In Uganda, Results-Based Financing (RBF) is highlighted as a core intervention to transform health purchasing from a traditional input-based budgeting approach to one that actively encourages performance improvements. This strategy's goal is to institutionalize RBF as...
Overview of health financing flows in Uganda
Tracking health financing resources is critical for ensuring the efficient use of resources as well as equitable distribution. This report documents the nature and magnitude of financial flows to Uganda’s health sector and the purchase of primary health care (PHC)...
Multilateral development banks and WHO launch new investment platform to strengthen primary health care services
The European Investment Bank (EIB), African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) along with other partners join WHO to launch a new Health Impact Investment Fund to strengthen essential, climate and crisis-resilient primary health care services in...
Can Ethiopia finance the continued development of its primary health care system if external resources decline?
Originally published in 2018, this study utilized a projection model to assess Ethiopia's ability to sustain its primary care system in the face of decreasing external support. The study also examined the projected costs associated with primary healthcare delivery....
Namibia health sector Public Expenditure Review
This report presents the findings of Namibia’s health sector's first Public Expenditure Review (PER). A PER is a comprehensive analysis of public spending over time, assessing its quantity and quality in relation to policy goals and performance indicators. Among...
Namibia resource tracking for health and HIV/AIDS: 2017/18
This report presents the outcomes of the 2017/18 resource tracking exercise conducted in Namibia, aiming to estimate healthcare and HIV/AIDS response expenditures. The exercise employed an integrated approach, combining the Health Accounts and the National AIDS...
Event: National high level dialogue on health financing
The countdown to the high-level dialogue on health financing for universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya has begun! Join us as we pave the way towards sustainable health financing and UHC. Mark your calendars for June 26th-28th June 2023. The meeting will bring...
ThinkWell Webinar, Direct financing of healthcare facilities: What’s all the fuss about?
On June 1, 2023, at 9:00 AM-EST, ThinkWell will host the third installment of the Counterpoint webinar series entitled "Directly Financing Healthcare Facilities: What's all the fuss about?" There is a growing consensus that additional funding and greater autonomy for...
How to finance “The Big Catch-Up,” allowing more children and communities to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases
This World Bank Blog, part of the Invest in Health series analyzes the challenge of financing routine immunization of children globally, that were missed during the COVID 19 pandemic.Overview ‘The Big Catch-Up’ is the theme of this year’s World Immunization Week,...
Public financing for health in times of COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific Region
A discussion paper published by World Bank in collaboration with the Joint Learning Network, It is part of a series produced by the Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Global Practice of the World Bank. The papers in this series aim to provide a vehicle for...
Mali-AMO: An ambitious action plan for 2023
The Caisse Malienne de Sécurité Sociale (CMSS) has held the 30th session of its Board of Directors, as well as one devoted to the delegated management of Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO). Several reforms are planned for 2023 to ensure that as many Malians as possible...
The economic burden incurred by families caring for children with developmental disability in Uganda
This study reveals that households caring for a child with a disability spent more than the national average household expenditure, and the annual cost of illness for all households was more than 100% of the national GDP per capita. In sub-Saharan Africa,...
Improving domestic revenue mobilization through innovative financing- exploring debt swaps in Sierra Leone
The funding of the health sector in Sierra Leone is a major challenge, as the limited fiscal space has been further constrained by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are significant funding gaps for the Life Stages Approach, National Health Sector...
National Health Insurance Fund reassures Kenyans that Linda Mama Program is ongoing
Over 6 million Kenyan mothers have benefitted since 2017 Linda Mama Program launch The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has assured Kenyans that the government-funded Linda Mama program whose aim is to reduce maternal and child mortality and alleviate the...
A review of local government and health facility implementation experiences in Results-Based Financing for primary health care in Uganda
Starting in the financial year 2018/19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) began implementing Results-Based Financing (RBF) under the Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Improvement Project (URMCHIP). To operationalize RBF, the MOH introduced performance-linked...