DOCUMENT | 02 Feb 2024
Health accounts Senegal 2017-2021
Senegal
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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...
NEWS | 12 Jan 2024
From Decision to Action: The Africa Epidemics Fund
Establishment of the AfEF demonstrates AU member states' commitment to collective action on health security. However, operational success requires concerted efforts from all stakeholders, emphasising determination and action for Africa's health security and...
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...
DOCUMENT | 02 Dec 2023
Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment: Pakistan 2023
Pakistan
This report provides a summary of findings and recommendations based on the Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment in Pakistan. In addition to identifying strengths and weaknesses in Pakistan’s health financing system, priority areas are highlighted in order to...
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 Government of Nepal has recently endorsed a new ten-year strategy for health financing with the aim of ensuring equitable financial management to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) in Nepal. The National Health Financing Strategy 2080- 2090 includes strategic...
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...