The Budget Execution Report, released on February 15th, shows a relevant increase in domestic expenditure in health in Mozambique, from 18.985 million MT (263 M$) to 25.318 million MT (351 M$), a +33% change. This prioritization of health with domestic...
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Universal health coverage and COVID-19 preparedness and response in Asia and the Pacific
Authors: Soonman KWON and Eunkyoung KIM Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted all aspects of our global society and economies and progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), further worsening structural fragilities and deepening inequalities (1)....
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Webinar: Assessing health financing systems with the Health Financing Progress Matrix: a focus on country implementation
Until recently, there was no standard assessment of a country’s health financing system, in terms of the alignment of institutions and policies with good practice. WHO’s newly developed Health Financing Progress Matrix fills this gap. The HFPM is both an...
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Webinar: Assessing health financing systems with the Health Financing Progress Matrix: a focus on country implementation
Until recently, there was no standard assessment of a country’s health financing system, in terms of the alignment of institutions and policies with good practice. WHO’s newly developed Health Financing Progress Matrix fills this gap. The HFPM is both an...
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Health Financing Progress Matrix 2.0 – Launch Event December 16th 2020
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is WHO’s standardized assessment of country health financing systems using a set of evidence-informed benchmarks, which are also referred to as desirable attributes. Each attribute represents one...
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Myanmar established fund to purchase COVID-19 vaccines
The National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 30-12-2020 formed a Fund Management Sub-committee on the Purchase of COVID-19 Vaccines. The sub-committee has opened the COVID-19 Vaccination Fund at...
Universal Health Coverage in the United Kingdom
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COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor, Republic of Korea
The Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies published a report on the Health System Response Monitor (HSRM). It is designed to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19)...
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If you’re not ready, you need to adapt: lessons for managing public finances from the COVID-19 response
Hélène Barroy, Federica Margini, Joseph Kutzin (Word Health Organization), Nirmala Ravishankar (ThinkWell), Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen (World Bank Group), Srinivas Gurazada (PEFA), Chris James (OECD) COVID-19 has been a well-recognized stress test for public financial...
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(Blog, GFP FMI)
"En respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19, muchos países crearon fondos extrapresupuestarios (FEE)[2 ] para movilizar recursos y racionalizar las medidas de gasto de emergencia. Una nota del FMI publicada recientemente examina el papel que estos fondos pueden estar...
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(Blog, GFP FMI)
"In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries set up extra-budgetary funds (EBFs)[2] to mobilize resources and streamline emergency spending measures. A recently published IMF note examines the role these funds may play in the current crisis. The note examines...
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Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 and integrated recovery action plan (ESIRI C-19) – Haiti
Decided by the Government, which has requested support from the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union, and to be completed in less than 3 months (August-October...
Can social accountability improve access to free public health care for the poor? Analysis of three Health Equity Fund configurations in Cambodia, 2015–17
Within the context of universal health coverage, community participation has been identified as instrumental to facilitate access to health services. Social accountability whereby citizens hold providers and policymakers accountable is one popular approach. This...
GIZ & WHO Report on Strategic Purchasing by the Cambodian National Social Security Fund – 2020
The document presents the findings from an assessment of the co-management of different social health insurance (SHI) schemes by the Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF), with a focus on the strategic purchasing of health services from public and private...
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Toward strategic purchasing – Management of multiple schemes and purchasing decisions by the Cambodian National Social Security Fund
The Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was established in 2008 based on the provisions of the Social Security Law adopted by the National Assembly in 2002. While the health insurance branch of the fund initially covered mainly benefits for employees in the...