This report, available in English and Spanish, presents the findings of a literature review conducted to inform our understanding of the context in Honduras to expand social protection in health to women who are at risk of migration, as well as other vulnerable...
New documents available on the Honduras country page
New documents available on the Honduras country page.
Two decades of Tanzanian health policy: examining policy developments and opportunities through a gender lens
Tanzania has undertaken important health sector reforms in the last decade with the goal of attaining universal health coverage (UHC). In the recent Health Sector Strategic Plan (2021–26), the country lays out ambitious targets to achieve UHC. Yet, women in Tanzania...
Cameroon: Training workshop on gender budgeting for social and financial protection in healthcare
The P4H Focal Person in Cameroon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry for the Promotion of Women and the Family, is building the capacity of the Ministry of Health on the theme of gender-sensitive budgeting, with a view to taking into...
Universal access to health care declared as Kazakhstan’s priority at Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting
First Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Marat Shoranov participated in the Fifth Meeting of Health Ministers of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Speaking at the meeting, Marat Shoranov noted that the principle of universal access to...
Parliament Members discussed steps to improve the health insurance system
The Committee for Social and Cultural Development of the Lower Chamber of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a round table discussion on mandatory social health insurance attended by the Members of the Parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Health...
Minister of Public Health Delivers Qatar’s Country Statement at the the 75Th World Health Assembly
During her speech at the 75th World Health Assembly, Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, the Minister of health stated that the State of Qatar, under the present government was able to address the challenges of COVID-19 successfully due to a comprehensive, whole...
Health coverage and financial protection in Uganda: A political economy perspective
It has been over 20 years since Uganda abolished user-fees to improve access to health services and reduce the financial burden of accessing care. However, household out-of-pocket expenditures are still persistently very high contributing 42% of total health...
Chad: Workshop to finalize the 2022-2026 national social protection strategy document
The workshop was organized to finalize the SNPS 2022-2026 document, which will be submitted to the Government for adoption. The workshop will provide an opportunity to : Incorporate relevant comments made during the Steering Committee meeting held on February...
Conference on Digital Health in Chad
The conference is organized under the aegis of the Ministry of Health by the Telemedicine Program, Swiss TPH and the World Bank, with technical support from the SysRef and PADS teams, in partnership with the Centre de Support en Santé Internationale (CSSI) and the...
The Ministry of Health inaugurates the Board of Directors of the Gambia National Health Insurance Scheme authority
The ministry of health on 5th May, 2022 inaugurated the board of directors of the newly established National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) authority. Speaking at the event the Minister for Health Doctor Ahmadou Lamin Samateh said this move is long conceived by the...
New document about the political economy of health financing reforms available on Zimbabwe country page
An article discussing the impact of the political economy on the effective implementation of health financing reforms to ensure Universal Health Coverage has been uploaded on the Zimbabwe country page. The article was recently published in the BMC international...
The political economy of health financing reforms in Zimbabwe: a scoping review
This study explores the interaction between the political and economic aspects of health financing reforms in Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980. Health financing reform often involves complex interactions among many stakeholders of varying positions, power, and...
Cameroon: Workshop to define a financing mechanism for the CSU pilot phase
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO and with the support of the P4H Focal Person, is organizing a workshop from May 04 to 07, 2022 in Douala to define the financing mechanism for the CSU pilot phase, scheduled to start in 2023. This workshop will...
New publication: WHO Step-by-step guide to conducting a cross-programmatic efficiency analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a diagnostic approach to enable countries to look across health programmes that are part of their health system to detect “cross-programmatic” inefficiencies. The approach uses applied health system analysis to unpack...