Global Health Spending report: out with a bang!
Hot off the press - Groundbreaking report on Global Health Financing from WHO Shaping the future of Health Systems : lessons from Global health expenditure Things are moving fast in the health sector! Global expenditure in health illustrate this trend, which the...
Kyrgyzstan adopts new health strategy for 2019–2030
Kyrgyzstan has adopted a 12-year state strategy for the development of public health including health systems. Tagged “Healthy person – prosperous country”, the new health strategy for 2019–2030 aims to protect health, ensure access to essential quality services,...
Social protection in an electorally competitive environment (2): The politics of health insurance in Tanzania
This paper analyses the introduction and expansion of health insurance schemes in Tanzania. Health insurances were introduced around year 2000 as part of a more general health reform process aimed at improving access to health services. The paper argues that the...
Health Systems in Transition: Uzbekistan
Health System Review (HiT series) from WHO available for Uzbekistan: "Uzbekistan is a central Asian country that became independent in 1991 with the break-up of the Soviet Union. Since then, it has embarked on several major health reforms covering health care...
ToR: SDC and P4H CD joint mission to Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 14-15 February 2019
Costing Laos Snapshot PP December 2018
Costing of Health Services in Lao PDR – method validation meeting PP 181206
Costing of the health services in Lao PDR concept note 181110
Costing Study Committee MOH Lao PDR 181206
Resilient and people-centred health systems: Progress, challenges and future directions in Asia
"Despite varying nature of Asian countries and their health systems, this new comparative country study, published by APO, highlights future opportunities and threats that they all have in common. The central aim of this book is to build a strong and robust evidence...
Transition to Program Budgeting in Health in Burkina Faso
Public financing is key to universal health coverage. Several countries have modified the way budgets are formulated and executed to enable better alignment with sector priorities. WHO together with country experts and health ministries are developing a series of...
Budget Structure reforms and Transition to Program budgeting in Health: Lessons from Armenia
Public financing is key to universal health coverage. Several countries have modified the way budgets are formulated and executed to enable better alignment with sector priorities. WHO together with country experts and health ministries are developing a series of...
Public Spending on Health: A Closer Look at Global Trends
On the Universal Health Coverage Day (12 Dec 2018), WHO launched a new report "Public Spending on Health: A Closer Look at Global Trends". The report shows that the composition of global spending on health is changing, with increasing domestic public funding and...