India holds the G20 Presidency this year and has prioritised healthcare as one of the key agendas. India wishes to use this opportunity to make its own health systems equitable and accessible to the population through various policies and initiatives.India established...
The International Labour Organisation, International Training Centre will be holding the Academy on Social Security at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) from 18th to 29th of September 2017 in Turin, Italy. The Academy provides advanced...
President Ramaphosa reaffirms commitment to improving healthcare in South Africa by endorsing the implementation of the NHI. Efforts include enhancing clinic quality and providing superior care for all citizens, regardless of financial capacityPresident Cyril...
Over 6 million Kenyan mothers have benefitted since 2017 Linda Mama Program launch The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has assured Kenyans that the government-funded Linda Mama program whose aim is to reduce maternal and child mortality and alleviate the...
Mongolia's healthcare financing reform has introduced health insurance and shifted to an output-oriented model, aligning with a market economy. The Asian Development Bank’s support offers valuable lessons for other countries in the region. The Asian Development Bank’...
Members of Parliament of Kazakhstan are raising the issue of efficiency of health financing in Kazakhstan and what needs to be done to overcome the lack of funding, despite billions of tenge (KZT) being poured into the system. Atameken Business Channel, a recognized...
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico have made progress towards UHC, although "better financial protection is required". These countries achieved an overall index of essential coverage of 76-77%, and households out of pocket health expenditures fall below 25%. New...
Peru faces the challenge of the financial transition of its health system, which consists of replacing a scheme highly dependent on out-of-pocket spending to a pooled system where health system users use pre-payment systems and/or health insurance to share the...
The document presents a review of the different social protection systems in Chile, and Chapter VI analyzes the health system, indicating that the 2004 Law establishes the Explicit Health Guarantees (GES) as guarantees of the state health system. In 2005, an initial...
Bottlenecks related to the execution of health expenditures are often related to the public financial management rules and procedures put in place. These procedures are sometimes incompatible and creates hurdles for the Ministry of Health to react quickly to a health...
The overall objective is to enable Ministry of Public Health stakeholders to master the budget process in order to improve health financing. Specifically, the training aims to: To present the different steps for a good planning-programming-budgeting and...
Even though the 2022-23 budget allocation is an improvement from 9% last year to 10%, it failed to meet the 15% target for health sector set by the Abuja Declaration. If public services are not adequately financed and households are forced to look for care from...
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the Kenyan government is committed to expanding health service coverage with a focus on quality as well as reduction of healthcare costs. Speaking in Malindi while inaugurating board of directors of the, National Health...
The AUDA-NEPAD Development Fund (AUDF) held its first technical meeting for the West Africa Regional Health Financing Hub (RHFH) process in Accra, Ghana from the 29th to the 31st of August 2022. The meeting was the first step in kickstarting the process of...
The government of Uganda is in process of implementing the national health insurance scheme (NHIS)with the goal of improving financial risk protection and attaining universal health coverage. In this article see the questions to and the responses from the chief...
