Three new documents have been posted on the document section of the Rwanda page. They include two government documents which are the fourth heath sector strategic plan and the health financing strategy as well as one peer reviewed article on the financial...
Malawi : Stakeholders call for taxes to support health services
In June, 2021 stakeholders in the health sector engaged the parliamentary committee on health to lobby for more funding to the sector to ensure that health facilities are equipped with adequate drugs and other medical items, personnel and infrastructure. The Malawi...
Gambia: “The 2020 national health insurance bill (NHIB) seeks to fulfil right to health care services” says Minister Samateh
In the quest to ensure financial risk protection and equal access to health services and hence achieve universal health coverage, the Gambia government initiated the introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2020. The minister of health Dr. Ahmad...
Policy levers and priority-setting in universal health coverage (UHC): a qualitative analysis of healthcare financing agenda setting in Kenya
In light of the centrality of UHC in driving current health policy in Kenya, this paper examines the value interests that influence agenda setting in the country’s health financing space. Given the plurality of Kenya’s health policy levers, the authors aimed to...
Kenyan president launches benchmark universal health coverage (UHC) pilot, to become nationwide by 2022
On the 13th of Dec, 2018 the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta announced the launch of a UHC plan, positioning Kenya as a leader in achieving quality and affordable healthcare in the African continent. The first pilot phase was planned to cover four...
Côte d’Ivoire-Cancer: 20 billion to facilitate patient care
(...) over the next 5 years, 20 billion Fcfa will be invested " to provide access to treatment for cancer patients. The Ivorian Minister of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Health Coverage, Pierre Dimba, at the launch of the 2021 edition of Octobre...
Enhancing the competitiveness of the health sector in Jordan
The paper aims to identify and elaborate on the main challenges facing the private sector’s participation in the Health Sector in Jordan, in wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. It entails an exploration of the structure, governance and finance of the Kingdom’s Healthcare...
NIGER-ENABEL: Contribution to the national CMU strategy
As part of the definition of the health component of the Niger-Belgium 2022-2026 cooperation program, a workshop was held from September 08 to 10, 2021, which clarified ENABEL's support for the national Universal Health Coverage strategy as part of the implementation...
Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs solicits increased health financing from the Government
As reported by Kaija Kasekamp at the platform of European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, multiple analyses have indicated that the social tax-based health financing system in Estonia is not sustainable. Estonia's working-age population is...
Health financing progress matrix (HFPM) validation workshop
The Ministry of Health with the support of WHO and other partners is conducting a Health Financing Progress Matrix validation workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to validate and update the preliminary results from an assessment of Ethiopia's health...
The P4H Coordination Desk is looking for an India KM/Health Financing Consultant
The individual consultant will participate in the knowledge management workstream of the P4H network workplan. His / her functions will include the documentation of health financing and social health protection reforms and processes through the P4H digital platform....
Getting it right: Uganda’s proposed national health insurance scheme (NHIS)
Uganda is a signatory to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and therefore is committed to attaining universal health coverage (UHC) for all. According to WHO, the goal of UHC is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering...
A new report published on aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine
As part of Health policy paper series, WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with WHO Country Office in Ukraine published a policy brief titled “Aligning health and decentralization reform in Ukraine” (2021). Considering that Ukrainian decentralization...
Document on developing and implementing health financing strategies available here
Low- and middle-income countries are developing health financing strategies to map out how they will pay for universal health coverage. This brief discusses three activities that are valuable for producing sound strategies: convening multi-sectoral committees to...
Document on advocacy for UHC available on the digital platform
Despite strong global commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), inconsistent understanding and communication about UHC hinders progress. Experience suggests that advocating for and communicating about UHC requires deliberate, tailored, context-specific...