DOCUMENT | 28 Oct 2021
Health financing and budgeting reforms in Gabon: Progress and challenges on the road to Universal Health Coverage (August 2020)
Gabon
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DOCUMENT | 28 Oct 2021
Budgeting for results in health: Key features, achievements and challenges in Peru (August 2020)
Peru
DOCUMENT | 28 Oct 2021
Implementing programme based budgeting in Ghana’s health sector – June 2021
Ghana
NEWS | 27 Oct 2021
Presentation & Discussion: “From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19”
The World Bank Geneva Office invites you to join others from the Geneva international community to the presentation of the latest report "From Double Shock to Double Recovery – Implications and Options for Health Financing in the Time of COVID-19”. Background: More...
NEWS | 27 Oct 2021
Strengthening Maternal Health Finance in Kenya: Lessons for Universal Health Coverage Reform
Kenya
Join ThinkWell, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, and P4H for a special webinar, "Strengthening Kenya’s Free Maternity Policy: Lessons for Universal Health Coverage Reforms" on Tuesday, November 9 at 4:00 PM EAT (8:00 AM EDT/2:00 PM CET) to hear experts discuss new study findings...
DOCUMENT | 26 Oct 2021
Kuwait during the pandemic of COVID 19
Kuwait
This article outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
Kuwait during the pandemic of COVID 19
Kuwait
New report outlines the government of Kuwait’s response to the health crisis caused by the COVID 19 pandemic and the course of action that it has undertaken to protect the public health of its citizens and residents. The policy report includes an early cost/benefit...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
Kuwaiti government gives health care a sustainable future
Kuwait
Kuwait spends an average of 454 Kuwaiti dinar KD (1507 USD) on healthcare per capita, significantly higher than the regional average (World Bank). While the Kuwaiti government continues to be the main provider of health care it also recognizes the expertise that the...
NEWS | 26 Oct 2021
Kuwait’s Health Ministry battles shrinking budget during coronavirus pandemic
Kuwait
The Kuwait government cut the Ministry of Health’s budget by about 135 million Kuwaiti dinars KD (447 million USD) this year on account of the reduced fiscal space caused by COVID 19. This is a major challenge for the Ministry of Health, especially in light of the...
NEWS | 21 Oct 2021
5th Meeting of the Montreux Collaborative on Fiscal Space, Public Financial Management and Health Financing
Meeting background: Since 2014 WHO has convened the Montreux Collaborative bi-annual meeting bringing together experts and partners to discuss the critical relationship between fiscal space, public financial management (PFM) and health financing towards advancing...
NEWS | 20 Oct 2021
BURKINA FASO: How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa?
Burkina Faso
How to finance healthcare systems in West Africa? The question was at the heart of a virtual round table on financing healthcare systems in West Africa. The organizer, Gilles Yabi, head of the Wathi think tank, , believes that the issue of...
DOCUMENT | 18 Oct 2021
Côte d’Ivoire: Report on the workshop to develop the framework for the national health financing coordination platform
Côte d’Ivoire
DOCUMENT | 18 Oct 2021
Côte d’Ivoire: 2021-2023 framework for the national health financing coordination platform
Côte d’Ivoire
NEWS | 18 Oct 2021
COTE d’IVOIRE: The national platform for coordinating health financing sets up a working framework
Côte d’Ivoire
A workshop was held in Yamoussoukro to develop a framework for the National Platform for the Coordination of Health Financing. This platform is intended as a forum for exchange, with the remit of establishing consensus on healthcare expenditure targets, ensuring the...
DOCUMENT | 17 Oct 2021
Private expenditures on healthcare: determinants patterns and progressivity aspects
Israel
This journal paper discusses how private spending by Israelis on health care is related to the income of individuals and their place of residence, and the inequity in access to care that ensues. It also analyses the progressivity of public financing in Israel which is...