For New Zealand’s health budget 2022, $13.2 billion has been allocated to the health sector over the next four years, aiming to reduce cost pressures and create new services. While $1.8 billion in new spending in the coming year aims to address historic cost...
The African Union starts the implementation of the Health Financing Tracker
The African Union (AU) has held the Africa Leadership Meeting - Investing in Health (ALM) Initiative in Johannesburg on 23rd May, 2022, with presence of representatives of African countries. The objective of the meeting was to exchange on the exercise of the Health...
Re-learning through the pandemic: India’s COVID-19 health financing response
Authors: Grace Achungura, Technical Officer (Health Financing for UHC-HCF), WHO Country Office, India Rahul Reddy, Health Systems & Financing Expert, India Mita Choudhury, Associate Professor, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy Jaidev Anand,...
How China controls the COVID-19 epidemic through public health expenditure and policy
This paper aimed to explore how the Chinese government controls the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of public health expenditure and policy. Findings showed that public health expenditure and policy played an important role in the governance and control of the...
Turkey’s healthcare investment proved its capacity amid outbreak: Presidential Communications Directorate
The Turkish government has been investing in the healthcare sector for years to improve its capacity, and these investments have been paying off in the fight against the coronavirus, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said on...
Financing social protection and accelerating coverage in times of crisis and beyond: options for a people-centred recovery
Financing social protection and accelerating coverage in times of crisis and beyond: options for a human-centred recovery
Niger: International PSS Conference: a path to combat inequality
This conference is co-organized by the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs, Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency, Be-cause Health, the platform for Belgian players in the health sector, and WHO Niger, the World Health Organization Niger and the...
GFF organises a seminar on the institutionalisation of Zimbabwe’s Results Based Financing
In 2011, the Government of Zimbabwe in collaboration with the World Bank, initiated Results Based Financing (RBF) with the goal of increasing the availability, accessibility and utilisation of quality health care services. RBF is an example of strategic purchasing...
Lessons from Three Countries That Have Strengthened Budget Structures and Processes to Improve Health Budget Execution
The LHSS-JLN Health Budget Learning Exchange What do Lao PDR, Malaysia, and Kenya have in common? All three countries have strengthened their budget structures and processes to enable good health budget execution. Their experiences hold valuable lessons for others...
Seminar invitation: Institutionalization of Results-Based Financing: Lessons from Zimbabwe
The GFF with support from the World Bank has organised a seminar focusing on lessons learnt in institutionalizing Results Based Financing in Zimbabwe. Building on the ongoing discussion around mainstreaming results-based financing (RBF) in the health sector, this...
Health Financing Policy and Implementation in Fragile and Conflict-affected Setting: A Synthesis of Evidence and Recommendations
This paper is the product of a comprehensive review of both published and unpublished literature, and an extensive process of peer review and consultation. We extend our appreciation to the many comments we received on earlier versions of the paper at a number of...
A role for user charges? Thoughts from health financing reforms in Cambodia.
"The article examines how Cambodia has reformed its health financing system to ensure access without removing user fees."
Australia’s health budget tops $132bn for 2022-23
Australia's health budget will exceed $132bn for 2022-23, which increased from $62bn for a decade ago due to a rise of healthcare expenditures, the expansion of the pharmaceutical benefits scheme, the Covid-19 response and the addition of $2.3bn over four years for...