The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series, produced by the Global Tax Program’s Health Tax Workstream, focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose...
Launch Webinar: The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series
Please join the World Bank’s Global Tax Program Health Tax Workstream for a launch webinar of the Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 8:00-9:15 AM ET. This launch webinar will present and discuss the first two notes in the series, ““Why...
Rapport de l’étude sur les mécanismes de financement innovants
Togo - Etude_ sur_ les_ mécanismes_ innovants_ de_ financement_ de_ la santé_ 14102014
Financement 20M$ Banque Mondiale pour le secteur Santé (Avril 2020)
Le communiqué de presse (2 avril 2020) : https://www.banquemondiale.org/fr/news/press-release/2020/04/01/world-bank-approves-us20-million-grant-to-support-covid-19-response-in-haiti Le Document de Projet :...
Congolese civil society in the fight against Covid19
A civil society mini-dialogue opened on April 27 in Pointe-Noire on the identification of needs for the fight against Covid19. According to the departmental health directorate, this workshop marks the start of the process of drawing up the grant needed to...
Improving domestic revenue mobilization through innovative financing- exploring debt swaps in Sierra Leone
The funding of the health sector in Sierra Leone is a major challenge, as the limited fiscal space has been further constrained by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are significant funding gaps for the Life Stages Approach, National Health Sector...
Law 29761 on public financing of the subsidized and semi-contributory regimes of Universal Health Insurance in Peru.
The Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS) of the subsidized and semi-contributory systems is financed with resources from budgetary appropriations and contributions. Budgetary appropriations are allocated annually to the Comprehensive Health Insurance based on the...
Health financing in Peru: Analysis of the current situation and policy challenges to 2021
Peru faces the challenge of the financial transition of its health system, which consists of replacing a scheme highly dependent on out-of-pocket spending to a pooled system where health system users use pre-payment systems and/or health insurance to share the...
Extra-Budgetary Funds for COVID-19: Evidence from two years of implementation
By: Justine Hsu (World Health Organization); Hélène Barroy (World Health Organization); Richard Allen (Global Consultant on Public Finance); Fazeer Sheik Rahim, (International Monetary Fund); Tsolmon Tsilaajav (World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East...
Extension of social protection coverage to workers in the informal economy in Sudan
In Sudan just like most developing countries and emerging economies, a large part of its active workforce is made of the informal workers representing about 60 to 65% of the workforce. Although this is the case, the majority of the informal economy is not covered by...
A new document on social health protection has been posted on Sudan country page
A new document on expanding social health protection to informal workers has been posted on Sudan country page. The study analyses how social protection could be extended to workers in the informal economy, by overcoming existing supply and demand-side...
Calls grow for the creation of a National Health Fund in Malawi
The Malawi Health Equity Network has asked the Treasury to consider establishing a National Health Fund, where financial resources collected from other sources can be deposited for public healthcare service delivery use. The Malawi Health Equity Network’s Executive...
Malawi still falling short on Abuja Health Declaration
Even though the 2022-23 budget allocation is an improvement from 9% last year to 10%, it failed to meet the 15% target for health sector set by the Abuja Declaration. If public services are not adequately financed and households are forced to look for care from...
Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary inaugurates National Health Insurance Fund’s board of directors
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the Kenyan government is committed to expanding health service coverage with a focus on quality as well as reduction of healthcare costs. Speaking in Malindi while inaugurating board of directors of the, National Health...
Kenya expands medical coverage, requires employer contributions
Kenya’s National Health Insurance Fund (NIHF) Amendment Act, which took effect on 22 January, 2022 expands healthcare coverage and requires employers to pay matching NHIF contributions for their employees, unless they offer equal or better private medical coverage....