Co-payment is required for visits to general practitioners and for collecting prescriptions. This study aims to investigate the impact of user co-payments on access to health care, with a focus on inequities for indigenous Māori populations in New Zealand. Findings...
Extending financial protection by tackling non-financial barriers: A case study from Senegal
The case study focuses on health equity to identify promising approaches and strategies drawn from Senegal's experience to ensure more equitable financial protection, particularly for underserved and socially excluded populations.The aim of this case study in Senegal...
Benin National Development Plan 2018-2025
Based on the Benin 2025 Alafia vision, the 2018-2025 National Development Plan incorporates new economic and social development challenges at national, African and international levels. The NDP 2018-2025 is structured around the following major themes: i) human...

Dental care for Estonians became more accessible in 2024 with increased benefits and lowered deductibles
In 2024, the Estonian Health Fund will allocate over 103 million euros to dental care, the largest investment in oral health. Benefits for vulnerable groups (pregnant women, mothers of young children, pensioners) will increase from 85 to 105 euros, with deductibles...
A single guide to implementing and managing the process of targeting poor households -Benin
Benin has validated a unique methodology for identifying the poorest for social protection programs. This approach recommends a pre-identification of the poorest by the communities and a final refinement through a PMT survey to determine the poverty levels of each...
Insurance program for human capital reinforcement (ARCH) – Benin
Project ARCH is part of the Beninese government's drive to offer a minimum package of basic social services to the most disadvantaged. It is part of the national institutional framework and aims to develop synergies with other projects and initiatives already...
Muskoka study on CSU in Benin
This research aims to help participating countries meet the challenge of building on what already exists to move towards CSU. The aim is to document the extent to which the 'CSU' systems of the countries participating in the study meet the criteria of the Learning...

Lithuanians’ social health protection improved in 2024 with expanded benefits from the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund
Starting next year, patients will benefit from faster access to healthcare services, while healthcare professionals will experience a reduced administrative workload and an increase in salaries. These reforms are also aimed at improving the availability of essential...
Decree extending the Social Security Law of Honduras
This extension of the law includes the decree that specifies the benefits covered by the Honduran Social Security Institute and describes how this institution should operate.
Strategic plan for the implementation of togo’s national health services quality improvement policy 2020-2022
In order to reinforce the progressive implementation of Universal Health Coverage, Togo has adopted the present strategic plan, which focuses on five main points: improving governance and leadership in the sector, to lay the regulatory foundations for quality health...
National health financing strategy for CSU Burkina Faso
This strategy document is intended to be a reference tool for the government and technical and financial partners, enabling them to coordinate the various interventions in the field of health financing.The vision of the National Health Financing Strategy (SNFS) for...

The impact of basic health insurance participation characteristics on the health of mobile populations: the mediating role of health service utilization behavior
This study aimed to analyze the impact of different enrollment characteristics of basic health insurance on the health of the mobile population and to investigate the mediating role of health service utilization behavior in China.Findings showed that health insurance...
The benefits and burden of health financing in Indonesia: analyses of nationally representative cross-sectional data
This study assessed the distribution of health financing benefits and burdens across income groups in Indonesia, post-financing reforms. Utilizing cross-sectional nationally representative data, benefit incidence analyses (BIA) and financing incidence analyses (FIA)...

Social norms and values impacting health expenditures in India
Household resource allocation in India is not just a pragmatic and calculative exercise, it also involves multi-layered tacit and explicit contestation, bargaining and negotiations that occur at the intersection of social norms, economic class, caste, gender, age, and...

ILO launches “Building social protection foundations for all” project in Burkina Faso
The project "Building Social Protection Floors for All: ILO global flagship program in Burkina Faso" was launched on August 28, 2023 in Ouagadougou by Bassolma Bazié, Minister in charge of Social Protection, in the presence of Frédéric Lapeyre, Director of the ILO...