The main source of funding for the National Immunization Program (NIP) in Colombia is general taxes, although there are also limited contributions from the sub-national level for program management. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection manages all NIP...
The Philippines Universal Health Care (UHC) Law mandates that province- and city-wide health systems must implement financial integration, starting in 2023.This policy brief outlines how policies on financial integration will alter the financing of health services at...
This correspondence discusses a new law on Health (No. 17 of 2023), which was enacted following the Indonesian Health Transformation Plan. The Plan consists of six key pillars: the transformation of primary health care, referral health care, health resilience, health...
In simplified terms, the document first describes the official stages in the process of the flow of funds dedicated to the health sector at central level, and then those of the process of the flow of funds from the budget chapter transferred to decentralized...
The Minister for Finance, National Planning and Trade, Naadir Hassan announced that the government’s budget for 2024 will see an increase in several social benefits.Minister Hassan told the house that the revision was done over a year of consultation with key partners...
The blog underscores the importance of public financial management (PFM) for effective health systems and universal health coverage (UHC), stressing the need to align aid with local PFM practices and the role of P4H in these efforts. The Montreux Collaborative has...
As part of the P4H platform, the aim was to draw up and implement a joint roadmap for the development of universal health coverage.This document is drawn up with the aim of producing an analysis of innovative financing mechanisms and its potential to mobilize...
The aim of this exercise is to estimate and analyze the distribution of healthcare expenditure according to the dimensions of the health accounts. Total healthcare expenditure in 2020 is estimated at 364.65 billion FCFA, including 352.48 billion FCFA for current...
Nigeria's Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOML-PforR), launched with World Bank support significantly improved maternal, newborn, and child health by emphasizing results-based funding, transparency, and data-driven decision-making, showcasing a...
Expenditure arrears significantly disrupt health financing and service delivery, underscoring the need for better management and attention to this issue. Expenditure arrears, a form of deficit financing that often goes unnoticed, significantly disrupt health financing...
At the Special Parliamentary Day on Malaria, the Minister of Public Health pointed out that, despite the progress made in the fight against this disease, population coverage of prevention and treatment interventions remains insufficient due to inadequate funding....
New Zealand's 2024 health budget prioritizes frontline health services and workers to ensure healthcare access for all citizens.The top three new health investments (operating and capital) include: (1) hospital and specialist services, (2) primary, community, and...
Lao PDR and Peru improved their health budget execution by implementing tailored strategies with support from the LHSS-JLN Health Budget Execution Learning Exchange. For countries striving to improve health budget execution, learning from others' successful approaches...
Health in Côte d'Ivoire is 44% financed by external resources, announced the Minister in charge of health during a panel discussion organized on Tuesday May 28, 2024 by the Global Fund, the African Union, the GFF, the Pepfar, on the sidelines of the 77th World Health...
Effective devolution, health financing, and public financial management are crucial for advancing universal health coverage, and targeted policy solutions can address existing challenges in these areas across seven Asian and African countries. This paper published in...
