In Indonesia, the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program for social protection cluster spent Rp117.3 trillion or 62.9 percent of the budget ceiling as of October 1, 2021. In response to the COVID pandemic, Rp104.1 trillion has been allocated for the public health...
Bearing the cost of healthcare for Syrian refugees is a challenge in Jordan
Jordan hosts more than 650,000 registered Syrian refugees and shares the cost of healthcare that is made available to them through the country’s public health services. To address the financial strain that this causes to the government’s exchequer, the latter...
Study of health financing mechanisms in Burundi
Final report on innovative financing mechanisms for the Social Protection Support Fund in Burundi
Progressing towards CSU in the era of COVID-19 in French-speaking Africa: what are the major challenges?
Kéfilath Bello, Fadhi Dkhimi, Y-LingChi, Jean-Paul Dossou, HélèneBarroy On May 20, 2021, WHO, P4H, the Center for Global Development, the Global Financing Facility (GFF) and Collectivity have organized a webinar entitled...
2021 Jordan state budget focusses on health sector, social protection
The Jordan Ministry of Finance has estimated JD 9.93 billion in public spending this year as it focuses on not shrinking spending capabilities despite the grave challenges posed by the Pandemic. The main axes of the budget are maintaining health sector expenditures...
Prospects for sustainable health financing in Tanzania: Baseline report
A high proportion of Tanzania’s total health spending comes from foreign donors and households’ out-of- pocket (OOP) spending, rather than from sustainable sources such as government tax-based revenue or health insurance. Over reliance on OOP can expose households to...
Universal health coverage (UHC) in low-Income countries: Tanzania’s efforts to overcome barriers to equitable health service access
The Government of Tanzania has implemented a number of health sector reforms that promote UHC in the last two decades. This case study focuses primarily on the initiatives that foster UHC with a specific pro-poor lens. Tanzania’s efforts that can potentially benefit...
Household health expenditure rises by 52% last four years
The recent Household Budget Survey 2019-20 published end of September shows a relevant 52% increase in household health expenditures. However, expenditure level continues to be low, passing from 90 Mzn (1,5€) in the last report of 2014-15 to 139 Mzn (1,8€) per...
Publication of the ACT-Accelerator Strategic Review
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Strategic Review: An independent report prepared by Dalberg, was published on Friday, 8th October 2021. This report was commissioned by the World Health Organization, on behalf of the ACT-Accelerator partners and as host...
Philippines passed the national budget for 2022 with increase allocation to health
The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved the final reading of the proposed PHP5.024-trillion for the 2022 budget, which is 11.5 percent higher than this year's PHP4.506 trillion. The budget proposal is developed based on three main pillars strategy:...
Namibia: FY2021/22 budget statement- Boosting resilience and recovery
The Minister of Finance budget speech in March 2021 highlights importance for domestic financing for COVID-19. In his speech, the Minister highlights that the budget allocates resources to the three main domains which are essential for the pathway to the next level of...
Brunei provides interim measures to assist the private sector affected by COVID-19
Brunei provides 7 interim measures to support private sectors affected by the COVID pandemic, starting from the 1st August 2021 to 31st December 2021 as follows: First: Defer the contributions of the Employees Trust Fund (Tabung Amanah Pekerja:...
Côte d’Ivoire-CMU: Instructions for effective care
To date in Côte d'Ivoire, 3,165,273 people have been enrolled by the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie, 3,048,485 people have been registered and 2,959,759 cards have been produced. The figures also show that 2,066,800 of the 2,959,759 cards produced were...
NIger: World Bank injects funds into maternal and child health
Niger's healthcare system is facing major difficulties. Despite the progress made in recent years, the country still has a high mortality rate among children under five (77 deaths per 1 000 live births in 2020), while stunted growth continues to have a...