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NEWS | 04 Feb 2024

PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of), India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste

On 22 January 2024, PMAC side meeting – financing of primary health care in Southeast Asia Region was held in Bangkok, Thailand. This event was co-organized by WHO South-East Asia Region, Chulalongkorn University, and Mahidol University. In this side meeting, P4H...

DOCUMENT | 27 Jan 2024

Scoping review on classification and focus comparison of health financing frameworks

This study reviews 21 health financing frameworks, classifying them into groups, highlighting their diverse perspectives, and emphasizing their adaptability for policymakers based on local contexts and challenges.The purpose of this study is to review the current...

DOCUMENT | 21 Jan 2024

Rehabilitation in health financing: opportunities on the way to universal health coverage

The first World Health Organization resource on health financing for rehabilitation has been published in collaboration with the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator considering financing, challenges, and opportunities and offering guidance for...

DOCUMENT | 15 Jan 2024

Pooling Reforms to Strengthen Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage

Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Thailand

This LHSS brief focuses on how pooling arrangements—the way countries combine funding from different sources to spread the financial risk of needing to pay for health services—can be improved to accelerate progress toward UHC.The policy brief synthesizes the existing...

DOCUMENT | 11 Jan 2024

Estimating potential impact of health tax on demand for unhealthy food, beverages and on tax revenue in India

India

This study evaluates health taxes on unhealthy foods in India. Taxes on high-fat, sugar, or salt foods could reduce demand by 5–24%, boosting government revenues by 12–200% for health initiatives against obesity and non-communicable diseases.Foods high in fat, sugar...

NEWS | 11 Dec 2023

Accelerating Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: The Africa Leaders Meeting (ALM) Declaration in Action

African Constituency Bureau's coverage of the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia, from November 27-30 linking it with the Africa Leaders Meeting (ALM) Declaration. The 3rd International Conference on Public Health in...

NEWS | 25 Nov 2023

Colombia introduces junk food tax

Colombia

Colombia has implemented a tax on ultra-processed foods, becoming one of the first countries in the Americas to take such a measure to tackle obesity, diabetes, and other lifestyle diseases.The Lancet reports that Colombia is one of the first to tax food high in salt...

NEWS | 24 Nov 2023

Malaysia MOH Moots National Health Insurance With Employee, Employer, Government Contributions

Malaysia

Malaysia is exploring a national health insurance scheme funded by employees, employers, and the government that will be “run by the government, non-profit driven, and uses the philosophy of shared responsibility," says Dr Zaliha Mustafa, the Minister of...

DOCUMENT | 08 Nov 2023

The application of artificial intelligence in health financing: a scoping review

Scoping review explores AI applications in health financing and future potentials. AI enhances performance in governance, revenue raising, pooling, and strategic purchasing, guiding future policy and capacity development.Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a...

NEWS | 25 Oct 2023

Kenya: President signs four new healthcare bills into law

Kenya

On 17 October, Kenya's President, William Ruto signed the four healthcare bills, Social Health Insurance Bill, Primary Health Care Bill, Facility Improvement Financing Bill, and Digital Health Bill into law after they were passed by the Parliament recently.The Social...

NEWS | 20 Oct 2023

Nepal: National Health Financing Strategy 2023- 2033

Nepal

The Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal has endorsed a new Health Financing (HF) Strategy for 2023-2033.P4H Network has been part of process for developing the country’s National Health Financing Strategy through the Rapid Results Initiative of the L4UHC...

NEWS | 18 Oct 2023

New Alliance for HPSR/WHO supported BMJ series on Health Taxes

BMJ Global Health has published a series of research papers on health taxes in the October 2023 issue titled WHO: Health Taxes supported by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in collaboration with WHO Departments and the Inter-Agency Working Group on...

NEWS | 09 Oct 2023

Stakeholders call for sustainable health financing at the Tanzania Health Summit

Tanzania, United Republic of

The 10th Tanzania Health Summit was held from 3-5 October in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania under the theme, 'Strengthening health systems for UHC, focusing on Primary Health Care.'The conference saw participation from various stakeholders of the health sector in Tanzania...

NEWS | 29 Jun 2023

New WHO report outlines concrete steps to make health care more accessible for people in Ukraine

Ukraine

As illustrated here by WHO, around 2.5 million households in Ukraine experienced catastrophic health spending in 2021. This represents nearly 1 in 5 households – a share that is higher than in many other countries in the WHO European Region, according to a new report...

DOCUMENT | 28 Jun 2023

Global Health Talk 2023 Policy Brief: Financing Health for All in The Context of Scarcity

At the Global Health Talk 2023, Healthy DEvelopments and the Global Health Hub Germany launched a policy brief presenting the outcomes of a joint Catalyst Dialogue on “How to increase funding for health for all and spend existing funds more effectively". The Global...

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