<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...
Policy options on form and financing of the National Health Services in Mozambique – 23 April 2018
Health financing and integration of urban and rural residents’ basic medical insurance systems in China
China is in the process of integrating the new cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) and the urban residents’ basic medical insurance system (URBMI) into the urban and rural residents’ basic medical insurance system (URRBMI). However, how to integrate the financing...
Armenia – Achievements and Challenges in Improving Health Care Utilization
Following the post-Soviet transition period, public spending on health dropped sharply, as did health care use rates. Health care use rates declined in part because formal and informal out-of-pocket expenditures had to compensate for the decrease in public spending....
Reducing out-of-pocket payments for health in order to achieve UHC in Mongolia
Reducing out-of-pocket payments for health in order to achieve universal health coverage in Mongolia – The Center for Policy Impact in Global Health Healthcare costs are among the largest barriers to accessing health services and achieving universal health coverage...
The Health Systems and Policy Monitor for Lithuania
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies monitors country specific health system and policy related developments. As part of Health Systems in Transition (HiT), it includes health financing that covers health expenditure, sources of revenue, fund flows,...
Mali Action Plan
MAP is a necessary vision of hope and motivation for our country. It proposes a new way of coordinating efforts, players, resources and initiatives to realize the right to quality services accessible to all Malians, building on the important work developed by CREDD...
National Social Protection Strategy in Côte d’Ivoire
The aim of this strategy is to gradually build a more comprehensive and effective system of social protection, while prioritizing measures and programs that reduce the vulnerability of the poorest and highest-risk groups. It thus provides a framework for public...
Study on resource mobilization mechanisms and modalities for CMU Côte d’Ivoire
According to the studies carried out, the implementation of Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) requires additional resources over and above the planned contributions by Law 2014-131 of March 24, 2014. We therefore need to find additional financial resources in order...
Côte d’Ivoire 2020-2023 investment file
Côte d'Ivoire's investment program has three main components: strategic bottleneck analysis to make the case for greater investment in primary healthcare; evidence-based, high-impact interventions to address priority health system issues; the amount of investment...