Aligning public financing arrangements to service delivery complexities and health outcomes pose intricate challenges in shaping the required reforms. The economic growth and room for increased taxation on health products provide an avenue for increased funding. Smart...
The impact of Nigeria’s Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results
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...

Hidden toll of expenditure arrears on health financing and service delivery
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...

The fight against malaria: Cameroon faces a 55% financing gap
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: Health budget 2024
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...

USAID helped the single payer in adopting a financing mechanism using diagnostic-related groups in tuberculosis care
Uzbekistan is reforming TB hospital financing by shifting from bed-based to case-based payments using Diagnostic-Related Groups (DRGs). A 2023 Presidential Decree introduced this change to reduce unnecessary hospital stays and improve resource allocation, ensuring...

Mandatory health insurance in Armenia: who will pay and how much
Armenia has been working towards introducing compulsory health insurance for nearly a decade, with the current government stating that it is closer to this goal than ever before. The authorities have finalized the model, coverage, and cost of the insurance policy....

Strengthening health budget execution in Lao PDR and Peru: Lessons from LHSS-JLN learning exchange
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...

66% of healthcare in Côte d’Ivoire is financed by domestic resources
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...
Eco-friendly revenues for healthcare: assessing the relationship between green taxation, public health expenditures, and life expectancy in China
The study explores the relationship between green taxation, public health expenditures, and life expectancy in China. It employs fixed-effect and system GMM regression models, revealing that green taxation positively influences life expectancy. Additionally, public...
Reconciling devolution with health financing and public financial management: challenges and policy options for the health sector
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...
Health Sector Budget Performance Analysis 2019-2021
Results are presented on the budgetary performance of the health sector in 8 countries. This document can serve as a guide for other countries in the region to improve financial management in the health sector, allowing for a more effective and efficient response to...

Health: public authorities open discussion on long-term conditions
The French government will be reviewing the relevance of the current system for covering long-term illnesses (ALD). The latter concerns 20% of the French population, and accounts for two-thirds of health insurance reimbursements. Frédéric Valletoux, le ministre...

Cades warns of Social Security deficit
On December 12, 2023, Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale (Cades) Chairman Jean-Louis Rey presented the institution's 2023 balance sheet. Tasked with financing and extinguishing the accumulated debt of the French Social Security system, Cades' mission has been...

Government allocates funds from the national reserve, outside regular budget, to purchase HPV vaccines
The government of Kazakhstan has allocated over 9.7 billion tenge from reserves to purchase more than 351,000 doses of the HPV vaccine. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov signed the resolution, enabling the introduction of HPV vaccination nationwide through targeted...