The Global Coordination Desk Core Team members presented the ACT-A process guide for national budgetary dialogue tool and opportunity to the P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia on 7th October 2021. The CFP Ethiopia along with the African Regional Office (AFRO)...
P4H provided platform and promoted dialogues, experience sharing between countries, regional office, global experts and global coordination desk. The Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia had the opportunity to have regular interactions with other CFPs like the CFP in...
The P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia engaged with the head of the Policy and Planning Department in the MOHSS Namibia and conducted an in-depth discussion on the process guide for national budgetary dialogue and the opportunity through ACTA. The discussion...
Following the inputs from the WHO Namibia office, orientation from the Global Coordination Desk as well as Regional Support, and learnings from other countries, the Country Focal Person (CFP) Namibia developed an introductory presentation on the discussion of the...
The P4H Country Focal Person continues liaison with the Ministry of Health in Namibia towards budgetary dialogue in the context of COVID-19. Discussion with Deputy Director Budget and Finance: There were discussions with Deputy Director Budget and Finance who...
A small task force from the UHC Committee consisting of representative from WHO, MoHSS – Policy and Planning Department, USAID and Abt Associates was constituted and convened in Namibia. The task force discussed different options, developed a matrix of possible area...
The P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) made a presentation at the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Committee meeting with the objective of taking the initiative further and promoting joint ownership towards the budget dialogue. The presentation focused on ACT-A initiative,...
For this year, the Togolese government plans to devote 19 billion FCFA to Universal Health Coverage (UHC), according to official information. This represents 18% of the resources allocated to the Ministry of Health (which stand at 105.4 billion FCFA), according to the...
In Maldives, the Public Health Fund has been established under the Public Health Protection Act as a source of finance for public health related purposes. Currently, Public Health Fund Regulation has been enacted. Following the regulation, fines charged under...
As P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) for Kuwait, Henrik Axelson will provide support to the government and development partners in carrying out a health financing assessment using the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), establishing a Health Economics and Financing...
The proposed budget in Iran amounted to about 24.357 quadrillion rials (about $580 billion), with a 20-percent rise from the current year’s budget. The health system accounts for approximately 17 percent of the total public budget. Over 90 percent of the health...
Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kuwait has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide support to strengthening its capacity to use health economics and financing tools and approaches to inform the design, planning, implementation, and...
Henrik Axelson is an independent consultant based in Cairo and originally from Sweden. He is a health economist and health financing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience of providing technical assistance and policy advice to governments of low and...
The Strategy for Population Health Protection until 2030 was approved by Decree No. 414 of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on September 30, 2021. This strategy defines direction of reforms in the healthcare system and provides ways for further development...
World Bank reported that the Government of Tajikistan launched the development of an investment plan to boost the health care system, at an event, which was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Protection,...
