The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for good health and wellbeing (Goal 3) outlines targets across various aspects of healthy living and healthcare systems. A key component of SDG3, specifically Goal 3.8, is the target for universal health coverage...
Government of Ecuador allocates funds to health care in response to sectoral crisis
US$50 million were transferred to the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS), the state entity in charge of health care for thousands of members.The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Ecuador confirmed the transfer of US$ 50 million to IESS. The transferred funds...
Health System Financing in Costa Rica
The authors explore the alternatives available to Sickness and Maternity Insurance (SEM) as a response to the challenges it faces in terms of financing options. The paper focuses its analysis on issues of insurance coverage, profile of the uninsured and financial...
Lithuania’s increased revenue boosts care access and health worker salaries
The Lithuania's healthcare financing has been increased in 2023, which made additional funds available for the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.The National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health of Lithuania reports that health care financing has been...
Malaysia National Health Accounts 2011-2021
This document provides Malaysia's national health expenditure data from 2011 to 2021. The estimation was conducted by using standardised and internationally acceptable National Health Accounts (NHA) methodology. It provides both overview and classification of health...
Achieving sustainable health financing in Liberia
This report provides a comprehensive overview of Liberia's health financing landscape, with a focus on HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. It highlights the challenges the country faces in financing its health sector amidst declining donor funding and limited domestic...
Health System Financing in Colombia: Sources and Uses
The article highlights that the health sector in Colombia has faced various financial and administrative problems that have increased the need for fiscal resources for its financing. The main sources of financing are the contributions to the contributory system made...
Malaysia to expand private wings in cross-subsidy healthcare investment programme
Malaysia is going to expand private wings in the public hospitals under the Ministry of Health through the RakanKKM program aimed at enhancing revenue for public health services. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad, as reported by CodeBlue, unveiled a plan to introduce...
The temporal and spatial interpretation of China’s health financing
This study aims to analyze total health expenditure (THE), government health expenditure, per capita government expenditure by government during 1990 to 2020 in China. In addition, this study also analyzes social health expenditures per THE and the structure of health...
Latin America: Increased investment in health and optimization of spending to boost productivity
Greater investment and efficient health spending are needed to increase productivity and well-being of the population.It presents the evolution of health systems financing over the last two decades, highlighting advances and identifying trends and challenges faced by...
Health Financing: PAHO and IDB sign agreement to expand their collaboration
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed a new agreement to expand their collaboration in the area of healthThe agreement allows PAHO and the IDB to expand their collaboration to respond more effectively and with...
Towards mapping the fiscal space: Health sector financing strategy in Mozambique
The policy note published by N’weti and Wemos addresses Mozambique’s critical need to increase domestic financial resources for its health system. As the country faces major health challenges including high rates of poverty, and infectious diseases, with a significant...
Financing social protection in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
This report examines the current and historical levels of social protection expenditure in 14 countries across the Pacific and Timor-Leste. This research draws primarily on national budget documents (including budget estimates, reports and speeches) and annual reports...
International aid management in Afghanistan’s health sector
This study investigates international aid management in Afghanistan’s health sector from the perspectives of national and international managers in 2022 and provide recommendations for the improvement. In order to improve international aid management, it is necessary...
Comparative policy analysis of national rare disease funding policies: a scoping review
Rare diseases are conditions with low prevalence in the population. Their rarity combined with the high cost of treatment present unique challenges for healthcare policy and funding. This scoping review aimed to compare the funding approaches for rare disease...