage
The World Bank and the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF) are providing critical support to countries in the Caribbean in their ambitious journey to expand Universal Health Coverage (UHC).Countries in the Caribbean region are mid-way through this reform...