Kenya's recent national health financing dialogue which followed the Africa Leadership Meeting (ALM) declaration of 2019, showcased the country's leadership in sustainable healthcare financing in Africa. With a strong commitment from the government and key...
This study assessed the progress that Sierra Leone has made regarding strategic purchasing of health services, in its efforts to attain universal health coverage. Specifically, it aimed to; Map the major purchasers and purchasing arrangements in Sierra Leone, Analyze...
Published by the WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing as part of their health financing policy papers, this brief explores how the Estonian Health Insurance Fund claims management process has been further digitalized over time, how this has enabled the...
The WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published this policy paper as part of a series. It is a study on health purchasing governance in 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,...
Originally published in 2018, this study utilized a projection model to assess Ethiopia's ability to sustain its primary care system in the face of decreasing external support. The study also examined the projected costs associated with primary healthcare delivery....
This report presents the findings of Namibia’s health sector's first Public Expenditure Review (PER). A PER is a comprehensive analysis of public spending over time, assessing its quantity and quality in relation to policy goals and performance indicators. Among...
This report presents the outcomes of the 2017/18 resource tracking exercise conducted in Namibia, aiming to estimate healthcare and HIV/AIDS response expenditures. The exercise employed an integrated approach, combining the Health Accounts and the National AIDS...
This report provides a summary of Mozambique's 2015 Health Accounts exercise, which aimed to measure and track total health spending for the country's residents. The Health Accounts captured valuable information regarding the source of funds, type of provider, goods,...
This qualitative review was conducted in March 2013 to evaluate the impact of introducing results-based financing aiming to improve health supply chain performance at Central Medical Store-Central de Medicamentos e Artigos Medicos (CMAM). The intervention linked the...
The Southeast Asia Regional Collaborative for Health (SEARCH) is a regional learning network focusing on strategic purchasing for universal health coverage (UHC) in Southeast Asia. The network is housed at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of...
The countdown to the high-level dialogue on health financing for universal health coverage (UHC) in Kenya has begun! Join us as we pave the way towards sustainable health financing and UHC. Mark your calendars for June 26th-28th June 2023. The meeting will bring...
L'élaboration périodique des comptes de santé permet de renseigner les indicateurs pour le suivi et l'atteinte de plans et stratégies nationaux et internationaux. Les comptes de santé sont de ce fait, un outil précieux d'aide à la décision et à la formulation des...
The Global Financing Facility (GFF), the World Bank and the World Health Organization are working together to organize country workshops to help ministries of health tackle this crucial political and technical agenda for the CSU. A webinar is scheduled for Thursday...
This article from the International Journal of Health Planning and Management assesses the purchasing arrangements of health services laid out in Egypt's Universal Health Insurance Law and its implications on health financing. Abstract Background: Egypt's Universal...
This study reveals that households caring for a child with a disability spent more than the national average household expenditure, and the annual cost of illness for all households was more than 100% of the national GDP per capita. In sub-Saharan Africa,...
