This paper elaborates an approach to health financing policy that countries can adapt to their own national context. This entails: (1) specification of a set of health finance policy objectives, grounded in the core values espoused by WHO; (2) a conceptual framework...
Authors: Soonman KWON and Eunkyoung KIM Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted all aspects of our global society and economies and progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), further worsening structural fragilities and deepening inequalities (1)....
Historically, public financial management (PFM) has been overlooked in academic and policy discussions on the availability of domestic resources. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that shows the impact of PFM processes on the quality and volume of...
The Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM) is WHO’s standardized assessment of country health financing systems using a set of evidence-informed benchmarks, which are also referred to as desirable attributes. Each attribute represents one...
Recently, the Minister of the national economy of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov presented the results of socio-economic development since the beginning of 2020. At the end of November, inflation was 7.3%, and the GDP decreased by 2.8%. Inflation, combined with the...
In this article, the KOACI newspaper reports on the measures taken in the appendix to the 2021 Finance Act concerning VAT exemptions and aimed at controlling the cost of healthcare reimbursed by the CMU....
In this article, the KOACI newspaper reports on the measures taken in the appendix to the 2021 Finance Act concerning VAT exemptions and aimed at controlling the cost of healthcare reimbursed by the CMU....
The Ministry of Health, development partners and civil society are finalizing the joint process to review and extend the Strategic Plan, which will cover the period 2020-24. The adaptations will be focused on areas that have experienced relevant advancements, such as...
The latest Iteration of Myanmar Development Assistance Policy has been launched in November 2020. The new policy aims to ensure that development assistance is at all times: fully aligned with the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030, and Sectoral,...
Mozambique has embarked in the new phase of costing health services with the One Health tool, supported by WHO. The objective is to approximate costs of all programs and cost items of the health system. This is an essential part of planning and budgetary...
The National Health and Social Development Plan 2019 - 2028 is based on three major axes: - sector governance and financing ; - health and social services, and; - social protection in the sector. It is determined to achieve universal health coverage in Senegal.
Hélène Barroy, Federica Margini, Joseph Kutzin (Word Health Organization), Nirmala Ravishankar (ThinkWell), Moritz Piatti-Fünfkirchen (World Bank Group), Srinivas Gurazada (PEFA), Chris James (OECD) COVID-19 has been a well-recognized stress test for public financial...
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