DOCUMENT | 31 Mar 2022
Study of the potential for expanding the budgetary space dedicated to health in the Republic of Burundi
Burundi
253 results
DOCUMENT | 28 Mar 2022
The political economy of universal health coverage reform in Thailand: Lessons for low- and middle-income countries
Thailand
Thailand achieved universal health coverage (UHC) with three public health insurance schemes in 2002. This study examines how political economy factors influenced the evolution of universal health coverage reform in Thailand by applying the political economy...
NEWS | 28 Mar 2022
New document on the political economy of UHC reform in Thailand is now available
Thailand
Thailand achieved universal health coverage (UHC) with three public health insurance schemes in 2002. This study examined how political economy factors influenced the evolution of the UHC reform in Thailand by applying the political economy framework. This study...
DOCUMENT | 25 Mar 2022
Political economy and the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Ghana: a case study of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Ghana
In this study, the authors document the political pathway to the implementation of the NHIS in Ghana as well as the continuous political will supporting the scheme. The political structure as well as advocacy strength play a critical role in setting budgets for...
NEWS | 25 Mar 2022
New document available on Ghana country page
Ghana
An article discussing the importance of political will in the implementation of a national health insurance has been uploaded to the Ghana country page. The full article can be accessed using the link below.
DOCUMENT | 24 Mar 2022
The political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia
Malaysia
There is growing evidence that political economy factors are important for adopting health financing reforms, but there is little consensus about which political and institutional factors determine the results of reform proposals. This study examined efforts at health...
DOCUMENT | 23 Mar 2022
Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the system for verifying/evaluating the results of health facilities set up under the FBP/gratuité system in Burundi
Burundi
DOCUMENT | 23 Mar 2022
Health accounts 2018
Burundi
DOCUMENT | 22 Mar 2022
Niger: Proposed indicators for aligning health budget support
Niger
NEWS | 21 Mar 2022
New document on the political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia is now available
Malaysia
There is growing evidence that political economy factors are important for adopting health financing reforms, but there is little consensus about which political and institutional factors determine the results of reform proposals. This study examined efforts at health...
NEWS | 04 Mar 2022
Webinar: Health financing in FCAS: when humanitarian concerns dominate
Many regions and countries are now facing emergencies, acute and chronic, with challenges to security, political settlements and health security. These demand new approaches to health financing that learn from developmental and humanitarian approaches and explore...
NEWS | 03 Mar 2022
Video recording now available: Financing Universal Health Coverage despite instability – a webinar organized by WHO and AFRAFRA
In many countries, instability is undermining the state's ability to exercise its sovereign functions and provide basic services to its population, to the point of undermining its legitimacy. These "fragile" situations raise major challenges for progress towards...
DOCUMENT | 24 Feb 2022
Political economy analysis of universal health coverage and health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries: the role of stakeholder engagement in the research process
Progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) is an inherently political process. Political economy analysis (PEA) is gaining momentum as a tool to better understand the role of the political and economic dimensions in shaping and achieving UHC in different...
NEWS | 19 Feb 2022
Kazakhstan is centralizing procurement of medical equipment to save costs
Kazakhstan
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Kazakhstan is preparing the Program for medical equipment, where funding sources will be defined for each equipment type and public health care providers who are supposed to get the equipment with...
NEWS | 14 Feb 2022
President Koroma launches social health insurance scheme
Sierra Leone
The president of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma launched the Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme(SLeSHI) on Friday, 16 February. The scheme is meant to provide Universal Healthcare Coverage for all and sundry across the country. While...