The Republic of Niger joined the GFF in July 2019. The Nigerien government welcomed this partnership as an opportunity to improve the cost-effectiveness and equity of healthcare spending (both public and external) by aligning it with national priorities centered on...
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Is Health Financing Gender Biased?
We take for granted the way health programs are financed—and often forget that there are biases in financing functions that undermine equitable access to health care. For instance, through gender advances, women now decide on contraceptive use and childbearing. Yet...
Ministerial decree on health theme groups in Guinea
As part of the implementation of the National Health Development Plan, eight (08) thematic groups have been set up, with their terms of reference and composition set out in a ministerial order to be issued in March 2019.
Functioning of the Health Economics Unit in Senegal
La Cellule d’économie de la santé (CES) a été mise en place pour assurer le suivi de la mise en œuvre de la stratégie nationale de financement de la santé et pour renforcer les analyses dans le domaine de l’économie de la santé afin de proposer des stratégies...
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PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region
On 22 January 2024, PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region was held in Bangkok, Thailand. This event was co-organized by WHO South-East Asia Region, Chulalongkorn University, and Mahidol University. In this side meeting, P4H...
Scoping review on classification and focus comparison of health financing frameworks
This study reviews 21 health financing frameworks, classifying them into groups, highlighting their diverse perspectives, and emphasizing their adaptability for policymakers based on local contexts and challenges.The purpose of this study is to review the current...
Rehabilitation in health financing: opportunities on the way to universal health coverage
The first World Health Organization resource on health financing for rehabilitation has been published in collaboration with the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator considering financing, challenges, and opportunities and offering guidance for...
Pooling Reforms to Strengthen Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage
This LHSS brief focuses on how pooling arrangements—the way countries combine funding from different sources to spread the financial risk of needing to pay for health services—can be improved to accelerate progress toward UHC.The policy brief synthesizes the existing...
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Kenya: High Court suspends implementation of Social Health Insurance Act
Putting a halt to the government's plans, Kenya's High Court suspended the planned implementation of the Social Health Insurance Act 2023 by the Ministry of Health until February 2024.In a brief ruling rendered by Justice Chacha Mwita on Monday, November 27, 2023,...
The application of artificial intelligence in health financing: a scoping review
Scoping review explores AI applications in health financing and future potentials. AI enhances performance in governance, revenue raising, pooling, and strategic purchasing, guiding future policy and capacity development.Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a...
Is contributory health insurance indeed an addiction to a bad idea? A comment on its relevance for low- and middle-income countries
Abstract Financing of health systems is an enduring concern world wide. Yazbeck and colleagues in their paper make an important point that when there is a choice between financing in which contributions from citizens take place in the form of generalised taxes versus...
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Global Health Talk 2023 Policy Brief: Financing Health for All in The Context of Scarcity
At the Global Health Talk 2023, Healthy DEvelopments and the Global Health Hub Germany launched a policy brief presenting the outcomes of a joint Catalyst Dialogue on “How to increase funding for health for all and spend existing funds more effectively". The Global...
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Mozambique National Health Accounts 2015
This report provides a summary of Mozambique's 2015 Health Accounts exercise, which aimed to measure and track total health spending for the country's residents. The Health Accounts captured valuable information regarding the source of funds, type of provider, goods,...
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Public-private partnerships for health: opportunities in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
The Mozambican government confronts formidable challenges in enhancing population health outcomes, primarily due to the burden of disease and insufficient allocation of resources to the health sector. At the same time, mining and natural gas firms operating in Cabo...
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The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefit Package Design in Kazakhstan
Authors Wija Oortwijn 1 , Gavin Surgey 1 , Tanja Novakovic 2 , Rob Baltussen 1 , Lyazzat Kosherbayeva 3 published an open access article titled “The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefit Package Design in Kazakhstan” in the...