Afghanistan’s health system has been under stress in recent years. As a country in a fragile and conflict affected situation (FCSList-FY23 World Bank), primary healthcare (PHC) is delivered by non-governmental organizations funded by multilateral or bilateral donors,...
Universal health coverage and the poor: to what extent are health financing policies making a difference? Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in Zambia
Zambia has invested in several healthcare financing reforms aimed at achieving universal access to health services. This study conducted a quasi-longitudinal benefit incidence analysis of public and overall health spending between 2006 and 2014 by combining data from...
An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania
One of the most cited barriers to accessing health services in most low and middle-income countries is distance to the facility, not only geographically but also financially. Direct and time costs of accessing and using health care may limit health care access, impact...
Working short and working long: can primary healthcare be protected as a public good in Lebanon today?
Protracted conflict in Lebanon has been a threat to the public healthcare system and the public Primary Healthcare Network (PHCN) in the country now aggravated by the COVID 19 Pandemic. This article looks at the challenges including the COVID 19, the civil war and the...
Kazakhstan aims to finance PHC by up to 60% of all health care costs
At the round table meeting conducted to discuss the collaboration between WHO Country Office in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Healthcare and the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aizhan Esmagambetova reminded that Kazakhstan aims to reach the...
Russia is investing funds to attract health workers to rural areas
Russian Ministry of Healthcare has allocated additional funding to the state programs named "Rural Doctor" and "Rural Physician Assitant to attract health care personnel to work in rural areas and small towns. The key change in a recently adopted policy was the...
Inclusive social protection in Mali: launch of the WSM-DGD 2022 2026 program
On June 17, 2022, the international Network for Social Protection Rights (Insp!r-Mali), in partnership with Belgian organizations, officially launched the WSM/DGD program for the period 2022-2026 in the area of the right to social protection. The INSPIR-Mali network,...
Kazakhstan expanded screening programs for children in an effort to invest into prevention
Vyacheslav Dudnik, Vice Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan spoke at the Open Doors Event held by the Corporate Fund "University Medical Center" in capital city Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the International Children's Day on June 1. “The greatest happiness of parents is...
Workshop held to strengthen the basic health care financial system in Ethiopia
A workshop on Primary Health Care Finance, under the theme "Putting people first through investing in PHC", was held focusing on the recently published Lancet Global Health Commission report. The workshop was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, the...
The Malawi parliament’s cluster committee on Health, HIV and Aids, and Nutrition pushes for an increase in health budget to ensure adequate financing for Universal Health Coverage.
In the budget presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe at the parliament earlier in March this year, the health sector was allocated the third-highest sectoral allocation behind education and agriculture, which amounts to about US$349...
Report Launch & Panel Discussion: Accessing Health Benefits under the ESI Scheme: A Demand side perspective
Join us for the launch of the ILO Report, ‘Accessing Health Benefits Under the ESI Scheme: A Demand-side Perspective’, and a panel discussion on the views of the direct stakeholders of the ESI Scheme, on the incentives and obstacles that presently...
BPJS Kesehatan adopts performance related capitation to boost promotional-preventive services in Indonesia
In Indonesia, BPJS Kesehatan, a Social Security Agency, committed to optimize promotional and preventive services at public primary health care centers. To incentive them, capitation payment is aligned to promotional-preventive service performance of the primary...
Russia is strengthening primary care as means of efficient resource management in health care
The Ministry of Health of Russia held a Board meeting (Collegium meeting) dedicated to primary health care in the Russian Federation. “Improvement of public health indicators, prevention of premature mortality, increase in life expectancy of citizens are largely...
CSU в Буркина-Фасо: исследователи представляют свои результаты с целью оказания влияния на лиц, принимающих решения
С марта 2019 года по октябрь 2021 года исследователи из нескольких институтов в сотрудничестве с Министерством здравоохранения Буркина-Фасо проводили исследовательский проект, посвященный успешному внедрению всеобщего охвата населения медицинскими услугами в...
CSU in Burkina Faso: Researchers present findings to influence decision-makers
From March 2019 to October 2021, a research project on the successful implementation of universal health coverage in Burkina Faso was conducted by researchers from several institutions in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. The research project was entitled...