In the context of health systems, purchasing refers to the allocation of pooled funds to providers of services on behalf of a population. The World Health Report 2000 pushed forward the idea that countries should move beyond passive purchasing, where the purchaser...
Examining the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and its determinants in Malawi
Despite a free access to public health services policy in most sub-Saharan African countries, households still contribute to total health expenditures through out-of-pocket expenditures. This reliance on out-of-pocket expenditures places households at a risk of...
DRC: the need to strengthen the healthcare system through investment
Faced with several cycles of the Ebola virus epidemic, the country, with the support of its PTs, has put in place systems and undertaken actions that have helped to strengthen the capacities of health facilities, now better equipped to monitor the alerts that are...
Fighting malaria in Burkina Faso: free treatment alone is not enough!
Measures are being taken by the government to facilitate access to care for patients. The aim is to eliminate the disease by the end of 2030. How are these measures perceived by the local population, and what is their assessment of the measures put in place ? A...
Responding to post-COVID19 conditions: what role for primary health care?
The WHO European Centre for PHC in Almaty, Kazakhstan is hosting an expert discussion on COVID-19-related challenges for health systems and the foundational role of primary health care in addressing them. The next "Let's Talk Primary Health Care" event will be held...
Union des mutuelles de santé: strengthening community mutuals in the sights of the new president
Strengthening and supporting community health mutuals means This is one of the challenges facing Andre Demba Wade, the newly appointed President of the Union nationale des mutuelles de santé communautaire du Sénégal. He was chosen at the end of a renewal general...
335 seasoned health workers deployed in Chad
The Guera health delegation organized a capacity-building workshop for 335 health workers in Mongo from February 22 to 26, 2021, in partnership with the GAVI Alliance. Representing the Governor and launching the activities of this training course, the Guera provincial...
ADB assists Vietnam to strengthen health professionals
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Mozambique to strengthen Community Health
The Mozambican Ministry of Health has presented the draft of the Community Health strategy to development partners. Mozambique counts now with 6.790 Community Health workers, called APE (Agentes Polivalentes Elementares), who perform essential preventive health work...
Papier
Blanchet K, Alwan A, Antoine C, et al. Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health 2020;5:e003675. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003675 ->...
(WHO – Interim report, 27 August 2020)
<Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic> (WHO - Interim report, 27 August 2020) https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-EHS_continuity-survey-2020.1 “WHO conducted a key informant survey among ministry...
Mid-term review of the Primary Health Care Strengthening Program (PHCSP), co-funded by GFF
The Primary Health Care Strengthening Program (PHCSP) aims at contributing to the implementation of the Investment Case (IC) for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N). The Program financing was 253 M$ in 2019...
Nepal boosts drugs availability – August 2020
Nepal has made significant progress in improving drug availability in districts. Pukar Malla, an executive coach at the Nepal Leadership Academy, explains how L4UHC helped create a safe space to innovate, and the importance of starting small and thinking big. Nepal...
“Ayushman Bharat for a new India” – protecting the poor
Two major initiatives for the health sector where announced as part of Ayushman Bharat: 1. Health and Wellness Centre Scheme 2. National Health Protection Scheme covering Hospital Care for poor and vulnerable families (Announcement Posted On: 01 FEB 2018 1:31PM by PIB...
India: Integration of Government health schemes under the National Health Authority
on August 13th the governing board of National Health Authority (NHA), chaired by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, approved the proposal to integrate existing health schemes of the central ministries with the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri...