DOCUMENT | 13 Apr 2022
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NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
WEBINAR #2 on social health care reforms and health care financing in the CIS
April 20, 2022 at 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CET We invite you to share knowledge and regional perspectives on reforms in social protection of health care and health financing in CIS countries. Our speakers will share lessons learned, key achievements and progress toward...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
WEBINAR #2 on Social Health Protection and Health Financing Reforms in the CIS
Join us as at we exchange knowledge and regional perspectives of Social health protection and health financing reforms in Commonwealth of Independent States. Our panelists will exchange lessons learned, key achievements, and progress made toward social health...
NEWS | 13 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1: Presenting executive summary, additional resources and a video of the webinar now available on YouTube
On 16 March 2022 the P4H Network hosted the first of two webinars on social health protection and health financing reforms in three countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). P4H hosted the webinar in collaboration with the World Health...
DOCUMENT | 12 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Summary Russian (March 16, 2022)
DOCUMENT | 12 Apr 2022
P4H Webinar on CIS #1 – Summary English (16 March, 2022)
DOCUMENT | 11 Apr 2022
Transition to program budgeting in Uganda: status of the reform and preliminary lessons for health
Uganda
To make sustainable progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), public health financing is very critical. Uganda has taken major budgetary reforms to optimize budget planning, transparency, and accountability since the early 2000s. The two major reforms over...
NEWS | 11 Apr 2022
Training workshop on strategic purchasing mechanisms (out put financing) for the CSU
Cameroon
Workshop objectives Enable the various stakeholders in healthcare financing to better understand the operating principles of each strategic purchasing mechanism (out put financing), its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. Obtain proposals on the practical...
NEWS | 11 Apr 2022
A new document on the transition to Program Based Budgeting and its implication on health has been posted on the Uganda country page
Uganda
The report describes Uganda's transition process to programme-based budget, as a means to better align with public policy priorities and enhance accountability and transparency. It also discusses what the implications are for the health sector. The report...
NEWS | 07 Apr 2022
Webinar Series for Awareness-building on DRG for UHC
TARGET PARTICIPANTS: This e-learning course aims at building up knowledge and learning experiences for participants from countries that want to pursue the universal health coverage policy with payment to acute inpatient care with diagnosis-related group tools. The...
NEWS | 05 Apr 2022
The relationship between health expenditure, CO2 emissions, and economic growth in the BRICS countries
India
In this study, the researchers used Fourier autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to study the correlation between health expenditures, CO2 emissions, and GDP fluctuations in BRICS countries from 2000 to 2019. The study presents some interesting findings and...
NEWS | 05 Apr 2022
Healthcare now, pay later: A new way for distress financing in India
India
Chris George explores an innovative health financing model - embedded finance wherein healthcare services can be availed using a credit card with Zero Percent Interest Rate, thereby addressing the challenges of distress financing for health. Read more about it...
NEWS | 28 Mar 2022
Korea enhanced the COVID-19 response and childbirth care
Korea, Republic of
Summary The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) in South Korea held a video conference, attended by the central ministries and 17 major local governments, to discuss the weekly risk evaluation and related response measures, fees paid...
NEWS | 25 Mar 2022
Ghana to establish epidemics fund to address financing challenges
Ghana
Discussions to set up a dedicated fund for epidemics took centre stage at a forum in Accra to collate input for the 2022 budget statement and economic policy. Proponents said the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had made such a fund more relevant, hence the need for...
NEWS | 21 Mar 2022
New payment rate for continuous renal replacement therapy in Thailand
Thailand
The National Health Security Office has increased hospital reimbursement rates for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), aiming to increase access to treatment among people with acute kidney injury. Following this payment policy, hospitals providing CRRT to...